Lion, Squirrel & the Gum Problem

There was an animal kingdom similar to what we all have been reading in stories from our childhood.

And obviously there has to be king in a kingdom named "Brian". He was very strong, mighty and good at killing. He used to hear everyone, but never listened to anyone except his wife "Rachel". She was especially proud of her husband and used to boast too much about his strength.

One day she announced a competition in the whole kingdom that his husband - The King - "Brian" is the strongest of all and if anyone beats him in any aspect, he will become one of the nobles of the kingdom. Only a few were part of the elite group of nobles - A Turtle, A Cheetah and A Monkey.

It started with a race and the Lion was winner.

And there were many other competition, none could beat the lion. Now it was about to be dusk, then suddenly a small squirrel was just passing by. Who came to lioness notice.

Squirrel being completely ignorant of the competition was not well received by lioness. Lioness asked squirrel why don't you hail your king. All Hail the King. He is the mightiest of all. Squirrel didn't seem to agree. Lioness asked the squirrel, "Why you are hoarding these nuts". Squirrel responded, "These are one of the most precious things for me, hard enough that even the mightiest will have tough time breaking it."

Lioness tells, "My husband is the mightiest of all, and its an easy one for him. What a small squirrel could do may not be worth attention of his. Anyways since you are the last one coming near the den, I won't deny the opportunity to kingdom, to see the might of their one & only King".

Brian the king was just standing beside and tries to break one of the nuts. But he fails, he tried multiple times, he fails. To his shock. Then squirrel says, "Your highness, you both have been kind. But your teeth are not stronger than mine. This is not a good sign . I want you both to stay and king & queen for long. For now you can break this nut from hammer and start brushing your teeth regularly from Colgate to all this gum problem. To read more about refer My Healthy Speak Blog"

King just ignored this warning signs and killed squirrel thinking if the word flew about his teeth getting weaker  his subjects will laugh at him. Instead of taking this warning sign seriously, he just rubbed it off.

Days passed by and his teeth started deterioration.

And soon he was challenged for his kingdom, which he lost to another lion with stronger claws & teeth.

He lost all - pride, kingdom, subjects and even the queen. He was caged and was part of Zoo - alone in an enclosure with people having fun on his lost pride.

Moral of the story :- NEITHER IGNORE NOR DENY WARNING SIGNS. TAKE STEPS TO CORRECT IT & FACE THE CHALLENGE BEFORE ITS TOO LATE.

Modern Healthcare needs a touch of humanity

I just came to read this title "Modern Healthcare Touching Lives !!!". I was wondering is it the "so-called" Modernisation which is the problem or solution. Like everything having good-&-bad, modernisation also has the same attributes. Definitely, Healthcare is more on the positive & solution-side. I don't want to talk more on the problem side of Modernisation, but will prefer to talk on "Modern Healthcare Touching Lives".

I have been doing rounds of many hospitals for quite sometime. But I believe even if Healthcare became Modern enough and capable to solve all the possible ailments, its not enough. It will just give depth to it and Healthcare-community can boost about it. But what the society need is not just depth but

• Make Life Easy - use innovative ways :- When a person falls ill, its not that the person is sick. Its tied with lives of many other persons around including person's family. As a part of society, we need to use modern techniques to make life easier for him. One such example is, patients having Dialysis its a  regular day-to-day affair for the patient & family, additional services from Hospitals/Dialysis centers like pick-and-drop can really ease the life of these patients. Nephrolife is one such hospital, I am aware off, which offers this service.
• Increase Breadth of Healthcare - Reach Masses :- I don't have statistics for this, even if I get some statistics from internet regarding the households which doesn't have any Medical health care facility within 10 km, it will be with Std. Error. But one which all will agree it still doesn't cover at least 30% of human masses. I know of many ways like online health care guidance, temporary mobile kiosks in rural villages, Mobile healthcare vans, etc being tried. I salute them for running these initiatives. Still will it cover all human masses. We need much more effort here.
• Affordability :- For many of the poors, health care is not affordable and there is no denying fact. Many hospitals and healthcare community personnel are trying to make it affordable in their own ways. E.g. Devi Shetty's Narayana Hrudayalaya for heart surgeries, Arvind Eye Hospitals for eyes and many others. We need to do more.
• Insured / Not insured ?? :- Most of the people are not insured for the healthcare in India. So once someone is sick in the family, its not just pain which the family has to bear but also tension w.r.t. economical condition & affordability. But is getting insured a solution ? What about the folks who are insured but with a limit ? I have noticed most of the time the insured folks are charged more by hospitals as compared to non-insured people. I understand non-insured people have to pay from their own pockets and insured people would have just paid insurance premium. But in the long term, it makes getting insurance more costly for non-insured families. 
• Intent of Health care - Religious Conversions / Huge Profit Making :- Even though I thought I will skip this topic, I am going ahead to share my personal views. Some hospitals have good quality health care, but the intent behind seems just not healthcare. Many hospitals are too costly, Many are run with intent to convert peoples - while they are getting treated either by monetary discounts or by propaganda, etc. We need to STOP maligning the intent of human health care with these hidden malicious intents of conversion/huge profit making. Health care shouldn't be differentiated for any human on any basis - Gender, Religion, Age, Country, Wealth, even criminal/innocent. 
• Quality Healthcare services :- Ok, say you have all this - You have insurance, you can afford healthcare expenses, healthcare is reachable to you, and you have all the means. But if the healthcare services are not quality even with all the means it won't help. E.g. I know of many cases, in which instead of curing wrong medicines made the case worse for the patient. For quality health care one of the such name is Apollo Hospitals

