The Dr Maya Way

Ebola is spreading faster in DR Congo because people have lost trust, and the World Health Organisation is unable to contain the infections. It is clear that people are not reporting cases, nor going to hospitals; instead, they are escaping and returning to their communities and homes. They are also removing bodies and transporting them to villages without proper protection. The only solution is t...

There is a moment in every epidemic when the battle is not yet lost. It is not when the hospital is full. It is not when the laboratory confirms the sample. It is not when the World Health Organisation declares an emergency. The decisive moment often comes much earlier. It comes when a mother wakes with fever and weakness and wonders, “Is this malaria, exhaustion, or something dangerous?” It comes...

Just as we had the high walls of sanitation, we now have vigilant guards of diagnostic testing, and most importantly, we possess heavy artillery—the antibiotics, the big guns. So if a breach occurs, say a bacterial infection slips past those outer defences, we simply assume we can call in the heavy artillery. The threat is neutralised, the patient recovers, and we all return to our lives feeling c...

You know, it's funny how we often chase after things like health and happiness as if they're separate destinations we need to arrive at. Exactly. We put so much effort into diets and exercise routines, which are great, don't get me wrong. But then we forget about this huge piece of the puzzle. Uh, uh-huh. Huh. And that's what we're talking about today, isn't it? This is an almost forgotten wisdom...

Leaders, decision makers and the majority of people are excited about technology and hope it can support people before they reach a crisis. Yes, it can help them organise their story, write and perform tasks. It may enable you to recognise danger earlier. It can help them avoid unnecessary fear. It can inform them when to seek care from a chemist, a nurse, a doctor, or a hospital. And most importa...

For over 100 years, the medical-industrial complex has taught people to surrender their confidence . We were trained to fear every symptom, doubt our own judgement, and believe that only institutions understand our bodies. The wisdom of families, mothers, and lived experience was replaced by protocols, panic, and passive obedience . That is how the public stopped questioning — not because people a...

Dominic Republic of Congo, right near the eastern border with Uganda. The facility is under attack, isn’t it? Young men from the surrounding community are storming the grounds. They're burning down the triage tent set up by Doctors Without Borders and demanding that the hospital hand over the bodies of their deceased relatives. The terrifying reality of that scene is that those bodies are highly i...

All safety net. I mean, if you get an infection, you take a pill, and the infection goes away. It's reliable and straightforward. Yeah. Humanity has relied on this safety net for nearly a century now. But considering the intelligence we're uncovering today, that safety net isn't just fraying — it's actively unraveling. So, welcome to today's deep dive. We're examining a silent global tsunami that...

Welcome to the explainer. Today, we mark 100 years. Humanity has conquered some of its deadliest microscopic enemies, completely changing how we live. But in doing so, we have inadvertently engineered our own worst nightmare: the unstoppable superbug. We have transformed our approach to health, built a vast empire of chemical medicine, and enjoyed a golden age of healing. However, this very system...

Ebola comes and goes, as do Mpox, COVID-19, and many other viral infections, but what I have been warning about for years has never changed. Since I know that "Bacterial Infections" almost always follow viral infections, I continued to warn about the "Superbug Pandemic," now known as "Antimicrobial Resistant Infections." The article "Superbug Pandemic and How to Prevent Them," published in The Ame...

Modern medicine was largely established by the 1940s, creating a sense that many treatments are now routine and safe. We expect procedures like C-sections or knee replacements to be predictable and low-risk because it feels as though medicine has built an almost impenetrable barrier against bacteria and other threats. We perceive bacteria as trivial noise that we largely solved decades ago. Howeve...

Encoding Clinical Intuition: The Maya Colour-Coded Three-Symptom System for AI-Enabled Triage Background Digital triage tools are increasingly shaping patient access to healthcare, yet many follow outdated, algorithmic, single-symptom decision trees designed in the late 20th century. These approaches can under-prioritise urgent multi-symptom presentations and over-refer mild cases, limiting their...

It is fundamentally unethical to ask medical professionals to risk their lives in overcrowded wards when we have the technological capability to stop the virus at the patient's front door. The current paradigm of rescue medicine waits until the disaster peaks. And then trying to fix it in an ICU is obsolete. Decentralised prevention, community empowerment and early isolation are the only viable su...

