Sanjay Kalra – Indian Medical Association Karnal

Author: Sanjay Kalra

Dr. Sanjay Kalra, DM (AIIMS) works at Bharti Hospital, Karnal, in India. Associate Editor of Diabetic Medicine (UK), he handles numerous other editorial responsibilities, He is also Section Editor, Diabetes, of the Endocrine Society of India Manual of Clinical Endocrinology (1st and 2nd editions) and Section Editor, Endocrinology, of the Association of Physicians of India Textbook of Medicine, 11th edition. Vice-President of South Asian Federation of Endocrine Societies, he remains busy in clinical care, patient education, research and medical writing. He won the global DAWN Award for best translational research in diabetes in 2009. In his spare time, he finds time to indulge in his favorite hobby, the Punjabi folk dance bhangra.

"The right action, with the right intent, in the right direction" This is what Lord Krishna, the divine physician teacher, explained to Arjuna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra. This is what Haryana Medical Journal (HMJ), the official publication of Indian Medical Association Haryana Chapter, strives to do as well. Covering a wide spectrum of diagnostic and therapeutic sciences, HMJ publishes editorials, original articles, reviews, brief communications and case reports. These provide the reader with comprehensive coverage of contemporary as well as cutting edge medical science. HMJ has published manuscripts not only from Haryana and other states of India, but abroad as well. Under the far sighted editorship of Dr Ashok Taneja (Gurgaon), supported by Associate Editors Dr. Kapil Midha and Dr. V. K. Gupta, HMJ has published special issues on…

Perhaps the most illustrious son of Karnal, Maharishi Ved Vyas is created with writing the Mahabharata, the Upanishads and the Puranas. His name means ‘the one who classified or split the Vedas’, and made them easy for the public to understand. A temple dedicated to his worship still stands in village Basthali [ Vyassthal] near Nissing, and is testimony to Karnal District being his karam bhoomi. Modern medical science is a Mahabharata of its own, with multiple players enacting multiple roles. Physicians, paramedical staff and alternative medicine practitioners offer conflicting, and confusing health related advice to the public. This pandemonium is worsened by e-hearsay obtained from the net and social media. It is not unsurprising, therefore, that in spite of advances in both diagnostics and therapeutics, we consider ourselves less…