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Kiran Kumbhar
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Lecturer at Yale University, Freelance
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Biography
Medical doctor, historian of science and medicine, and writer. Trained at BJ Medical College, Pune, and Harvard University, Cambridge.
cinema and Bollywood, history of medicine the Indian medical profession, caste and privilege Indian history and culture, global health history of science,public health
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By Kiran Kumbhar| Medium@ Kiran Kumbhar·Follow4 min read·--The recent murder of the CEO of a major US health insurance company, UnitedHealthcare, has catalyzed a new wave of discussions about the inhumane nature of a private insurance-based healthcare system. There has been an outpouring of what appear to be spontaneous testimonies from ordinary Americans about their horrible experiences with both United and other health insurance companies, pointing to the widespread rage against these corporations.
By William Dalrymple, Kiran Kumbhar| The India Forum@ Before Google Search, there was Tell Me Why. Author Arkady Leokum’s multi-volume American book series of that title, inaugurated in the 1960s, was a compilation of easy-to-understand answers to a large number of questions about the world.
By Kiran Kumbhar| STAT Verified In early August, a doctor was raped and murdered in a Kolkata public hospital by a “civic volunteer” who was neither a patient nor a staff member. The crime has enraged and rattled the medical profession in India. For weeks now, doctors have been protesting throughout the country, demanding among other things “justice for the victim” and a safer work environment. In the state of West Bengal, where Kolkata is located, junior doctors in public hospitals have been on a month-long strike.
Company Info
Freelance
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De Pere, Wisconsin, United States