Rajani Surendar Bhat
@rajanisurendarb.bsky.social
Interventional pulmonologist, palliative medicine physician interested in public health, medical humanities, Med Ed and science . Quiet moments in nature, music, arts and crafts help me recharge.
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What if we rebranded “pasteurization” as a cleanse for your raw milk and “fluoridation” as supplements for your water?
- Renee DiResta (@noupside.bsky.social)
- Renee DiResta (@noupside.bsky.social)
October 21, 2025 at 11:56 AM
What if we rebranded “pasteurization” as a cleanse for your raw milk and “fluoridation” as supplements for your water?
- Renee DiResta (@noupside.bsky.social)
- Renee DiResta (@noupside.bsky.social)
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Activism is like a choir. Together we can hold a note much longer than any single person because when someone needs a break, the others keep singing. It's ok to take a break and focus on self care when you need it! We'll still be here, singing our collective song to #EndTB
July 20, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Activism is like a choir. Together we can hold a note much longer than any single person because when someone needs a break, the others keep singing. It's ok to take a break and focus on self care when you need it! We'll still be here, singing our collective song to #EndTB
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It's never any less striking, every time💔.
The COVID memorial to healthcare workers at @rcsed.bsky.social
The COVID memorial to healthcare workers at @rcsed.bsky.social
July 5, 2025 at 8:31 AM
It's never any less striking, every time💔.
The COVID memorial to healthcare workers at @rcsed.bsky.social
The COVID memorial to healthcare workers at @rcsed.bsky.social
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Paul Farmer always used to say ‘We do not have the luxury of being pessimistic on other people’s behalf’
www.forbes.com/sites/madhuk...
www.forbes.com/sites/madhuk...
Paul Farmer’s Moral Clarity Offers Hope, Amidst Chaos And Darkness
On the 3rd anniversary of Dr Paul Farmer's death, several leaders reflect on his lessons for dealing with the ongoing crisis in global health and development
www.forbes.com
June 16, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Paul Farmer always used to say ‘We do not have the luxury of being pessimistic on other people’s behalf’
www.forbes.com/sites/madhuk...
www.forbes.com/sites/madhuk...
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I'm always struck by the similarities between sewing and surgery. These 'surgical'-appearing scissors are actually for embroidery. Traditional gender imbalance has likely hampered a productive exchange of ideas that could enhance *both* specialties. 🤔
June 11, 2025 at 10:08 AM
I'm always struck by the similarities between sewing and surgery. These 'surgical'-appearing scissors are actually for embroidery. Traditional gender imbalance has likely hampered a productive exchange of ideas that could enhance *both* specialties. 🤔
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“There’s a fine line between celebrating a woman’s strength, and normalizing unreasonable burden”
~ Hettie Judah, Acts of Creation
~ Hettie Judah, Acts of Creation
June 10, 2025 at 9:05 AM
“There’s a fine line between celebrating a woman’s strength, and normalizing unreasonable burden”
~ Hettie Judah, Acts of Creation
~ Hettie Judah, Acts of Creation
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Behind closed doors, Donald Trump just eliminated the rule that forced hospitals to save pregnant women’s lives.
The man who promised to “protect women whether they like it or not” just showed he’s fine letting them die. This isn’t policy, it’s a warning — and we can’t afford to look away.
The man who promised to “protect women whether they like it or not” just showed he’s fine letting them die. This isn’t policy, it’s a warning — and we can’t afford to look away.
Trump rescinds guidance protecting women in need of emergency abortions
Abortion rights supporters say scaling back Biden officials’ Emtala guidance will endanger pregnant patients’ lives
www.theguardian.com
June 4, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Behind closed doors, Donald Trump just eliminated the rule that forced hospitals to save pregnant women’s lives.
The man who promised to “protect women whether they like it or not” just showed he’s fine letting them die. This isn’t policy, it’s a warning — and we can’t afford to look away.
The man who promised to “protect women whether they like it or not” just showed he’s fine letting them die. This isn’t policy, it’s a warning — and we can’t afford to look away.
