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Rx Panipuri

Sunday siesta was on the list until I got the call I least look forward to on Sundays. Google map helped me calculate that I have to leave by 3 to be there at 4, which meant I have to book a cab at 2:45, which meant I have to start getting ready at 2:15, which meant I have to finish my lunch by 2:10, that is I have to start having lunch at 1:40, which meant I have to place the order for home delivery of my Malabar mutton biriyani at 1, which meant bidding adieu to my afternoon slumber.. sob.. sob..   Getting myself seated in the silver indica with a slouch and a grouch, I checked in to my clinician app to view the patient details. 42 yr old male. To get a clearer picture of his clinical condition I made a call to the triaging team. Fever and no other associated co-morbidities raised my right brow along with some suspicion in my mind as I have not come across any febrile 42year old male who is otherwise healthy, thinking of seeing a doctor before popping a few paracetamol pills. I
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the 'PAAPI' virus - human pappiloma virus

Ca cervix – ‘protect her from 16 & 18, before she turns 15’ The ball is in your court. How would you like to play it? This isn’t a write up about the aetiology, clinical features, diagnosis, prevention and treatment of cervical cancer. A fraction of the readers has already at some point of their lives googled cervical cancer. Some of you may have seen people with cervical cancer. And the rest of you are going to google cervical cancer after u are done with this article. Then what is this article about? It is about aiding you to decide the fate of the ball that is in your court.  It is about emphasising the need of getting your little princesses, 3 doses of a vaccine. The vaccine that has a potential of shielding her from a form of cancer up to 90%!! It is you who has to ensure her this 90% chance to life, as by the time she grows up to be informed enough to get herself vaccinated, it could be too late. Cervical cancer isn’t just two words with 5 vowels and 6 consonants. I
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