Doctors
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South Korea doctors’ strike widens as medical professors join protests
Some professors will submit their resignations while others will cut their hours over a government plan to boo…
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South Korea doctors’ strike: government moves to suspend thousands of medical licences
Almost 12,000 doctors have walked out over planned changes, as the country’s health ministry denies services h…
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South Korea doctors’ strike: ‘severe’ public health alert issued for first time
The walkout by 8,400 doctors is in protest at government plans to raise the number of trainee medicsSouth Kore…
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Dominic Kwiatkowski obituary
Paediatrician and geneticist determined to save the lives of children in countries where malaria is endemicMal…
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‘Hell on earth’: India’s taboos around women’s pain leave endometriosis sufferers in agony
Despite the pain of the condition, diagnoses take seven years on average globally. In India, where 42 million …
- Afghanistan, Doctors, Global development, Mental health, Psychiatry, South and Central Asia, Taliban, World news
Abducted Afghan psychiatrist found dead weeks after disappearance
Family say the body of Dr Nader Alemi, who was taken by armed men in September, showed signs of tortureOne of …
- Afghanistan, Doctors, Global development, Health, Mental health, Psychiatry, South and Central Asia, Taliban, World news
Fears for Afghan psychiatrist abducted by armed men
Dr Nader Alemi, who opened the country’s first private psychiatric hospital, had received death threats before…
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Cecilia Kim obituary
Many Koreans born in the early and mid 20th century led extraordinary lives that were buffeted by colonialism …
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‘Maestro of humanity’: Italian surgeon Gino Strada dies at 73
Tributes paid to doctor whose NGO set up world-class hospitals in war zones such as Iraq, Yemen and SudanTribu…
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Spat at, abused, attacked: healthcare staff face rising violence during Covid
Data shows increased danger for those on the frontline in the pandemic, with misinformation, scarce vaccines a…
- Coronavirus outbreak, Doctors, Health, Hospitals, Infectious diseases, Pakistan, Society, South and Central Asia, World news
Pakistan Covid-19 doctors witness black market deals in blood plasma
Patients are looking for cure as healthcare system is on brink of collapse, say doctors Coronavirus – latest u…
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Wuhan nurses’ plea for international medics to help fight coronavirus
Open letter urges health workers to go to China, saying resources there are stretchedCoronavirus – live update…