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"Banu Mushtaq’s is a patchwork language, her stories penned in a frank, casual combination of Kannada, Urdu and Dhakni. In her translation, Deepa Bhasthi has gone to lengths to preserve this mix."
meghnarao.bsky.social writes:
meghnarao.bsky.social writes:
The roots of Banu Mushtaq’s literary rebellion
LITERATURE NEEDS TO justify its existence from time to time. This is my strong belief, and for years I went in search of some proof of life in Kannada literatur
buff.ly
May 26, 2025 at 8:32 AM
"Banu Mushtaq’s is a patchwork language, her stories penned in a frank, casual combination of Kannada, Urdu and Dhakni. In her translation, Deepa Bhasthi has gone to lengths to preserve this mix."
meghnarao.bsky.social writes:
meghnarao.bsky.social writes:
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I'm sitting here watching leaders, with all the privilege in the world, still not brave enough to speak up about Gaza, Sudan, or Myanmar. And I'm seething with rage thinking of all the times similarly privileged people ask the oppressed WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY SOMETHING AT THE TIME? 😡
May 26, 2025 at 8:41 AM
I'm sitting here watching leaders, with all the privilege in the world, still not brave enough to speak up about Gaza, Sudan, or Myanmar. And I'm seething with rage thinking of all the times similarly privileged people ask the oppressed WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY SOMETHING AT THE TIME? 😡
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Folks—I think I've lost the plot
May 26, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Folks—I think I've lost the plot
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The plural of anecdote is misinformation.
Problems with anecdotal medical evidence:
- Regression to mean
- Self-limiting illnesses
- Multiple treatments
- Reporting bias
- Confirmation bias
- Vague outcome measures
- Placebo
- Memory fallibility
www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/writ...
Problems with anecdotal medical evidence:
- Regression to mean
- Self-limiting illnesses
- Multiple treatments
- Reporting bias
- Confirmation bias
- Vague outcome measures
- Placebo
- Memory fallibility
www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/writ...
May 4, 2025 at 4:58 PM
The plural of anecdote is misinformation.
Problems with anecdotal medical evidence:
- Regression to mean
- Self-limiting illnesses
- Multiple treatments
- Reporting bias
- Confirmation bias
- Vague outcome measures
- Placebo
- Memory fallibility
www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/writ...
Problems with anecdotal medical evidence:
- Regression to mean
- Self-limiting illnesses
- Multiple treatments
- Reporting bias
- Confirmation bias
- Vague outcome measures
- Placebo
- Memory fallibility
www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/writ...
There's one thing that always makes me feel good. Sharpening my old set of colour pencils that have travelled everywhere with me over almost 2 decades.
May 1, 2025 at 1:13 PM
There's one thing that always makes me feel good. Sharpening my old set of colour pencils that have travelled everywhere with me over almost 2 decades.
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This sign hits hard because it’s real. When they come for the truth-tellers, the rest of us are left in the dark. If we don’t defend journalism, we won’t know what to defend next.
#FreedomOfThePress #TruthFirst
#FreedomOfThePress #TruthFirst
April 23, 2025 at 6:43 PM
This sign hits hard because it’s real. When they come for the truth-tellers, the rest of us are left in the dark. If we don’t defend journalism, we won’t know what to defend next.
#FreedomOfThePress #TruthFirst
#FreedomOfThePress #TruthFirst
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Remember the disingenous complains abput #CancelCulture and #IdentityPolitics? Deportations, arrests, purges, funding freezes - this is how cancelling REALLY looks.
#CancelRegime
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
#CancelRegime
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
Women, minorities fired in purge of NIH science review boards
Scientists, with expertise in fields that include mental health, cancer and infectious disease, typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 17, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Remember the disingenous complains abput #CancelCulture and #IdentityPolitics? Deportations, arrests, purges, funding freezes - this is how cancelling REALLY looks.
#CancelRegime
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
#CancelRegime
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
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Here’s a poem about going for a walk to clear my head of all the news.
April 7, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Here’s a poem about going for a walk to clear my head of all the news.
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We are witnessing the moral moment:
Americans: #HandsOff
Canadians: #ElbowsUp
Standing up for democracy, intellectual freedom, integrity of law, research, science, health care, education, the arts, social security, media.
And on guard for Canadian sovereignty. 🇨🇦
Hope on both sides of the border
Americans: #HandsOff
Canadians: #ElbowsUp
Standing up for democracy, intellectual freedom, integrity of law, research, science, health care, education, the arts, social security, media.
