MFC Bulletins

From 2020 onwards
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12023Mar-23381Caste, tribe and religion: Institutionalized discrimination in healthBackground Paper for the 2023 Annual MeetDiscriminationBackground paperClick Here
22023Mar-23381Health Status of Denotified Tribes in India: A Case of Pardhi TribeAshwini JadhavDiscriminationClick Here
32023Mar-23381Institutionalised Privilege in the Medical ProfessionKiran KumbharDiscriminationClick Here
42023Mar-23381Nutrition in India through the lens of casteSylvia KarpagamDiscriminationClick Here
52023Mar-23381Birth Work, Knowledge and Caste: Traditional Birth Attendants in IndiaBijoya Roy, Sandhya Gautam and Imrana QadeerDiscriminationClick Here
62023Mar-23381The Crisis in Nursing: Gender, Caste, and Labour in BengalPanchali RayDiscriminationClick Here
72023Mar-23381Casteism and Islamophobia ails doctors on TwitterSylvia KarpagamDiscriminationClick Here
82023Mar-23381Caste, Culture and Clinic : An Interview with Sushrut JadhavSurinder JodhkaDiscriminationClick Here
92023Mar-23381The Crisis in Medical/Health Care Education and Recent Policy DevelopmentsRema NagarajanDiscriminationClick Here
102023Mar-23381Reframing Transgender Health: A Review of the Indian ContextSharanraj KrishnanDiscriminationClick Here
112023Mar-23381Visibilising gender and sexuality in our health care system: A call for actionSwathi S Balachandra, Shubhangani Jain, Mallu S KumbarDiscriminationClick Here
122023Mar-23381Migrating to the city: Escape from assigned gender Suneetha Achyutha, Deepthi Sirla, Aruna Kongari, Tashi ChoedupDiscriminationClick Here
132023Mar-23381Pride and prejudice: LGBTQ+ communities and teaching hospitals in IndiaMukul Bhowmick and Sangeeta RegeDiscriminationClick Here
142023Mar-23381Life of People engaged in manual scavenging: through the lensM. Palani Kumar DiscriminationClick Here
152023Mar-23381Institutional hierarchies and discrimination in health on the basis of caste, class, gender and minority religious identitiesIntrospection by MfcDiscriminationClick Here
162024February383The BayAdithya PradyumnaMFCPoemClick Here
172024February38350 Years of Medico Friend Circle: Looking Back and Looking ForwardOrganising team for 50th year of MFCMFCBackground paperClick Here
182024February383The Debt I Owe to MFC as the ‘Informal University’Ritu PriyaMFCClick Here
192024February383My Reflections on MFC Anant PhadkeMFCClick Here
202024February383MFC and IC SathyamalaMFCClick Here
212024February383Memories, Learnings and Lessons; Glimpses from the pastImrana QadeerMFCClick Here
222024February383A Peep into Bubbly mfc MomentsEddie Premdas PintoMFCClick Here
232024February383Reflections at the Fiftieth Milestone of MFC (2024)Ravi Narayan and Thelma NarayanMFCClick Here
242024February383MFC Way forward – One OpinionPriyadarshMFCClick Here
252024February383Medico Friend Circle – Way Ahead, Another OpinionD SavithriMFCClick Here
262024February383Reminiscences and Thoughts of Past Office Bearers and MembersR. SrivatsanMFCClick Here
272024February383Reminiscences and Thoughts of Past Office Bearers and MembersAnand ZachariahMFCClick Here
282024February383Reminiscences and Thoughts of Past Office Bearers and MembersPrabir ChatterjeeMFCClick Here
292024February383Reminiscences and Thoughts of Past Office Bearers and MembersRavi DuggalMFCClick Here
302024February383Reminiscences and Thoughts of Past Office Bearers and MembersMahtab S BamjiMFCClick Here
312024February383Online Sharing Sessions to Commemorate mfc’s 50 YearsMohit GandhiMFCClick Here
322024February383A Tribute to Kamala S JayaraoMFC friendsKamala S JayaraoTributeClick Here
332024February383The Last BreathC SathyamalaCOVIDPoemClick Here
342024February383White coat, Stethoscope, and Some ThoughtsMohit GandhiYoung medicosOpen letterClick Here
352024February383Suspended in time we waitC SathyamalaCOVIDPoemClick Here
362024February383Medico Friend Circle: Conveners through the timesClick Here
372024February383Medico Friend Circle: Editors through the timesClick Here
382024February383From the ArchivesClick Here
392025March384mfc at 50Padma Prakash, CU Thresia, CK JagadeesanEditorial Click Here
402025March384Celebrating 50 years of mfc in Kozikode: Reviving an Old Connectionmfc Calicut Group Click Here
412025March384Adieu, KrishnakumarObituary Click Here
422025March384medico friend circle: the beginingsAshok Bhargava Click Here
432025March384mfc: 50 years and growing; anecdotes and personal reflectionsSarojini Nadimpally Click Here
