PERUNDURAI is the GEM

                                                                

Dr.  T Rama Prasad                                             July 3, 2016

PERUNDURAI  is the  "RATHINAM"

Perundurai is unique in many respects. Generally, it is a place of good-hearted, hard working, intelligent and ambitious people. In a short span of time it has become the hub of educational institutions and business enterprises. This evening (July 3, 2016), I had the pleasure of attending a grand function arranged by the "PERUNDURAI PUBLIC." It was impeccably organized and excellently attended by eminent personalities and a huge enthusiastic gathering of the public as well.

At this function:

(1) A book of historical documentation (about Perundurai and some of the personalities of the zone) titled "PERUMAIMIGU PERUNDURAIIN VARALARU" authored by Thiru T.K. Subramaniam is released.

(2) Some, including me, are honoured with the title "PERUNDURAI RATHINAM" in recognition of service rendered and the efforts made to enhance the image of Perundurai.

(3) Several eminent and outstanding persons delivered exceptionally interesting speeches.

(4) A 50-page-compendium of excerpts from my 500-page-'home page' is released to mark the opening of my website of my writings.  The first copy of the booklet is received by Dr. Nalla G. Palaniswami, MD, AB (USA), Chairman, Kovai Medical Center and Hospital (KMCH), Coimbatore. This 50-page reading matter will be mailed to you, if you send a request to my mail ID -- drtramaprasad@gmail.com

On being conferred by the honorific title "PERUNDURAI RATHINAM", I said that I came to Perundurai half-a-century ago as  a newcomer and took up the job of a Medical Officer  with the idea of staying here for a short period just to experience the  social and work culture here. It was just an accident ... just accidentally, I saw an ad while browsing through a newspaper calling for medical officers for the 'Perundurai Sanatorium.  I was not looking for a job.  I just joined and extended my stay, year after year, and lived here for 50 years (half-a-century) because the people in this geographical region are good, courteous, respectful, polite, helpful, loving and affectionate.  It goes without saying that my wife Rajyalakshmi (who knows more people than me by virtue of her teaching job in the Vellalar College for Women, Erode) also feels the same about the people around here.  After all, It needs two hands to clap ! She has been the pivot around whom we (family members) revolve. During my career,  I had indirectly facilitated establishment of the Perundurai Medical College in this campus by the Ministry of Transport.

Thus, the people here made us PERUNDURAI PRASADS -- natives of Perundurai.

Thanks for the reverence and the goodness of the people of Tamil Nadu, we did not go back, though we could have gone back to our jobs. Rajyalakshmi was in a science college and I was in a medical college / health service, in Andhra Pradesh, before coming to Perundurai. And my father, a doctor, had a hospital of his own, for me to step into his shoes. I further mentioned that my goodness is a reflection of the goodness of the people here, and that they made us good, if at all we are good. To be a GOOD HUMAN BEING is the first virtue one should strive for.

“A man’s true wealth is the good he has done to his fellowmen.”
                                                                                                             --- Mahatma Gandhi

I was introduced at the function with overwhelming adulation. And, glorifying encomiums were showered on me. I am not worthy to be honoured to this extent. I am just  A DROP IN THE OCEAN -- just another normal imperfect human being.  Thanks to Prof. Dr. K.P. Muthuramalingam, Thiru D.N. Chenniappan and Thiru Pallavi Paramasivam for the kind words and for thrusting me into the limelight.  While I am glorified now as "Perundurai Rathinam,"  Perundurai has already been a "Rathinam"  all along.

PERUNDURAI highly deserves to be documented to be put on a grand historical pedestal. And it is done now. We, PERUNDURAIANS, are proud of it. CONGRATULATIONS & THANKS to all those who made it happen. Thiru T.K. Subramaniam deserves accolades for his painstakingly done scholarly research and the documentation. The appreciation is evident in the last photo of this album (a warm hug).

I don't know how to thank you all.

Dr. T. Rama Prasad, 
drtramaprasad@gmail.com, 'PAY WHAT YOU CAN' Clinic, PERUNDURAI, Erode Dt., TN, India., Former Medical Superintendent (Special), RTS & IRT Perundurai Medical College and Research Centre.

                             

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                     

  

 

 

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

 

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Even in those good old days,  GORU's life couldn't be saved due to the MONEY FACTOR.  Go on, read about GORU:

An anecdote about  “GORU” 

During my childhood, one of my schoolmates had huge nails.  Her name was Gowri.  We nicknamed her as ‘Goru’ (‘goru’ in Telugu means nail of a finger or toe ).  They used to say that her huge nails caused a problem in her heart.  It might be a case of ‘Digital Clubbing’ (abnormal nails present in some ‘Congenital Heart Diseases’).  After one summer vacation, ‘Goru’ didn’t come back to the school.  It was learnt that she died due to the nail / heart problem, and that treatment could not be availed as they didn’t have money to pay for it. 

