Israeli doctors strike, more army reservists balk at service in uproar over judiciary changes
JerusalemReuters Israeli doctors declared a strike on Tuesday and more army reservists have asked to halt service in a public backlash over the hard-right government’s ratification of the first stage of a judicial overhaul that critics say endangers democracy. With long-serving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu facing his gravest domestic crisis, Israel’s military took its first […]
Frustrated Nigerians ‘flee’ abroad in punishing pre-election brain drain
Lagos, Nigeria Reuters Nnamdi Nwaogu, a 44-year-old IT worker, has packed his bags. In Lagos, Nigeria’s frenetic commercial capital, galloping inflation and a plunging naira have pummeled his salary. Nwaogu, like hundreds of other Nigerians, left amid a brain drain that is punishing even for a nation used to losing its young and educated. “We […]
Doctors, bankers protest “impossible situation” as Sri Lanka runs out of fuel
Colombo, Sri LankaReuters Doctors and bankers were among hundreds of Sri Lankans who marched on Wednesday to demand the government resolve a severe fuel shortage at the heart of the Indian Ocean island’s worst economic crisis in decades or step down. Weeks of street demonstrations against cascading woes such as power cuts and shortages of […]
Essay: How a perfect storm of events is turning Myanmar into a ‘super-spreader’ COVID state
Australian academics ADAM SIMPSON and NICHOLAS FARRELLY, in an article first published on The Conversation, look at the factors behind the worsening COVID-19 crisis in Myanmar…
South-East Asia COVID-19 cases hit new highs, Malaysian doctors protest
Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaReuters Thailand reported a record number of coronavirus cases on Monday, while Malaysia has notched up more than one million infections, as the virulent Delta variant carves a deadly path through South-East Asia – now a global epicentre for the virus. Thailand had 15,376 new coronavirus cases, a daily record for a second […]
Tokyo doctors call for cancellation of Olympic Games due to COVID-19
Tokyo, JapanReuters A top medical organisation has thrown its weight behind calls to cancel the Tokyo Olympics saying hospitals are already overwhelmed as the country battles a spike in coronavirus infections less than three months from the start of the Games. The Tokyo Medical Practitioners Association representing about 6,000 primary care doctors said hospitals in […]
Myanmar security forces arrest prominent leader of anti-coup campaign
Reuters Myanmar security forces on Thursday arrested one of the main leaders of the campaign against military rule after ramming him with a car as he led a motorbike protest rally, friends and colleagues said. Opponents of the 1st February coup that ousted an elected government led by Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi […]
Young doctors brave overwhelming coronavirus crisis
Reuters For young doctors like 26-year-old Christian Vigil, battling on the frontline against the new coronavirus is a journey back in time to an era they can scarcely imagine. “We feel like doctors a century ago when we didn’t have antibiotics,” said Vigil, who works in intensive care at Madrid’s overloaded October 12 Hospital. Christian […]
Doctors in Egypt launch anti-genital cutting campaign after girl dies
Cairo, EgyptThomson Reuters Foundation Doctors in Egypt have taken time out of their surgeries for a campaign to raise awareness of the dangers of female genital mutilation after the death of a 12-year-old girl, saying they do not want their white coats “stained with blood”. Genital cutting of girls was banned in Egypt in 2008, […]
WOW!: WIN-WIN IN UK AS HIGHLY SKILLED REFUGEES FIND WORK
SARAH SHEARMAN, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the Lincolnshire Refugee Doctor Project…