Dr. Poonam Sekhon Chahal
Emergency Medicine Physician · Manipal Hospital · Patiala
Dr. Poonam Sekhon Chahal is a highly experienced Emergency Medicine Physician with over 10 years of clinical expertise in tertiary care hospitals. She specializes in trauma care, resuscitation, point-of-care ultrasound (PoCUS), and critical care management. With advanced certifications including ACLS, ATLS, PALS, and NIH Stroke Scale, she is committed to delivering high-quality, evidence-based emergency care while ensuring patient safety and rapid clinical decision-making.
- Council
- State / Provincial Medical Council
- Registration
- 2011082785
- Articles reviewed
- 4
Articles reviewed by Dr. Poonam Sekhon Chahal
- Mental healthRead →
The tiger is a lie
Your body can't tell an email from a predator — so it runs the same 300,000-year-old emergency response 100 times a day and never recovers. Here's what chronic stress does to your heart, gut, skin and years, and the one ancient nerve that can switch it off in 90 seconds.
- General healthRead →
The 8-hour surgery you perform on yourself every night
Sleep isn't rest — it's surgery. The hidden science of what your body actually does in eight hours: the brain-cleaning, the caffeine lie, the hours-awake-equals-drunk study, and the five free rules that fix it.
- NutritionRead →
Vitamin D deficiency in India: why a sunny country is so short
India gets plenty of sun, yet most people are low on vitamin D. Here's why that paradox happens, what the numbers mean, and how to fix it without overdoing it.
- Lab resultsRead →
Understanding your CBC report
What every number on your Complete Blood Count actually means — and exactly when to worry. Skim it in two minutes.