So, right now, in a remote village in India, there's this rugged, battery-powered metal kiosk that uses artificial intelligence to diagnose a patient's heart condition. But at this exact same moment, if you look at a high-end clinic in California, medical providers are using digital billing networks to, you know, quietly siphon millions of dollars from the U.S. government. It's a stark contrast. I...

The difficulties in controlling Ebola infections in DR Congo as highlighted in the article, include:Violence and Attacks on Healthcare Facilities: The hospital near Mongboalu was attacked, and aid tents were burned, which severely hampers response efforts and access to infected patients. Mistrust and Rumours: Communities harbour scepticism towards health authorities, often fueled by misinformation...

The difficulties in controlling Ebola infections in DR Congo as highlighted in the article, include:Violence and Attacks on Healthcare Facilities: The hospital near Mongboalu was attacked, and aid tents were burned, which severely hampers response efforts and access to infected patients. Mistrust and Rumours: Communities harbour scepticism towards health authorities, often fueled by misinformation...

The difficulties in controlling Ebola infections in DR Congo as highlighted in the article, include:Violence and Attacks on Healthcare Facilities: The hospital near Mongboalu was attacked, and aid tents were burned, which severely hampers response efforts and access to infected patients. Mistrust and Rumours: Communities harbour scepticism towards health authorities, often fueled by misinformation...

The difficulties in controlling Ebola infections in DR Congo and Uganda, as highlighted in the Violence and Attacks on Healthcare Facilities : The hospital near Mongboalu was attacked, and aid tents were burned, which severely hampers response efforts and access to infected patients. Mistrust and Rumours : Communities harbour scepticism towards health authorities, often fueled by misinformation, l...

Mongboalu Hospital, near the DRC's eastern border with Uganda, is at the centre of the Ebola outbreak. The facility was attacked by young men demanding the bodies of relatives who had died be handed over to them. Medical staff were forced to evacuate the site, and tents set up by the aid organisation Doctors Without Borders were burned to the ground. The hospital's director says the violence has m...

When I said "This is a war that we may never win" in Medica 2006, doctors, pharmaceutical company directors, device and equipment manufacturers thought I was mad. It’s true, how can a person with a rational mind understand someone gifted with an intuitive mind? I was a fool to feel sad, because my intuition never lies. The very intuition that helped save lives made a priest say, "I play God" — yes...

Just imagine your child develops abdominal pain, and the doctor diagnoses “Appendicitis”. You and the doctor will be in a dilemma, because performing an appendectomy using keyhole surgery is no longer safe - it has become a threat. Exactly. You were terrified because the post-antibiotic era has officially arrived. The surgery itself goes perfectly. I mean, the surgeon is skilled, but the hospital...

How hidden undiagnosed biology stretches all the way back to infancy help learn about yourself. It actually broke the marriage—I mean, causing a complete inversion of how we view family dynamics. It really does. We instinctively put the parents' choices at the centre of the universe. We assume the child is just, well, a satellite reacting to their gravity. But the reality we are unpacking today sh...

They operate using naïve Bay classifiers or similar statistical models that simply map your input to the most severe possible outcome. Because a kiosk, like a physical terminal, is purposefully engineered for deployment in rural villages, dense urban poor areas, remote communities, and directly inside local pharmacies, it functions as a decentralised note of medical logic. We are tracing a stagger...

Treat others with respect, not because of who they are, but because of who you are. Dr Srivatsa offers humanity and even the medical establishment itself a choice. We must move away from the era of kill, conquer and rule—that mindset gave us the Rockefeller monopoly, the carpet bombing of our biomes, and the arrogance to think we could outsmart nature with a relentless barrage of chemicals. We nee...

You have a medical emergency. You rush your child to the local clinic because they're violently ill, right? You walk through those automatic doors. You see the sterile white walls. You know the medical posters, the staff in clinical uniforms, and your blood pressure drops just a fraction because you think we are in the safety net. You assume that the entire purpose of this building and everyone in...