Perhaps, this incident prompted me to look at everyone’s nails from that time which might have led me to report the first case from India of ‘Yellow Nail Syndrome (YNS)’ from India in 1980 (published in an American journal, CHEST) and the first case in the world of ‘Yellow nails & Covid’ in 2023, published in an Indian journal, THE ANTISEPTIC - https://drtramaprasad.blogspot.com/2017/04/yellow-nail syndrome_28.html

And perhaps, the preventable death of ‘Goru’ due to the inability to pay for the treatment motivated me to start my ‘PAY WHAT YOU CAN’ Clinic (PWYCC) half-a-century ago where patients may pay whatever they can. No fixed fee ( http://drtramaprasad.blogspot.com/2017/06/pay-what-you-can-clinic.html ).   The credit for these case reports on YNS and the starting of my PWYCC should go to ‘Goru’.  Thanks to “Goru”.

                                                        --     T. Rama Prasad

 

More at : https://drtramaprasad.blogspot.com/2017/04/dr-t-rama-prasad.html  

This is not an ad,  it’s about an odd service.

GREETINGS  from

‘PAY  WHAT  YOU  CAN’  Clinic

“Thena  thyakthena  bhoojithaha”– Ishopanishad

   ( Translated by  Prof. B.M. Hegde  as: “Rejoice  in  giving.”)

          True to this quote, I have been rejoicing at what little I could give.  Defying stereotypes, this clinic has been in existence for a very long time, sans glitz, blitz, ads, microphones, speeches and noise.  As a matter of my policy, publicity is shunned.  The reason is simple.  Good work needs no noise and nonsense.  My ‘SCRIBBLINGS’ on related topics may be accessed at:  http://drtramaprasad.blogspot.com

 

 

My consultation fee is not decided by me.  It is the patient’s pleasure. The patient may pay (donate) whatever he can and what he wishes.  If one is short of money, he or she need not pay anything.  The money may just be put into the ‘hundi’ box kept outside the consultation room.  And the money thus received is used for charity to help the needy, the poor and the less fortunate.  If interested to know more about this facility, go to: http://drtramaprasad.blogspot.com/2017/06/pay-what-you-can-clinic.html .  And, if you wish, you may also 'contribute what you can'  through bank (Dr. RAMA PRASAD T,  A/C No.  451075868, INDIAN BANK,  IFS CODE  IDIB000P155,  PERUNDURAI, Erode District, Tamil Nadu - 638052 ).

          "We need not run after money.  If we are meritorious and compassionate, money would run after us, and it eludes us if we run after it.”      --  T. Rama Prasad

            “Richness is not having lots of money.  It is the feeling that one has enough of it.   Contentment sans comparison is what makes one really rich.”     --  T. Rama Prasad.      

 

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About the author :

 

Dr. T. Rama Prasad is the WORLD RECORD holder of authoring  28 articles related to COVID-19 in 30 months, published in a medical journal (The Antiseptic – www.theantiseptic.in -- Indexed in IndMED), and reporting in the same journal the WORLD’s FIRST CASE of ‘Yellow Nail Syndrome’ associated with COVID-19, PT & DM (https://drtramaprasad.blogspot.com/2017/04/yellow-nail syndrome_28.html ).    He wrote his first article in the premier journal, The Antiseptic, four decades ago.  Many of his articles written over half-a-century may be accessed at https://drtramaprasad.blogspot.com/2017/04/dr-t-rama-prasad.html  &  https://drtramaprasad.blogspot.com/2017/04/my-in-newspapers_28.html   &  https://drtramaprasad.blogspot.com  .    

 

He is the former MEDICAL SUPERINTENDENT (Special) of R.T. Sanatorium & Perundurai Medical College and Research Centre.   Presently, he is the Senior Consultant in TB & Lung Diseases, and the Director at  ‘PAY WHAT YOU CAN’ Clinic,  Perundurai,   He is the recipient of the “Lifetime Achievement Award” of the ‘Coimbatore Respiratory Society’, and the honorific title  “Perundurai Rathinam” from the body of  ‘Perundurai Public’.

 

 

Dr. T. Rama Prasad, ‘PAY  WHAT  YOU  CAN’  Clinic, PERUNDURAI,   Erode Dt., TN, India.    Former Medical Superintendent (Special),  RTS & IRT Perundurai Medical College and Research Centre,  Perundurai, Website: www.rama-scribbles.com , Blog: https://drtramaprasad.blogspot.com, Email:drtramaprasad@gmail.com, Facebook: T Rama Prasad, Twitter: @DrRamaprasadt, WhatsApp: +91 98427 20393

    

        

The following is a list of some of my 'scribblings', including a few from the 28 articles on COVID published in a monthly medical journal in 30 months (a world record).   To open them, click on any of the titles.  --  T. Rama Prasad

 

Blog Archive

·   ▼  2017 (115)

o  ▼  March (1)

§ COVID MEDICAL LITERATURE

o  ▼  April (112)

§ OREIKLE

§ DEEPAAVALI

§ Science and Nonsense about COVID

§ AMC BATCH 1959 (revised)

§ Nurses Day 2017

§ FOOD, EXERCISE and SLEEP

§ OMICRON -- a paper tiger ?