442025March384Changing Contours of Public Sector Health Care in India: Deepening PrivatizationImrana Qadeer Click Here
452025March384Commercialisation, Privatization and Corporatization of Health and Medical Care in IndiaRama V. Baru Click Here
462025March384Government Health Budgets and Equity in IndiaRavi Duggal Click Here
472025March384Deciding Out-of-Pocket Expenditure in India: Exploding the MythIndranil Click Here
482025March384A Critical Perspective on Medical Education in India: Lessons from My Educational JourneyAnand Zachariah Click Here
492025March384Opinions on the MBBS Curriculum: Outcomes of a Mixed-Methods Survey among Current Students and Recent GraduatesSrimathi G., Anand Zachariah Click Here
502025March384Integrating Social Determinants in Primary Health Care: A Path to Global HealthB. Ekbal Click Here
512025March384Community-based Action for Mental Illness and Disability: Experience of a Public Sector Institution from KeralaP. Krishnakumar Click Here
522025March384Coal, Air and Diseases in Raigarh, Raipur and Korba (Chhattisgarh)Prabir Chatterjee, Punita Kumar Click Here
532025March384Ethnic Clashes in Manipur: Implications for People’s Health and Well-beingBangkim Singh Chingsubam, Shem Raomai, Noanbiakching, Camy Thomas, Nidhin Cyril Joseph Click Here
542025August385EditorialCU Thresia and CK JagadeesanEditorial Click Here
552025August385Climate Change will Collapse the Healthcare Delivery System in IndiaSagar Dhara Click Here
562025August385Environment and Climate Change as a Public Health ProblemAdithya Pradyumna, Rakhal Gaitonde, and Shweta NarayanEnvironmental determinants, climate justice, community experiences, corporations, government role Click Here
572025August385Climate Extremes and Unequal Impacts: A Growing ChallengeAbhilash. S Click Here
582025August385High Tide Flooding as a Slow-Onset Climate Disaster: Socio-Environmental Impacts and Resilience Co-Creation, Kochi, KeralaSreeja KG, Madhusoodhanan CG, Jayaraman C, Preethi Sreenivasan Click Here
592025August385Community-based Weather Monitoring for Climate Resilience in Wayanad, KeralaVishnudas CK, Ranjini AR,  Suma TR Click Here
602025August385Misleading Propaganda Conducted by the Madhya Pradesh Pollution Control Board Regarding the Incineration of Union Carbide’s Toxic WasteN.D. JayaprakashBhopal Gas Tragedy, Union Carbide, Toxic waste
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612025August385Protection of Aravali Range is CriticalKailash MeenaAravalli, Biodiversity, Environmental Health Click Here
622025August385Dust and Disease: Policies and ChallengesAmulya Nidhi and GD VermaSilicosis, Industrial Pollution, Occupational Health Click Here
632025August385A Crossfire: Poverty, Climate Change and My Disease (An observational case study)Punita Kumar and Neha YadavTuberculosis (TB), Climate Change, Air Pollution, Social Determinants of Health, Public Health Policy, Community-Based Care Click Here
642025August385Nagarik Mancha & Occupational Disease – Reaching OutAshim MR Click Here
652025August385Official Data on Accidents and Injuries in Registered Factories in IndiaJagdish PatelOccupational Health, Industrial Safety Laws, Prosecutions for violations Click Here
662025August38551st Annual Meet of Medico Friend Circle (mfc) - From Wayanad to Bhopal: Climate Change, Disasters and HealthRahul Singh Pharwa, Sanjana Venkatesh, Chirag Arora, Aardra Asavari Harsh, Malevika VA, Tharini Thangapandi, Shreyasee Dey, Mohit P. GandhiSummary of Discussions Click Here
672026February386Understanding and Addressing Systemic Violence in Healthcare: A background noteThematic GroupBackground Note Click Here
682026February386Health Care Ecosystem: Vulnerabilities for Violence and CounterchecksRitu Priyahealthcare ecosystem, structural violence, systemic vulnerability, epistemic violence Click Here
692026February386When power eclipses caring: Violence at the intersection of hierarchy and healthcare deprivationAbhay Shuklaviolence, hierarchies, healthcare Click Here
702026February386Whose Health Knowledge Counts: Caste, Power, and Adivasi HealingK V Krishnamurthyadivasi health, traditional knowledge, epistemic injustice Click Here
712026February386Why India Misunderstands ViolenceAkshay S Dineshinjustice, violence, healthcare violence Click Here
722026February386Peace-bee or the Most Ultimate FrisbeeSunil Kaulsports for peace, ultimate, communal violence, northeast India Click Here
732026February386Enduring violence against patients in healthcare settingsRema Nagarajanviolence, patient abuse, healthcare, sexual abuse, callous medical care Click Here
