Sebin Abraham

Joys of being a Pediatrician 1. So a mom identified me behind the mask and tells her 7 yr old son, "There is the chap who treated you when you were a baby!" Truly made my day☺

“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.”

This is our God: Jesus, King of Peace, who rejects war, whom no one can use to justify war. He does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war, but rejects them, saying: “Even though you make many prayers, I will not listen: your hands are full of blood” (Is 1:15).

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"One friendship doesn't come in the way of another," Indira Gandhi said at the White House in 1982. That line defined India’s foreign policy for decades. We were non aligned. We had relations with the US, the Soviet Union, Iran and many others at the same time. We did not treat friendships as exclusive. India’s ties with Persia, today’s Iran, go back nearly 3000 years. We signed a Treaty of Friendship in 1950 when Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi ruled Iran. After the 1979 Islamic Revolution and after Ayatollah Ali Khamenei became Supreme Leader, India continued the relationship. Iran was a major oil supplier to India. There was the proposed Iran Pakistan India gas pipeline. India invested in Chabahar Port to reach Afghanistan and Central Asia. Even under sanctions and global pressure, India balanced its interests. We dealt with Iran under the Shah. We dealt with Iran under the Ayatollahs. At the same time we built strong ties with the United States and others. One friendship did not cancel another. Now look at today. When senior Iranian leaders were assassinated, India did not even issue a condemnation. No strong statement. No principled stand. Just silence. That silence is not strategy. It is surrender. It is moral cowardice dressed up as diplomacy. A government that thunders before the weak but goes quiet before the powerful cannot claim strategic autonomy. This is not about supporting Iran’s ideology. It is about consistency. If India speaks of sovereignty and opposes targeted killings and violations of international law, that principle must apply everywhere, not selectively. Earlier the message was clear. Engage everyone. Fear no one. Protect India’s interests. That confidence defined non alignment. And that is why Indira Gandhi’s words still matter. One friendship should not come in the way of another.

Love, harmony and hearts big enough for everyone. Welcome to God’s Own Country. #LandOfHarmony #KeralaTourism

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@CidsIndia @WHOSEARO @WHO @LancetRH_SEAsia

Stigma doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.… 4 years since this story was published, and continuing to see how much stigma affects the treatment of children with diabetes.

Playing hide and seek on employment guarantee - thehindu.com/opinion/lead/p…

Centre for Advanced Neurotechnology launched at the CMC Vellore Ranipet Campus yesterday. The Centre, funded by the Vattikuti Foundation, offers MR-guided Focused Ultrasound (MRgFUS) for non-invasive intervention for deep-seated brain tissues, in order to manage disorders like tremor, some forms of Parkinson's disease and other conditions affecting the central nervous system. This high-end facility, which promises advancements in #research, #patientcare and #innovation, is the second of its kind in Tamil Nadu and the fourth such facility in the country. @VattikutiRobotx @MBhandariUrol #neurotechnology #MRgFUS #brain thehindu.com/news/national/…

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Time to put Scrub Typhus higher on the public health agenda internationalhealthpolicies.org/featured-artic… @VasuMicroCaucus @yogeshjain_CG

He was a humble, decent, well educated & well meaning man. His humility & decency was seen as a weakness. I regret having participated in a movement that vilified him & helped a rogue regime come to power

Social medicine in practice- when doctors go beyond hospital walls to address root causes of diseases such as malnutrition, lack of food security, unemployment, indebtedness, poverty Built organic farmers' collective with Rs 3 cr turnover, women's collective with Rs 1 cr turnover

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There are so many multidrug formulations available in India over the counter- combinations of chlorpheniramine, phenylephrine, paracetamol, dextromethorphan, levosalbutamol, terbutaline etc etc. Attaching a pic of one hundredth(maybe one thousandth) of what are available. I bought these from one pharmacy, today. Similar names- different compositions. Drops which are 5 to 10 times the concentration of syrups with the same drugs and same names. Dextromethorphan is definitely contraindicated below 4 years. Cough suppressants are not recommended in paediatrics. Dangers of coma, Respiratory depression, arrhythmias, high blood pressure, seizures etc. with OVERDOSING! These are indiscriminately prescribed with illegible prescriptions, available over the counter, given by pharmacists, given by quacks, and the list goes on! Dear parents Pls do not be in a rush to give OTC medicines to your children. Dear doctors Pls write legible prescriptions and explain to the parent correctly what medicines are to be given and what to check for when getting the medicine. Dear pharmacists Do not become doctors for kids please, and make an effort to dispense the correct medicine, and that too when prescription is given only. Dear quacks, what to say to you......!!! ???? @MoHFW_INDIA @JPNadda @OfficeofJPNadda Sir, drug regulation is atrocious, especially when it comes to paediatrics. Pls do look into it. Pls do restrict the sale of these as OTC medicines. Pls do restrict multidrug formulations and irrational formulations. What is the point in allowing OTC sale and mentioning 'do not give below 4 years'. This doesn't work!!!! Disclaimers are not the solution! Stopping the permissions for these drops, and restricting the sale of OTC drops/syrups is important. #OTC #cough #cold #arrhythmias #highBP #coma #Respiratorydepression #seizures #syrups #drops

youtu.be/kTlH_VLmM6Q?si… Documentary about Ida Scudder, the founder of CMC, Vellore #womeninSTEM #Pioneers

CMC Vellore celebrated Hospital Day 2025 on the 28th-29th of November, 2025. Staff and students exhibited their departments at the College of Nursing (Kagithapattrai) Campus. Medical departments demonstrated their services and promoted health awareness through illustrative models, posters, and more. Education stalls, blood donation banks, awareness talks, and Basic Life Support training sessions were also hosted, all open to the public. #HospitalDay2025 #MedicalServices #Healthcare

Today, on the 155th birth anniversary of our founder Dr Ida Sophia Scudder, @ShepherdFilms_ & CMC Vellore present the biographical documentary 'Be Thou My Vision - Ida Scudder of Vellore': a story that began 125 years ago, with a young Ida who answers a call to bring healing to the underserved in Vellore, and that continues to thrive in the legacy that is CMC Vellore, an institution founded on compassion and service. Part 1 of the documentary to premiere this evening here: youtube.com/watch?v=kTlH_V…