Background and Objectives: Medical education can be quite stressful and studies all over the world have consistently shown a high prevalence of depression in medical students. In India, the prevalence of depression was around 39%. It was observed that the prevalence of provisionally diagnosed depressive disorder and major depressive disorder in medical students was 21.5% and 7.6%, respectively. Our plan is to assess the depression level in the students and according treatment will be given Methods: The study duration of this project was 18 months. The data for this study has been collected from I year, II year and III year medical students of MIMER Medical College and B.S.T.R.H, Talegaon Dabhade. The Study design and Set-up was a cross-sectional, questionnaire-based study. Using stratified random sampling, 200 students were selected who agreed to volunteer in the project. Results: In our study, the prevalence of depression was found to be more in 1 st year than the 2 nd and 3 rd year. This finding could be due to students' just entering medical college after high school. The other causes maybe language problem, vast syllabus, fear of failure, tight schedule and tough topics. Conclusion:Interaction between students and faculties should be encouraged so that the signs of stress can be detected and addressed at the earliest. Prevention strategies should take into considerations the wide variety of factors that are inducing stress among students.

Pacemaker technology has improved tremendously in the last 50 years, and is now the established global standard-of-care for patients suffering from bradycardia (slow heart beats). However, various structural, clinical and cultural barriers prevent the widespread adoption of pacemakers in emerging markets such as India. This paper analyzes these barriers and discusses the concept of leadless pacing as a means to overcome them in an Indian context.

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