CULTURAL QA 07-2021-20 Being compilation there may be errors
Q1 Are there any doctors or medicalstudents who regret their decision of opting MBBS? A1 Prasanna Shah Works at Baroda Medical CollegeApril 19, 2017 I am a MBBS doctor and preparingfor NEET-PG exam. So I think I am the right person to answer your question. Yes, most of MBBS students regretfor their decision not just because they are doing hard work during theircurriculum but peopledon’t value it. Any student opting for this line must be dreaming ofglamour of this line but as he/she completes MBBS he/she face the realscenario. There is no value for MBBS doctor in society, wherever a MBBSdoctor faces society he/she must have to face one question - which specialitydo you have? As soon as questioner get theanswer MBBS, he will say ‘Ohh!! Still you have to study more’. No one has avalue for MBBS doctor. While other fields do not have same Now let’s see for PG scenario… There areapproximately 1 lakh doctors competing for the exams out of which only 10000are selected for post graduation courses. And currently rules are being changedin that way there will beinjustice to deserving applicant. e.g. In service quota rule - whoserves for 1 year in rural area will get 10% more marks, for 2 years 20%,maximum upto 30%. By this rule who had reallyworked hard for getting admission in desarious branch will be in trouble. Afterpassing through all this hurdle if he/she gets admission in PG, there is another bumper pack forhim/her in form of BOND - they have to do national service for 1–3 years in ruralarea or pay huge amount to government. (Governmentengineering/commerce college don’t have such rule.) So on this race there no qualityof life for doctors and still doctors are being assaulted by patients’relative. NO SECURITY FOR DOCTORS WHO SAVE LIVESIN HOSPITALS. By passing through all this phasemostly all doctors regret for their decision…. My note- I have added this QA for a doctor’s open heartedthinking. Q2 Why do we get dehydrated if we drinkseawater? A2 John Harker , Scientist at Self Employed Answered 9m ago Because our bodies use water toexpel the salt. More salt, more water ls lost. Lick your arm and taste thesalt. The salt badly affects the nervous system and tells thebody to get the salt level right. Q3 What is someone expected to experiencewhile purchasing a water bottle from the railway catering stalls? A3 Gopala Krishnan , former Retired Assistant General Manager 1996-2004 atDepartment of Telecom (1966-2004) Answered just now Some times the stall can beslightly distant from the coach, and bythe time water bottle is purchased and balance changes for Rs 500–00 given isobtained, train would have started and the person had to run and enter anycoach. Family has to remain in tension. Q4 Is it possible forone species to by natural means to impregnate another? I heard of a case wherea lion mated with a tiger. Is this true? Could humans do this with otherprimates? A4 Matt RiggsbyMA Archaeology, Boston University Mon It is possiblealbeit difficult for certain closely related species to reproduce. The most common example of thisis horses and donkeys being mated to produce mules, though ligers(the offspring of a lion and a tiger) are not unknown. Our own species, at various points in ourhistory, mated with Neanderthals and Denisovans, species closely related to usvia Homo erectus, our common ancestor. That said,humans are probably not close enough to other surviving primates to do that. Q5 What is the commonname of carbon dioxide? A5 Dudla Jyothi , former Retd atCouncil of Scientific and Industrial Research (1982-2015) Answered May 2, 2020 The common name of solid carbondioxide (CO2) is “Dry Ice”. Carbon dioxideis the most significant long-lived greenhouse gas in Earth's atmosphere. Sincethe Industrial Revolution anthropogenic emissions – primarily from the use offossil fuels and deforestation – have rapidly increased its concentration inthe atmosphere, leading to global warming. Carbon dioxide also causes ocean acidification because itdissolves in water to form carbonic acid. Carbon dioxide(chemical formula CO2) is a colourless gas with a density of about 60% higherthan that of dry air. Carbon dioxide consists of a carbon atom covalentlydouble bonded to two oxygen atoms. It occurs naturally in Earth's atmosphere as a trace gas. Thecurrent concentration is about 0.04% (412 ppm) by volume, having risen frompre-industrial levels of 280 ppm. Natural sources includevolcanoes, hot springs, and geysers, and it is freed from carbonate rocks by dissolutionin water and acids. Because carbondioxide is soluble in water, it occurs naturally in groundwater, rivers andlakes, ice caps, glaciers, and seawater. It is present in deposits of petroleumand natural gas. Carbondioxide is odorless at normally encountered concentrations, but at highconcentrations, it has a sharp and acidic odor. At such concentrations, itgenerates the taste of soda water in the mouth. Q6 Why do people drinkhot water in the winter? A6 Shivani Sreenivas Answered 3h ago To fight coldsand improve their sinus health. Also drinking hot water slows mucus flow. Sincethere are chances of getting cold and sinusitis