And on guard for Canadian sovereignty. 🇨🇦
Hope on both sides of the border
April 6, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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Stealing this line, @cliffreid.bsky.social! Great quote!
When I’m the on call intensivist, I make it clear to my team that if we’re called to help with critically ill patients, having no available ICU beds is irrelevant
Critical Care is a People, not a Place
Critical Care is a People, not a Place
April 3, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Stealing this line, @cliffreid.bsky.social! Great quote!
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Teen Warned Not To Accept Group Chat Invites From National Security Advisors She Doesn’t Know
March 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Teen Warned Not To Accept Group Chat Invites From National Security Advisors She Doesn’t Know
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'Equitable, personalised medicine for tuberculosis: treating patients, not diseases' draws on breakthroughs presented at The Union World Conference on Lung Health 2024 in Bali, Indonesia.
Thanks to @msf.org and partners for sharing these important developments.
#WorldTBDay #NoMoreExcuses
Thanks to @msf.org and partners for sharing these important developments.
#WorldTBDay #NoMoreExcuses
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The importance of post-TB morbidity in high-income countries tinyurl.com/27j4xsj4
Equitable, personalised medicine for tuberculosis: treating patients, not diseases
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Post-TB lung disease: towards prevention, diagnosis, and care tinyurl.com/mprddf97
The importance of post-TB morbidity in high-income countries tinyurl.com/27j4xsj4
Equitable, personalised medicine for tuberculosis: treating patients, not diseases
tinyurl.com/333ddmsu
📚 Review
Post-TB lung disease: towards prevention, diagnosis, and care tinyurl.com/mprddf97
March 24, 2025 at 3:46 PM
'Equitable, personalised medicine for tuberculosis: treating patients, not diseases' draws on breakthroughs presented at The Union World Conference on Lung Health 2024 in Bali, Indonesia.
Thanks to @msf.org and partners for sharing these important developments.
#WorldTBDay #NoMoreExcuses
Thanks to @msf.org and partners for sharing these important developments.
#WorldTBDay #NoMoreExcuses
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Tuberculosis (TB) infections among children in the European region rose 10% in 2023, indicating ongoing transmission and the need for immediate public health measures to control the spread, the World Health Organization said on Monday.
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
WHO calls for immediate action as report shows 10% rise in child TB infections in European region
Tuberculosis infections among children in the European region rose 10% in 2023, indicating ongoing transmission and the need for immediate public health measures to control the spread, the World Health Organization said on Monday.
www.reuters.com
March 25, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Tuberculosis (TB) infections among children in the European region rose 10% in 2023, indicating ongoing transmission and the need for immediate public health measures to control the spread, the World Health Organization said on Monday.
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
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“If you are complacent, you are complicit. How will history look at people who are silent? Let’s be angry together and let’s get up together the next day.” @mariasmilios.bsky.social
Anger is not a useless emotion & it can be channeled into a powerhouse of action. There’s plenty that can be done.
Anger is not a useless emotion & it can be channeled into a powerhouse of action. There’s plenty that can be done.
March 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
“If you are complacent, you are complicit. How will history look at people who are silent? Let’s be angry together and let’s get up together the next day.” @mariasmilios.bsky.social
Anger is not a useless emotion & it can be channeled into a powerhouse of action. There’s plenty that can be done.
Anger is not a useless emotion & it can be channeled into a powerhouse of action. There’s plenty that can be done.
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“TB has always been about injustice, and we can’t ignore that. To take away drugs that were curbing disease spread means we are turning the clock back on progress. It’s the deliberate act of making us all less safe.” - @mariasmilios.bsky.social, Science journalist, author of “Black Angels”
March 24, 2025 at 4:27 PM
“TB has always been about injustice, and we can’t ignore that. To take away drugs that were curbing disease spread means we are turning the clock back on progress. It’s the deliberate act of making us all less safe.” - @mariasmilios.bsky.social, Science journalist, author of “Black Angels”
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"There are simply no more excuses for the inequity and suffering from this ancient and preventable disease," said Cassandra Kelly-Cirino, executive director of International Union to End Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, and FIRS partner. On #WorldTBDay, 🫁 no more excuses.
March 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
"There are simply no more excuses for the inequity and suffering from this ancient and preventable disease," said Cassandra Kelly-Cirino, executive director of International Union to End Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, and FIRS partner. On #WorldTBDay, 🫁 no more excuses.