§ World TB Day: TB and COVID

§ INDIAN ENGLISH

§ MY QUOTES & JOKES

§ COVID, SCHOOLS & CHILDREN

§ LOCKDOWN MEDICINE

§ Death Penalty

§ COVID CROCODILES

§ Number 13

§ WORLD CANCER DAY ..February 4, 2017

§ CORONA VARIANTS

§ PERUNDURAI is the GEM

§ Covishield or Covaxin ?

§ GRADUATION DAY -- 2018, Perundurai Medical Col...

§ "AHIMSA"

§ STAFF & STUDENTS. -- photos

§ SINGAPORE

§ BRINGING UP CHILDREN

§ HAPPY 2018

§ Dr. T. Rama Prasad

§ OMICRON

§ QUOTES

§ POLLUTION, Disease and Deepaavali

§ CESAREAN DELIVERY

§ DOCTORS' HANDWRITING MATTERS

§ RAJYALAKSHMI and SPB

§ PONGAL FESTIVAL

§ To live in INDIA or ABROAD ?

§ THE HINDU newspaper & ME

§ KMCH

§ FISHES

§ RICHNESS and HAPPINESS

§ YELLOW NAIL SYNDROME

§ BIRDS and DANGEROUS DRUGS

§ ABDUL KALAM

§ SUNDAY LUNCH ... Dec 3, 2017

§ VINAYAKA chathurdhi 2017

§ BAHUBALI

§ COMPLEXION

§ DENGUE, ZIKA and MOSQUITO

§ FOOLED TO BELIEVE

§ DIABETES

§ TUBERCULOSIS in India

§ MY ART

§ CIVIC SENSE & MANNERS

§ SMILE and STRESS

§ CANCER

§ DOGS

§ GOD-MEN

§ CODUP

§ LOCKDOWN MEDICINE -- too toxic ?

§ GOD, RELIGION & UNIVERSE

§ CORONA and CHARLES DARWIN

§ YOGA

§ HCQ, IVERMECTIN, CORONAVIRUS and FRAUDS

§ INDIAN SUPERBUG

§ SWINE FLU -- A (H1 N1) influenza

§ NIPAH & ZIKA viruses

§ SOPHISTICATED CHEATING

§ PERUNDURAI MEDICAL COLLEGE & SANATORIUM campus

§ RAJYALAKSHMI RAMAPRASAD and PLANTS

§ MY REAL AWARDS

§ GIRL CHILD : GOLDEN CHILD ; WOMEN POWER

§ ALLERGY, ASTHMA, COPD and ILD

§ TEST-TUBE PUPPIES

§ CREATE / KILL a baby

§ ONAM 2017

§ OPEN AIR DEFECATION

§ DRESS SENSE

§ SEXUAL HARASSMENT

§ RAPE

§ THE CHANGING WORLD

§ MARRIAGE and MATING

§ TEA, COFFEE and COMMERCE

§ DEVALUED DEGREES

§ SCHOOL EDUCATION and NEET

§ INCREDIBLE INDIA !

§ MARKETING TRICKS & INNOVATIONS

§ INTERNET EFFECT

§ RURAL ARE THE REAL

§ MEDICINE IN RURAL INDIA

§ RUN ON MONEY

§ MEDICAL CONFERENCES

§ Dr. Peon, PhD

§ MODERN MEDICINE -- the Good, the Bad and th...

§ YOU ARE NOT OLD

§ MOTHER-IN-LAW

§ RAJYALAKSHMI & International Women's Day 2024

§ SHIVA, KRISHNA, Ramanuja & Ramanujan

§ BETTER HALF

§ OUR LOVE STORY & good old days

§ 'PAY WHAT YOU CAN' Clinic

§ ABOUT ME and MY SCRIBBLINGS

o  ▼  May (2)

§ FICUS trees and GODS

§ Post-Omicron Peregrination

·   ▼  2019 (1)

o  ▼  January (1)

§ AMC batch 1959

·   ▼  2020 (3)

o  ▼  February (1)

§ OVER-HEALTHCARE

o  ▼  April (1)

§ RAJYALAKSHMI RAMAPRASAD and RADIOGRAM

o  ▼  June (1)

§ CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2)

·   ▼  2022 (1)

o  ▼  October (1)

§ VCW Rajyalakshmi, BLOG

·   ▼  2023 (17)

o  ▼  January (15)

§ RIGHT or WRONG ???

§ MONKEYPOX (Mpox)

§ TUBERCULOSIS -- drug-resistant

§ LONG and SHORT of COVID

§ MENTAL HEALTH

§ VERSHA, alias Vega

§ FEAR, STRESS and PSYCHOSIS

§ HEART

§ ZERO COVID

§ INDIAN IMMUNITY, BCG and COVID

§ WOW !!!

§ ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

§ COVID vaccines -- Safe or Unsafe ?

§ COVID -- ANTISEPTIC JOURNAL

§ MEDICAL SYSTEMS

o  ▼  August (1)

§ RAMAYAAN

o  ▼  October (1)

§ NEET SAGA

·   ▼  2024 (1)

o  ▼  May (1)

§ THE NOBLE PROFESSION