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Some professors will submit their resignations while others will cut their hours over a government plan to boost medical school admissionsMedical professors in South Korea have said they will reduce the hours they spend in practice, while some say they…
Read MoreAlmost 12,000 doctors have walked out over planned changes, as the country’s health ministry denies services have descended into chaosSouth Korea’s government has started taking steps to suspend the medical licences of thousands of striking doctors, as…
Read MoreThe walkout by 8,400 doctors is in protest at government plans to raise the number of trainee medicsSouth Korea has raised its public health alert to “severe” for the first time, after thousands of doctors went on strike to protest against government r…
Read MorePaediatrician and geneticist determined to save the lives of children in countries where malaria is endemicMalaria kills more than half a million people every year, mostly children under the age of five in Africa. Saving the lives of those children was…
Read MoreDespite the pain of the condition, diagnoses take seven years on average globally. In India, where 42 million women have the disease, cultural stigmas can make the delay even longer‘Hell-on-earth excruciating pain,” is how Ruhi Singh* describes her exp…
Read MoreFamily say the body of Dr Nader Alemi, who was taken by armed men in September, showed signs of tortureOne of Afghanistan’s most prominent psychiatrists, who was abducted by armed men in September, has been found dead, his family has confirmed. Dr Nade…
Read MoreDr Nader Alemi, who opened the country’s first private psychiatric hospital, had received death threats before being taken on his way home from work last week One of Afghanistan’s most prominent psychiatrists has been abducted on his way home from work…
Read MoreMany Koreans born in the early and mid 20th century led extraordinary lives that were buffeted by colonialism and the cruelty of the cold war division of the Korean peninsula. But the life of Cecilia Kim, who has died aged 89, was more extraordinary th…
Read MoreTributes paid to doctor whose NGO set up world-class hospitals in war zones such as Iraq, Yemen and SudanTributes have been paid to Gino Strada, the Italian surgeon and “maestro of humanity” known for setting up world-class hospitals for the victims of…
Read MoreData shows increased danger for those on the frontline in the pandemic, with misinformation, scarce vaccines and fragile health systems blamed‘They stormed the ICU and beat the doctor’: health workers under attackHundreds of healthcare workers treating…
Read MorePatients are looking for cure as healthcare system is on brink of collapse, say doctors Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAs coronavirus chaos has enveloped Pakistan, with hospitals overflowing, doctors dying and infections es…
Read MoreOpen letter urges health workers to go to China, saying resources there are stretchedCoronavirus – live updatesTwo nurses in Wuhan have published an open letter pleading for health workers from around the world to come to China to help fight the corona…
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