in winter, people drink hotwater. Q7 Would you attend afriend's wedding if your meal choice was based on how much you spend on theirwedding present? What if it was a family member? A7 Ratnamala Kamath M'com fromKarnatak University, Dharwad (Graduated 1988)Sun Yes, if I wasfree on the day of the wedding I would definitely attend it, if it was a friendor family member. Why? Just to see howthe meal arrangements based on the wedding gift, were made. My gift wouldbe based on my budget and how close they were to me and not for the meal. I would attend the wedding, wish thecouple, give my gift, casually survey the meal arrangements and leave withoutpartaking any food. Though how they will conduct and manage the meal arrangementswithout offending the guests is a mystery to me🤔. I would prepareand keep food ready for me at home. I would come home and have my meal in thecomfort of my home, without some guest breathing over me and waiting for me tofinish my meal at the wedding hall. Would I beoffended at such an arrangement? Definitely“no". But yes I wouldfeel the couple were very materialistic and money minded to make such anarrangement. I don't think anybody would have the guts to make such anarrangement for fear of being ostracized or judged by society 😆. Q8 Have house rentscome down after lockdown in Indian cities? A8 Prasanna Bhalerao I have someexperience in real estate deals. Updated December 2, 2020 There are three types of rentalproperties as a broad classification: a) The firstcategory consists of small 1 or 2 bedroom (even studios), unfurnishedapartments, usually in the outer areas of cities or located near IT parks.These are 70% of the number. b) The secondcategory consists of 3 bedroom properties. These are mostly unfurnished but canalso be partly furnished with fitted modern kitchen, fitted wardrobes, etc.These would be 25%. c) The third isthe premium category, 3 or 4 bedroom apartments, some even with a separateservant’s room, mostly furnished, located in plush community, and in primeareas of the city. These are 5% in number. As with thehousing types, there are also three types of apartment owner who rent theirproperties: a) Those who depend upon rental income. These would be 50% in myopinion. b) Those who dodepend upon this sort of income but would still like to keep a steady flow ofrent into their bank. These would make 30% or so. c) Those who do not depend uponrental income at all. These make up the rest. (Numbers andpercentages may be different but category is more important for next.) If you permutethe two categories, then we 9 permutation. But I am not going to get into eachpermutation. Just going to say: The people who depend upon rental income will lower the rents. Thismeans that about 60% homes would be available at lower rents. The others would not lower the rent. Ifthey do lower it, it would be marginal. The premium flats owners will not lower the rent. Their clientele is alsorich and they can afford to pay the same rent. As always, it is a demand/supply equation.Demand raises prices, supply reduces them. So in a nutshell, 60% rental values have dropped and these are mostly 1 or2-bedroom properties. This phenomenon is observed in IT dominated citiesonly (Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune, Gurgaon/ Noida, Chennai, etc.). Cities likeAhmedabad, Kolkata (except Salt Lake area), other state capitals, etc, are notaffected. You can even exclude Mumbai and Delhi to a large extent. But it is notenough to say that prices have reduced. “By how much” is also important.Pre-Covid, the rental rates of 1-Bedroom and 2-Bedroom properties in ITdominated cities were Rs. 15,000 and Rs. 20,000. The prices will NOT havecrashed to half unless there is really someone distressed by lack of income. Iwould say there may be a drop by 10–15% or so. Beyond that, it is not worthrenting. My note- I understand inBangalore( increase per year about 2.5% in rent) is not implemented by manyflat owners. Q9 Why is westernmedicine (allopathy) always against Ayurveda and never acknowledges it? A9 Dr. Venkataram. V Activelyinvolved and interested in medical research Updated Tue First andforemost let me clarify something. There is no such thing called westernmedicine or allopathy. The former is used by those with lofty ideals about“tradition", “ours vs theirs mentality” and the latter was coined by thefather of pseudoscience, Samuel Hahnemann and is not a recognized terminology. So let's discuss about yourperceived notion that Modern scienitific medicine (which by the way isthe correct terminology) always stands against Ayurveda and never acknowledgesit. Sorry my friend that is completely wrong. Modern medicine cares only about one thing. SCIENTIFICEVIDENCE. You don'tbelieve me? There are plenty of examples available. Before that let's touchupon the controversy that's going on right now. Giloy and liver damage: What is thecontroversy and what govt says The Ayushministry has now said it is always advisable to consult a medical practitionerbefore incorporating Giloy in one's diet. