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Murali Neelakantan

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22 Aug 2018
Blog post
DNA ‘Evidence’: Only Opinion, Not Science, And Definitely Not Proof Of Crime!
Elonnai Hickok, Murali Neelakantan
On August 9, 2018, the DNA Technology (Use and Application) Regulation Bill, 2018 was introduced in the Lok Sabha and we commented on some key aspects of it earlier.
17 Aug 2018
Blog post
National Health Stack: Data For Data’s Sake, A Manmade Health Hazard
Murali Neelakantan, Swaraj Paul Barooah, Swagam Dasgupta, Torsha Sarkar
On Oct. 5, 2017, an HIV positive woman was denied admission in Hyderabad’s Osmania General Hospital even though she was entitled to free treatment under India’s National AIDS Control Organisation programme. Another incident around the same …
13 Aug 2018
Blog post
The National Health Stack: An Expensive, Temporary Placebo
Murali Neelakantan, Swaraj Paul Barooah, Swagam Dasgupta, Torsha Sarkar
The year 2002 saw the introduction of a very ambitious National Program for Information Technology in the United Kingdom with the goal to transform the National Health Service — a pre-existing state-sponsored universal healthcare program. …