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E-sclepieion

E-sclepieion

e-mending the robot way
Subramoniam Rangaswami
Type: Print Book
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy
Language: English
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E-sclepieion is a story set against the imaginary scenario of a medical center in Chennai (one among a global chain of hospitals) towards the end of the 21st century. It is an era when healthcare has been taken up as a universal concern and hospitals the world over have come under mandatory global control and administration; an era when the care of the sick has evolved into a 'high-tech, no-talk, no-touch' enterprise.

The name E-sclepieion reminds one of the healing sanctuaries in ancient Greece dedicated to Aesclepios, the Greek god of medicine. The ancient Greeks believed that bodily healing could take place only in association with healing of the mind.

Subbu Sampath is pleased that at a time when the care of the sick has been entirely handed over to robotic technology, his request for examination by a human doctor has been granted. Expectations run high in his mind...

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About the Author

Subramoniam Rangaswami is currently the Vice Chancellor of Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai. He recieved training in Orthopedic Surgery initially at the Central Institute of Orthopedics, New Delhi and subsequently in the University of Liverpool and the Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Orthopedic Hospital, Oswestry, UK.

Rangaswami has worked as orthopedic surgeon and teacher in several centers in India and abroad. As Professor of Orthopedics, he ran the Orthopedic and Spinal Surgery services at Sri Ramachandra Medical College & Research Institute from 1993 to 2000. He was appointed Dean of Gulf Medical College, UAE in 2000 and continued there till December 2006 when he took over as Vice Chancellor of Sri Ramachandra University.

Rangaswami's interests include visual art, music, literature and the science of tissue healing. His current research involves the study of the effects of pulsed electromagnetic energy on cartilege cells.

He lives in Chennai with his wife...

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Book Details

Publisher: S. Rangaswami
Number of Pages: 120
Dimensions: 5"x8"
Interior Pages: B&W
Binding: Paperback (Perfect Binding)
Availability: In Stock (Print on Demand)

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Balu vaidyanathan 13 years, 4 months ago

Re: E-sclepieion

E-sclepieion by Subramaniam Rangaswami describes one of the crises Modern Medicine is facing in a hypothetical environment of a Chennai superspeciality hospital in 2081 in an extremely satirical manner. From...

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Raja Bandaranayake 14 years ago

Re: E-sclepieion

A fascinating book which I had difficulty putting down once I started reading. The world of Hippocrates in his Aesclepian Temple of Healing is turned completely topsy-turvy as the Art...

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GEETHA 14 years, 2 months ago

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Ramanathan

Subramoniam Rangaswami has a nice writing style and wishes to put himself in the audience’s shoes – this is evident from the fact that he uses a full 20 pages...

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chickko 14 years, 4 months ago

Re: E-sclepieion

The book E-Sclepieion written by Dr.Rangaswami is a fantastic account of what it is likely to be, a century from now as far as the medical practice goes. He beautifully...

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