MumbaiHealkin Journal
Practical home-care guidance from the Healkin team.
Not sure whether your elderly parent needs professional help at home? Learn the five signs that family care may no longer be enough and when to consider nursing or caregiver support.
A discharge summary is a checklist disguised as a medical document. Here is how to read it, what to arrange before you leave the hospital, and how to get through the first 72 hours at home without a scare.
A pulmonologist's oxygen prescription usually decides this for you, not the other way round. Here is how flow rate, duration and your electricity connection point to a concentrator or a cylinder, and what nobody should adjust without a doctor.
A resting ECG at home in Mumbai answers a narrow question well and a wide one not at all. Here is what a twelve-lead tracing actually captures, and the chest-pain situation where the right move is an ambulance, not a booking.
Not sure how you'll manage after hospital discharge? Learn how a nurse at home can support patients with nursing care, recovery, wound care and everyday healthcare needs in Mumbai.
A fasting blood test in Mumbai fails more often over water and timing than anything else. Here is what fasting actually allows, how a sample survives the commute to a lab, and how to read a report without panicking at a starred value.
Need an injection at home? Learn when home injection services are suitable, how a qualified nurse can administer prescribed injections, what to check before booking, and how to arrange a home visit in Mumbai.
Vaccination cards stop after school admissions, but the shots don't. Here is what a doctor actually checks for at forty, sixty and seventy, and why a vaccine that was stored wrong can fail without anyone knowing.
A nebuliser session that's rushed or badly fitted delivers a fraction of the medicine it should. Here is the technique that gets it into the lungs, how long a session should run, and the breathlessness that means the machine isn't the answer tonight.
Stuck between 3-function and 5-function hospital bed rental in Mumbai? Here's the real difference, actual prices (₹5,500 vs ₹9,500/month), and which one your family member actually needs. Home delivery across Mumbai.
A Ryle's tube feed has a position, a pace and a flush that matter more than the feed itself. Here is what a nurse teaches a family before handing the routine over, and what a cough during a feed actually means.
A catheter and drainage bag need a routine, not guesswork. Here is the daily hygiene that keeps infection away, how often a Foley is actually changed, and the four signs that mean call today.