742026February386Violence in Health Care Settings: Experiences of Trans Persons in GujaratAnagha Pradhan, Kartik Gore, Nilangi Sardeshpande, Renu Khannatrans persons, violence, healthcare access, gender identities, health rights Click Here
752026February386Obstetric Violence and Respectful Maternity Care in India: A Review of the EvidenceAmruta Bavadekar, Jashodhara Dasgupta and Renu Khannarespectful maternity care, obstetric violence, reproductive health, LaQshya, institutional delivery Click Here
762026February386Labour Room Violence in Rural Uttar PradeshSunita Singhrural women, maternal care, labour room violence, Uttar Pradesh, JSY and JSSK Click Here
772026February386The anatomy of violence: In-person observations of Obstetric emergency triage room in a medical collegeMudit Joshimedical college, ethnography, referral system Click Here
782026February386Activist by Name, Frontline Worker by Role, Exploited Women Caregiver in Reality: A Nationwide Analysis of ASHAs RealityV R Raman and Colleaguescommunity health, CHWs, ASHAs, front line workers, human resource for health, India Click Here
792026February386Epistemic Violence and Physiotherapists’ Experiences in Healthcare TeamsShreya Soodpatient-centred care, physiotherapists, epistemic violence, clinical autonomy, referral systems, professional hierarchies, marginalization Click Here
802026February386Violence as Routine: How Institutional Conditions Shape Healthcare WorkersSangeeta Rege, Ajinkya Deshmukh, Nancy Angeline, Amruta Bavdekarinstitutional violence, health Systems, medical hierarchies, gender based discrimination Click Here
812026February386Violence in Healthcare in KarnatakaSylvia Karpagam, Akhila Vasanviolence, healthcare, discrimination, regulation Click Here
822026February386Shifting gears: Senior-junior Relationships in Medical CollegeRizoragging, medical education, medical hierarchy, rural sensitization program, student council Click Here
832026February386Understanding Violence in Medical Training: A ReflectionNaveen K.medical education, hierarchy, ragging, power asymmetry, silencing Click Here
842026February386Ragging: Learning Hierarchy Before Learning MedicineArjun Kumar Jakasaniamedical education, medical college, violence Click Here
852026February386Integrating Gender and Violence in Medical Education: A Pedagogical InterventionAmruta Bavadekar, Ajinkya Deshmukhgender in medical education, medical pedagogy and ethics, gender-sensitive clinical practice Click Here
862026February386Remembering Anil PilgaokarVibhuti Patel
Chinu Srivasan		Obituary Click Here
872026February386Books, Bicycles and Broken Myths: Tracing the Path of T. VijayendraAugustine VeliathObituary Click Here
882026May387Blessed Shangri-La! The Promised Land of Healthy_AB-PMJAY: A Background NoteAmit Dhage and Gajanan PhutkeAB-PMJAY, Health Insurance, UHC Click Here
892026May387Health insurance in India: An overview and the way forwardN. Devadasan and Nikita PandeyHealth Financing, Universal Health Coverage, Government-Funded Health Insurance, Financial Protection, India Click Here
902026May387Health Insurance Schemes and Out-of-Pocket Expenditure: Evidence from the latest NSS roundsIndranil, Mampi Bose and Bevin VijayanOut-of-pocket expenditure, government funded health insurance, hospitalisation, PMJAY, health expenditure Click Here
912026May387On Ayushman Bharat: notes from the fieldmfc e-forum posts (compiled by Mithun Som)Notes from the field Click Here
922026May387Reclaiming Public Healthcare in India without Insurance Based FinancingRavi DuggalInsurance based financing , public healthcare, PMJAY, health policy, government funded health insurance Click Here
932026May387Digital Health in India: The Ayushman Bharat Digital MissionIndira ChakravarthiICT in health, Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission, ABHA ID, Digital exclusion Click Here
942026May387With a friend over some teaRadhikaa SharmaPoem Click Here
952026May387Public hospitals and public insurance: Distorting health care provisionRajalakshmi RamPrakashPMJAY, health insurance, public health system, Tamil Nadu Click Here
962026May387Expansion Without Protection: A Critical Examination of the Employees’ State Insurance CorporationJagdish PatelESIC, social insurance, working class, labor, occupational health Click Here
972026May387On Insurance: From Previous BulletinsArticles from previous bulletins Click Here
982026May387NewsCompiled by Minal MadankarNews Click Here
992026May387In Memoriam (P Krishnakumar, Ramesh Billorey)Obituary Click Here