District Hospital in Mamfe gets medical equipment worth 80 million FCFA after fire incident
Paul Biya, Head of State for Cameroon has donated medical equipment worth 80mn FCFA to the Mamfe District Hospital. This happened soon after an arson attack destroyed parts of the facility earlier this month. This aid is called emergency aid” and was given the handover to the medical authorities, by...
Read moreFinancial injection for Jamaica`s health sector
Diaspora organizations and individuals donated $300 million to Jamaica during the COVID-19 pandemic. Yesterday the Diaspora Conference for Health and Wellness took place. The Chief medical officer of Jamaica, Dr. Jacquiline Bisasor-McKenzie, also took part in the Conference. Members of the diaspora, including the CMO, Dr. Gary Rhule, the co-chair of...
Read moreNorway experienced the largest Pseudomonas aeruginosa outbreak
The Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) says the outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Norway is finished. The source of the outbreak was believed to be a disposable washcloth that was pre-soaked. The outbreak started in October 2021 and ran until May 2022. Till the pseudomonas outbreak lasted, 40 hospitals...
Read moreSuriname witnesses 35 to 40 new kidney dialysis patients annually
The number of kidney dialysis patients grows by 4 per cent every year in Suriname. This is 35 to 40 new patients per year. According to Leon Brunings, chairman of the Kidney Foundation Suriname (NSS), 850 people are on dialysis throughout Suriname. He said this on June 21 while...
Read moreMalta health care professionals are unhappy with their payouts
The Medical Council of Malta, which is responsible for regulating the healthcare professionals in Malta, has sent a bizarre notification to all Maltese-registered dentists and doctors. In the letter, it complains that it is unable to come to grips with all the tasks it has, that it is grossly...
Read moreUS Embassy official in Liberia calls for urgent prioritizing of the health sector
Along with a huge amount of investment from the USA, in the direction of improvement of the health systems of the country with additionally supporting health education, the officer in charge of affairs in the US Embassy near Monrovia has said that there is a dire need to prioritize...
Read moreNamibia is confronted with obstacles regarding Pre-Hospital Care
According to Johannes Gaeseb, who serves as the director of tertiary medical care and clinical support services in the ministry of health, Namibia is trying to cope with a growing demand for pre-hospital services as a result of an increasing number of events of trauma caused by automobile accidents,...
Read moreNovartis has lost a patent appeal for a multiple sclerosis drug
On Tuesday, a US court gave a ruling that a patent for Novartis AG’s multiple sclerosis medicine Gilenya was not valid, making the way for a less expensive generic version of the drug. The case was overturned by the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, which hears patent appeals. The panel’s decision...
Read moreNo beds for the mentally ill in the Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic, according to psychiatrist Ángel Almánzar, there severe shortage of psychiatric beds in the country. He opines this as a result of years of research into the country’s actual situation in the field of mental health and poor efforts to make changes aiming at the enhancement of...
Read moreE4Shield by e-Health combats coronavirus using radio waves
An electronic gadget with the power to inactivate the coronavirus and all its primary mutants in aerosol in an indoor setting is helping to combat the spread of the pandemic. The device called E4Shield is a product of Elettronica Group (which specializes in electronic guard systems) in collaboration with Lendlease...
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