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1/4 Saw this at Bandstand today. As a chest physician, this made me very happy! Pigeons are responsible for an interstitial lung disease (ILD) called hypersensitivity pneumonitis or extrinsic allergic alveolitis. 
2/4 Most chest physicians and radiologists in the city will tell you how the number of patients with the disease has consistently increased over the years, paralleling the increase in the pigeon population of the city.
3/4 Thank you, whoever was responsible for this, and I hope this awareness increases! #interstitiallungdisease #lunghealth #lung #pigeon #mumbai #bandstand #ild @RajaniSurendarB @bandrabuzz @RupsaChak @AlexandraUlmer
#globalhealth
The 50th Union World Conference on Lung Health @UnionConference begins tomorrow in #Hyderabad, a major event in #TB and #lunghealth . I am not going- here is a short #thread why.
This is despite being part of an accepted symposium on #coercion and #TB
#bioethics
The 50th Union World Conference on Lung Health @UnionConference begins tomorrow in #Hyderabad, a major event in #TB and #lunghealth . I am not going- here is a short #thread why.
This is despite being part of an accepted symposium on #coercion and #TB
#bioethics
@UnionConference The reason is the ridiculously expensive registration fees for the conference. For a meeting which focuses majorly on #TB, a disease of poverty, and being held in a #LMIC location, it is atrocious to charge such fees. Even at the discounted rates for #LMICs, it is very EXPENSIVE
@UnionConference I do not have a salaried position which offers such registration fees through the institution, or grant money to cover such fees. I am not going to spend such amounts of money, even if its an important event, as a matter of principle. It is deeply disturbing that this is usual.
