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@Niva_Bupa @NivaBupa1874295 My chemotherapy daycare claim, approved in Apr, is rejected as OPD. Been calling support, emailing grievances—no response from your med team.
Will escalate to Ombudsman, IRDAI & Consumer Court #ClaimRejected #ConsumerRights #ChemotherapyCoverage
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A Mumbai govt hospital advised a pregnant woman's family to consider transferring her elsewhere, as pre-delivery fetal assessment indicates her newborn will likely require NICU care, and all of their NICU beds are currently occupied.
The woman's husband called Shiv Sena (Shinde) corporator Ramesh Mhatre, who arrived with his goons and assaulted doctors and nurses.
If you understand how hospitals work, you'll know a bed not being available is not the doctor's fault. You can't ask another critical newborn to vacate a bed, nor can you provide NICU care on the floor, nor can you "arrange bed from some other dept" because a NICU bed isn't just a bed, it comes with ventilators, monitors, oxygen, infusion pumps, and other life-support equipment.
So the blame, if any, goes on the govt. But doctors are the easiest targets, and assaulting them earns politicians easy political mileage.
I know some will say, "Doctors are evil and deserve it," and that's fine. I'm not seeking sympathy. This post is for parents and medical aspirants. Unless your parents own a hospital, you choose govt jobs with better working conditions like the Army, paramilitary, or Railways, plan to pursue USMLE (or an equivalent pathway), or intend to move to private practice where you can arrange your own security, think carefully before choosing this profession.
Most govt hospitals are hellholes. You can serve patients well for decades and still end up being abused or assaulted by a tenth-pass corporator, a publicity-hungry politician chasing cameras, or patient relatives who think every death could have been prevented if only the doctor had "tried harder."
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Loved and loathed: The making of India's viral liver doctor bbc.in/3SQR0Bk
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Visualising The Science Of Writing: The Writing Map Explained
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Handwriting is not a motor skill. It is a reading skill.
We treat them as separate subjects, but neuroscience says they are the same circuit.
Last week I discussed Orthographic Mapping (OM). Many focus on the "sound" part, but miss the "motor" bridge. Here is why the hand teaches the brain to decode:
1. A common assumption is that writing is output (encoding) and reading is input (decoding). It turns out, they are physically linked in the brain. When literate adults read, their motor cortex (Exner’s Area) activates. You decode faster because your brain is secretly "writing" along with your eyes. It subconsciously simulates the strokes to recognize the letter instantly.
2. If a child has never physically written a letter, they lack this "motor file." They are forced to rely solely on visual memory to recognize the shape. Visual memory is notoriously weak for text because it is ambiguous. To a young kid's eye, 'b' and 'd' are the same object, just flipped (like a chair facing left vs. right). But to the hand? They are totally different. The distinct motor plan overrides the visual confusion.
3. When comparing handwriting with typing, the difference is stark. Hitting 'A' or 'B' feels exactly the same (a button press). It creates a weak map. Handwriting is constructive. You have to pull the geometry of the letter from memory. This "active construction" burns the neural pathway that makes decoding instantaneous later on. You can't easily read what you haven't physically mapped.
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Just one more example of our brilliant doctoral students at, Mount St. Joseph University-Reading Science Program !
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Yep. Fun fact: frozen peas are more likely to be harvested closer to peak nutrient density than regular peas, and if canned Chana & Rajma make it easier for you to eat more legumes, that is better than wasting time soaking and cooking it (which people will resist doing because of the labour involved)
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Health Insurance Fraud : कोई भी व्यक्ति बुरे वक्त के लिए हेल्थ इंश्योरेंस लेता है, मैने भी @policybazaar से @CareHealthIndia का ले लिया, इंश्योरेंस 2 करोड़ का है (wb), घर के एक सदस्य की तबियत खराब हुई, डॉ को दिखाया तो उन्होंने एडमिट करने को बोला, हमने एडमिट कर दिया, इंश्योरेंस लेने की कभी सोची नहीं हमेशा अपने पैसे से इलाज करवा लिया तो कभी पता ही नहीं चला कि हेल्थ इंश्योरेंस के नाम पर कैसा फ्रॉड चल रहा है
इस बार सोचा ज़रा ट्राई तो करें इंश्योरेंस क्लेम का एक्सपीरियंस कर लेते हैं, सो महज 10-20 हजार का बिल बनना था हमने कैशलैस क्लेम पर डाल दिया, सोचिए करोड़ों का इंश्योरेंस और मात्र कुछ हजार का क्लेम, लेकिन मुझे झटका तब लगा जब डिस्चार्ज करवाते समय पता चला कि क्लेम रिजेक्ट हो गया, ग़ज़ब!!