Yes Modern Healthcare is touching lives, also needs a touch of humanity not maligned with Wealth/Religion/Gender/Nationality/Anything.

This post is a part of the Apollo hospitals- Modern health care touching lives contest held at Indiblogger.

The Opera - "We Frey Talk"

This is about The Opera Show - "We Frey Talk" hosted by Oprah Winfrey and the guests are Mahatma Gandhi, Joseph Stalin, Charlie Chaplin & Hugh Hefner.

Agenda :- How to Frey* - "dispense peace, good weather, prosperity, and bountiful crops."

Note:- * Frey means "The Norse god who dispenses peace, good weather, prosperity, and bountiful crops; the brother of Freya." I will use Frey as a verb.

Show Starts:-

Oprah :- When it came to choosing my guests for this new show, it could only be one of the most powerful person in the world - Joseph Stalin, Most humble & peace lover - Mahatma Gandhi, Most popular who brings smile to everyone's face - Charlie Chaplin and Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel.

Oprah :-  Mr. Gandhi to start with. I hear that you make people shun violence and become peace loving non-violent people. What would you say to Mr. Stalin.

Gandhi :- Stalin will need to do lot of work. His first task will be try not to force communism on all and let them freely choose.

Stalin:- Don't point fingers at me, even though you act as Demi-God of Non-violence, you also influence people and don't let them freely choose. Actually you force them to follow you with your weapon of fast-unto-death. That is also a weapon, you can fool world but not me. At-least I am straight and true to myself and world. You are always carrying a stick, which itself shows your true intent. I came to know from some of my Indian friends about one of the sayings "Jiski Lathi Ussi Ki Bhains". 

Charlie Chaplin:- Don't say anything about stick - you both serious, non-humorous politician with your own agendas. My stick is for my support and not to beat others. World needs and love people like me, the comedians who make them smile and be happy. Neither of you can bring smile to people as I do. All Men and Women love me.

Hugh Hefner :- Women love me too, much more than you, charlie. You just make them smile, but I make them feel better & Sexy. They feel so good in my big mansion. All 3 of you do have different postures in public & private. I am quite open, everything private about me is open. 

Gandhi :- Hugh, you should be ashamed of all your act including so many girl friends and relationships. Can't you be a good family Man.

Hugh :- Buddy, why don't you visit my Mansion some day. I can show you how you can be a good family man at the same time, your deeds should be good & truthful. BTW, even after you have left nothing much has changed in India. Why don't you check out Vijay Mallaya, one of my disciple in your philosophical & cultural stronghold. He Told that you are no different from him.

Oprah :- Why don't you show me your mansion?

Stalin :- Women/ Men will never change. Can't you folks think about better things. What about your country? Why not bring new Revolution? You all are mean folks with your own desire.

Gandhi :- Why you want everyone to be red, Stalin. White is a colour of peace. BTW, we also had a White Revolution in India -. 'Operation flood'.It made India the largest producer of the milk in the world.

Hugh :- Whose Milk !!!

Charlie :- Shut-up Hugh. Black is better colour !!!

Oprah :- Well, timeout guys !!! That's it for now. Wished somebody would have talked about "Frey", everyone is busy in their own world !!!

Keep watching The Opera - "We Frey Talk"  for more shows.