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/giloy-and-liver-damage-what-is-the-controversy-and-what-govt-says-101625746392253-amp.html Giloy or Tinosporo Cordifelia isconsidered a wonder drug in Ayurveda. It is considered as anti-diabetic,anti-inflammatory, anti-allergic, anti-arthritic and even} anti-malarial.Anyone with some basic understanding of chemistry and biology can easily saythat there is no way a single chemical compound have such variable and totallyunrelated actions. So what's the catch here? Is it false advertisement, is it placebo oris there any truth? Without beingjudgemental or hyperbolic I will explain the science involving these claims.Every drug be it natural or man made has got active compounds that perform thedesired action. Paracetamolthe single most effective drug for fever reduction has Para-Acetaminophen asthe active ingredient. This is artificially produced and sold at differentconcentrations. Now TinosporoCordifelia being a naturally occurring plant has a combination of variousactive compounds which have their own action in the body. These compounds arecalled as alkaloids. All plants have alkaloids. Eventhe rice and wheat weconsume have alkaloids. Most of the times these alkaloids are inert andcontribute to normal stuff like taste, digestability etc. Some alkaloids have amore complex action in the body. Ayurvedic practitioners claimthat Tinosporo Cordifelia is completely safe and they have excellent medicalqualities. This could very well be true because of the wide variety ofalkaloids seen in them. But at the same time those alkaloids or even an unidentified alkaloidcould probably cause serious damage to the liver beyonda certain amount. Don't believeme. Let's look at this example. I am sureeveryone knows this plant. Calotropisgigantea. Very commonly seen and highly toxic. The toxicity is because of thealkaloid calotropin which affect the heart and can cause cardiac arrest. Likewise thereare alkaloids which are highly beneficial to our body. And wheneveruseful alkaloids have been identified they have been used for treatment inmodern medicine. Some of the few examples are, Digoxin from Digitalis purpurea - animportant cardiac drug used to treat heart failure Quinine and Artemesinins - alkaloidsextremely effective against malaria. There are so many such exampleswhere modern medicine has recognized such wonderful alkaloids from naturalsources and incorporated into treatment of patients. Ayurvedicmedicine has realized the value of such plants even before modern medicinecould isolate these alkaloids and recognize how they work. It's atestament to the knowledge and Research done by Ayurvedic practitionerscenturies ago. But it is also a fact that science and technology has advanced so muchthat we don't really need to rely on plant alkaloids to treat patients. Digoxin is nolonger the drug of choice for heart failure. Synthetic alternatives with muchgreater potency, safety profile and easier availability have been created. Samegoes for anti-malarial drugs. Semi synthetic derivatives of artemisinins (whichwas prominently used in Chinese medicine for malaria) have been developed. That's because modern medicine is not a branch like Ayurveda, Yunani orHomeopathy (which by the way is pseudoscience with no scienitificrationale or explanation). Modern medicine is an amalgamation and accumulationof knowledge derived from scientific evidence and rigorous testing. So if tomorrow Ayurveda claimsto have a natural product that can “cure” diabetes, scientific research will bemade into such claims and if indeed an “alkaloid” with such potential isidentified it will be isolated, purified and even upgraded to make themavailable to diabetics. That’s therationale behind modern medicine. So why dopeople assume that Modern medicine doesn't recognize or acknowledge Ayurveda whenthe contrary is actually happening? That's becausemost of the claims made by Ayurvedic practitioners right now is unscientific orhave poor scientific evidence (read as anecdotal evidence). They claim they cancure/control hypertension but the most common drug they use for it isSarpagandha which has the active component “reserpine” that has been discardedby modern medicine because of CNS side effects. They make tall claims thatAyurveda has no side effects. Any chemical compound which has an actionin the body when it crosses a critical level can cause adverse effects.Dihydrogen monoxide or just water if taken excessively can cause severe damageby overloading the kidneys. Ayurvedic drugsare no exception. But their claims that they are “natural” and hence completelysafe is misleading people into a false sense of security. So there is noguarantee that Tinosporo is indeed safe. But we could see how quick our AYUSHministry and Ayurvedic representatives jumped into the defence of the herb. Ayurveda is a glorious relic ofour past. We can definitely be proud of it. But it is still a relic. To thinkthat it can somehow substitute or replace modern medicine is to think that this👇🏼 All the above QA are based on Quora digest to me on 22-7-2021/Answeredby me. Quora answers need not be 100% correct answers Compiler- R. Gopala Krishnan, 76 dated 22-07-2021 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. 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