तकरीबन 10-15 साल से हेल्थ इंश्योरेंस ले रखा है, सिर्फ प्रीमियम भरा आज तक कभी क्लेम नहीं लिया, प्रीमियम भी थोड़ा बहुत नहीं 65,000/- प्रति वर्ष, 2 वर्ष care को भरा यानी तकरीबन 1,30,000/- प्रीमियम भरा और सोचिए इतना भरने के बाद महज 10 हजार का क्लेम रिजेक्ट हो गया, अच्छा हुआ इतने में ही इनकी औकात पर चल गई कल को अगर बिल करोड़ों का होता किसी गंभीर बीमारी का तब तो अपन इंश्योरेंस ले कर भी मर जाते बिना इलाज करवाए, क्योंकि कंपनी क्लेम ही रिजेक्ट कर देती फिर इलाज कहां से करवाते
सोचिए इंश्योरेंस wb 2 करोड़ का, अपन सोच रहे थे 2cr तक तो कोई दिक्कत नहीं है अगर कभी कुछ हुआ तो इंश्योरेंस तो है ना, लेकिन आज पर चला कि कोई इलाज/क्लेम नहीं मिलने वाला, भाई प्रीमियम भरो बस इलाज की उम्मीद मत करना, वो आपको अपने पैसे से ही करवाना है और क्लेम भी नहीं मिलेगा
इस साल 3 करोड़ का करवाने वाला था, और इस से पहले ही इंश्योरेंस की असलियत सामने आ गई, भगवान का जितना धन्यवाद दूं उतना कम है, आज मैं बस इतना ही कहूंगा इंश्योरेंस एक फ्रॉड के सिवाय कुछ नहीं है, हालांकि मैं इस मामले को सुप्रीम कोर्ट तक ले कर जाऊंगा, इन्हें सबक तो जरूर सिखाऊंगा
कृपया इस पोस्ट को शेयर कर हर व्यक्ति तक पहुंचाएं, और कितने लोग हैं जिन्हें इंश्योरेंस ने ठगा है, वे भी अपनी आप बीती साझा करें
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Here is an end to end explanation on what we do.
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This is what #tomcruise has to say about Dyslexia
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SAW and WAS is not an issue at all
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I first met Dr. Carl Hendrik two years ago at the Research ED Canada conference amd I was blown away with his knowledge of the Science of Learning! Why hadn’t I been taught this before?!?
Since then, I have bought and read his book “How Learning Happens”, followed him on social media, and registered for his substack where I’ve discovered a treasure chest of incredible resources!
This *FREE* Teacher’s Guide is available to all classroom teachers, like me, who want to learn how to work smarter, not harder, and improve student learning outcomes across ALL subject areas!
Thank you @C_Hendrick !!❤️
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As teachers, we are often told WHAT to teach but not always HOW to teach it!
Effective teaching includes retrieval practice (recalling information), interleaving (mixing different topics rather than teaching topics in “blocks”), scaffolding (providing temporary supports) and so much more!
It is essential that teachers learn these #ScienceOfLearning instructional strategies to make both our teaching AND student learning more effective!
Learn more from John Sweller on his podcast interview “why inquiry-based approaches harm students” with @MrZachG here: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcas…
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🧠 Metacognition is an important and useful instructional strategy that is being rapidly introduced in schools. So, how can you use it in your classroom?
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“A fluency-based screener can be viewed as similar to the temperature reading that a physician obtains from a thermometer when assisting a patient. A thermometer – like a fluency-based measure – is recognized as a tool that provides valid (relevant useful and important) and reliable (accurate information) very quickly. However, as important as a temperature reading is to a physician, it is only a single indicator of general health or illness.”
SORticle #12: Oral Reading Fluency Norms: A Valuable Assessment Tool for Reading Teachers by @janhasbrouck
I shared this article with my Emergent Literacy class in the Language, Literacy and Learning, Science-Based Literacy program at Vancouver Island University this week as we prepare to learn the importance of explicit fluency instruction: how to screen and intervene to prevent reading failure! #SoRticle
Link in the comments!!
