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Murali Mohan

Consultant Pulmonologist and Head of the departments of Internal Medicine and Pulmonology

Dr B V Murali Mohan is currently working as Consultant Pulmonologist and Head of the departments of Internal Medicine and Pulmonology at Mazumdar Shaw Medical Center (MSMC) in Narayana Health City, Bangalore.

He was earlier Professor and Head of the Department of Medicine at Dr B R Ambedkar Medical College, Bangalore. After completing his MBBS and MD (General Medicine) at Bangalore Medical College, he took his MRCP (UK) from the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, and post- MRCP training in Respiratory Medicine at Ninewells and Kings Cross Hospitals, Dundee, and at the Newcastle General Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne.

Dr Mohan is especially interested in the areas of Asthma, COPD, Sleep Medicine and Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR). He has over 30 papers presented at various national and international conferences, and several papers in international journals. He is the joint author of a WHO manual (under print) on Tobacco cessation for Medical and Dental Professionals. He also heads the Nightingales Lifesaving Services, which has, to date, trained over 20000 persons in CPR in Bangalore.

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Biometric identifiers are the distinctive, measurable characteristics used to label and describe individuals. In many developing economies health delivery systems are inefficient and subject to high level of losses or fraud. A way to function better would be to have a clear digital identity for those who are being treated. This would be beneficial for running health insurance programs or monitoring patients' adherence to regimes and treatments.

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