MumbaiHealkin Journal
Practical home-care guidance from the Healkin team.
Looking for an IV drip near you in Mumbai? Learn when IV treatment can be given at home, what the visit involves, costs, safety and when hospital care is better.
Got a cut, puncture wound or injury and wondering if you need a tetanus injection? Learn when vaccination may be recommended, what to do immediately after an injury, and how home injection support can help in Mumbai.
A dropping platelet count is the number every dengue household in Mumbai watches, but it isn't the only one that matters. Here is what daily monitoring at home actually involves, and the warning signs that mean the hospital, not another home test.
A low B12 or vitamin D report is the reason for a shot, not permission to arrange one yourself. Here is why both still need a prescription and usually a test first, and what a chemist-counter injection risks.
Mumbai's monsoon can be difficult for children with cough, wheezing or breathing problems. Learn when nebulization may help, how home respiratory support works, warning signs that need urgent attention, and practical ways to keep little lungs healthier during the rainy season.
A doctor visit at home in Mumbai settles most fevers, coughs and BP reviews properly. Here is what it can treat, what still needs a clinic's equipment, and how to prepare so the visit isn't wasted.
The weeks after a stroke test a family more than the hospital stay did. Here is how positioning, feeding and physiotherapy fit together at home, and the recurrence signs that mean an ambulance, not a callback.
A ward boy, an aaya and a qualified nurse are not the same booking, and mixing them up is how families end up paying for work nobody needed. Here is which tasks legally need a nurse, which an attendant handles, and how to tell the two apart on the phone.
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.