MFC Bulletins

From 2020 onwards
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102023Mar-23381Caste, tribe and religion: Institutionalized discrimination in healthBackground Paper for the 2023 Annual MeetDiscriminationBackground paperClick Here
112023Mar-23381Health Status of Denotified Tribes in India: A Case of Pardhi TribeAshwini JadhavDiscriminationClick Here
122023Mar-23381Institutionalised Privilege in the Medical ProfessionKiran KumbharDiscriminationClick Here
132023Mar-23381Nutrition in India through the lens of casteSylvia KarpagamDiscriminationClick Here
142023Mar-23381Birth Work, Knowledge and Caste: Traditional Birth Attendants in IndiaBijoya Roy, Sandhya Gautam and Imrana QadeerDiscriminationClick Here
152023Mar-23381The Crisis in Nursing: Gender, Caste, and Labour in BengalPanchali RayDiscriminationClick Here
162023Mar-23381Casteism and Islamophobia ails doctors on TwitterSylvia KarpagamDiscriminationClick Here
172023Mar-23381Caste, Culture and Clinic : An Interview with Sushrut JadhavSurinder JodhkaDiscriminationClick Here
182023Mar-23381The Crisis in Medical/Health Care Education and Recent Policy DevelopmentsRema NagarajanDiscriminationClick Here
192023Mar-23381Reframing Transgender Health: A Review of the Indian ContextSharanraj KrishnanDiscriminationClick Here
202023Mar-23381Visibilising gender and sexuality in our health care system: A call for actionSwathi S Balachandra, Shubhangani Jain, Mallu S KumbarDiscriminationClick Here
212023Mar-23381Migrating to the city: Escape from assigned gender Suneetha Achyutha, Deepthi Sirla, Aruna Kongari, Tashi ChoedupDiscriminationClick Here
222023Mar-23381Pride and prejudice: LGBTQ+ communities and teaching hospitals in IndiaMukul Bhowmick and Sangeeta RegeDiscriminationClick Here
232023Mar-23381Life of People engaged in manual scavenging: through the lensM. Palani Kumar DiscriminationClick Here
242023Mar-23381Institutional hierarchies and discrimination in health on the basis of caste, class, gender and minority religious identitiesIntrospection by MfcDiscriminationClick Here
262024February383The BayAdithya PradyumnaMFCPoemClick Here
272024February38350 Years of Medico Friend Circle: Looking Back and Looking ForwardOrganising team for 50th year of MFCMFCBackground paperClick Here
282024February383The Debt I Owe to MFC as the ‘Informal University’Ritu PriyaMFCClick Here
292024February383My Reflections on MFC Anant PhadkeMFCClick Here
302024February383MFC and IC SathyamalaMFCClick Here
312024February383Memories, Learnings and Lessons; Glimpses from the pastImrana QadeerMFCClick Here
322024February383A Peep into Bubbly mfc MomentsEddie Premdas PintoMFCClick Here
332024February383Reflections at the Fiftieth Milestone of MFC (2024)Ravi Narayan and Thelma NarayanMFCClick Here
342024February383MFC Way forward – One OpinionPriyadarshMFCClick Here
352024February383Medico Friend Circle – Way Ahead, Another OpinionD SavithriMFCClick Here
362024February383Reminiscences and Thoughts of Past Office Bearers and MembersR. SrivatsanMFCClick Here
372024February383Reminiscences and Thoughts of Past Office Bearers and MembersAnand ZachariahMFCClick Here
382024February383Reminiscences and Thoughts of Past Office Bearers and MembersPrabir ChatterjeeMFCClick Here
392024February383Reminiscences and Thoughts of Past Office Bearers and MembersRavi DuggalMFCClick Here
402024February383Reminiscences and Thoughts of Past Office Bearers and MembersMahtab S BamjiMFCClick Here
412024February383Online Sharing Sessions to Commemorate mfc’s 50 YearsMohit GandhiMFCClick Here
422024February383A Tribute to Kamala S JayaraoMFC friendsKamala S JayaraoTributeClick Here
432024February383The Last BreathC SathyamalaCOVIDPoemClick Here
442024February383White coat, Stethoscope, and Some ThoughtsMohit GandhiYoung medicosOpen letterClick Here
452024February383Suspended in time we waitC SathyamalaCOVIDPoemClick Here
462024February383Medico Friend Circle: Conveners through the timesClick Here
472024February383Medico Friend Circle: Editors through the timesClick Here
482024February383From the ArchivesClick Here
492025March384mfc at 50Padma Prakash, CU Thresia, CK JagadeesanPeople's Health in the Era of GlobalisationEditorial Click Here
502025March384Celebrating 50 years of mfc in Kozikode: Reviving an Old Connectionmfc Calicut Group Click Here
512025March384Adieu, KrishnakumarObituary Click Here
522025March384medico friend circle: the beginingsAshok Bhargava Click Here
532025March384mfc: 50 years and growing; anecdotes and personal reflectionsSarojini Nadimpally Click Here
542025March384Changing Contours of Public Sector Health Care in India: Deepening PrivatizationImrana Qadeer Click Here
552025March384Commercialisation, Privatization and Corporatization of Health and Medical Care in IndiaRama V. Baru Click Here
562025March384Government Health Budgets and Equity in IndiaRavi Duggal Click Here
572025March384Deciding Out-of-Pocket Expenditure in India: Exploding the MythIndranil Click Here
582025March384A Critical Perspective on Medical Education in India: Lessons from My Educational JourneyAnand Zachariah Click Here
592025March384Opinions on the MBBS Curriculum: Outcomes of a Mixed-Methods Survey among Current Students and Recent GraduatesSrimathi G., Anand Zachariah Click Here
602025March384Integrating Social Determinants in Primary Health Care: A Path to Global HealthB. Ekbal Click Here
612025March384Community-based Action for Mental Illness and Disability: Experience of a Public Sector Institution from KeralaP. Krishnakumar Click Here
622025March384Coal, Air and Diseases in Raigarh, Raipur and Korba (Chhattisgarh)Prabir Chatterjee, Punita Kumar Click Here
632025March384Ethnic Clashes in Manipur: Implications for People’s Health and Well-beingBangkim Singh Chingsubam, Shem Raomai, Noanbiakching, Camy Thomas, Nidhin Cyril Joseph Click Here
642025August385EditorialCU Thresia and CK JagadeesanEditorial Click Here
652025August385Climate Change will Collapse the Healthcare Delivery System in IndiaSagar Dhara Click Here
662025August385Environment and Climate Change as a Public Health ProblemAdithya Pradyumna, Rakhal Gaitonde, and Shweta NarayanEnvironmental determinants, climate justice, community experiences, corporations, government role Click Here
672025August385Climate Extremes and Unequal Impacts: A Growing ChallengeAbhilash. S Click Here
682025August385High 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
692025August385Community-based Weather Monitoring for Climate Resilience in Wayanad, KeralaVishnudas CK, Ranjini AR,  Suma TR Click Here
702025August385Misleading 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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712025August385Protection of Aravali Range is CriticalKailash MeenaAravalli, Biodiversity, Environmental Health Click Here
722025August385Dust and Disease: Policies and ChallengesAmulya Nidhi and GD VermaSilicosis, Industrial Pollution, Occupational Health Click Here
732025August385A 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
742025August385Nagarik Mancha & Occupational Disease – Reaching OutAshim MR Click Here
752025August385Official Data on Accidents and Injuries in Registered Factories in IndiaJagdish PatelOccupational Health, Industrial Safety Laws, Prosecutions for violations Click Here
762025August38551st 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