Covid-19 Mahaamaaree

About the Book: “Dr Amitav Banerjee has a knack for conveying seemingly complex public health messages lucidly understandable and appealing to experts and laypeople. His writings are gripping like a story while at the same time educating the reader on subtle issues with apt analogies. This collection of his writings is a treatise for posterity and essential reading if we are not to repeat the mistakes of the past.” Dr Bhaskaran Raman Professor Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. It is refreshing to go through the well-written essays enriched with wits and humor from an erudite and distinguished personality who enjoys a robust experience on the nuances of public health in our country. He has rightly drawn our attention to the ‘politicization corruption and suppression of science’ by the big pharma and tech companies thus making us forget the golden principles of ‘evolutionary biology’. The readers will certainly realize that clarity and perception arise when the ‘third eye’ opens up for it symbolizes a state of enlightenment. Dr. Amitav Banerjee is a rare bird to see in our modern medical parlor who can dispel the illusion of control with his lucid writings and fascinating evidence. He has also exposed the ‘cracks in our public health and regulatory systems’ so eloquently that one will realize how not to meddle with a socio-medical issue. Dr Sthabir Dasgupta is a Kolkata-based cancer practitioner and writer. About the Author: Dr Amitav Banerjee MD is currently a Professor and Head of Community Medicine at Dr. DY Patil Medical College Pune. He has specialized in Public Health and is a post-doctoral in Epidemiology with over 20 years of experience as a field epidemiologist in the Indian Armed Forces. He also headed the Mobile Epidemic Investigation Team at the Armed Forces Medical College Pune from 2000 to 2004 during which period he investigated outbreaks of pneumonia rubella typhoid food poisoning and hepatitis