Doctor says halt to India flights a ‘tragedy’
Cardiologist Dr Yadu Singh says it's the government's responsibility to bring Australians in India home as the COVID-19 situation worsens.
Tag: Asia
Physicians told to use ‘poisonous’ herb to treat COVID-19: Kyrgyzstan
The country's health minister issued the dictate and publicly drank a cup of aconitum soongaricum to demonstrate its safety.
Crisis on our doorstep: GP pleads for help as pandemic strikes PNG
Dr Alison Brown, who is working in a remote province, fears the health system will collapse.
Medical graduates sue Monash University over Malaysian degree blunder
The Malaysian doctors claimed they couldn't work as interns because their new medical degree was not registered with authorities
Coronavirus crisis looms on Australia’s doorstep
An AUSMAT team is on its way to Papua New Guinea to help deal with a growing number of COVID-19 cases.
Why an asthma patient suddenly started ‘belly dancing’: case
High-dose salbutamol triggered involuntary myoclonus of his abdominal muscles, report Malaysian doctors.
Extra-long acupuncture needles led to pneumothorax: case
The patient, who ironically was a chest physician, underwent the therapy for stiff shoulders.
The story of the Aussie doctor in WHO’s COVID-19 mission to China
An infectious diseases physician, Professor Dominic Dwyer was tasked with answering one of the most politically sensitive questions in the world.
SARS-CoV-2 did not escape from a lab, WHO investigators conclude
But the the direct pathway to humans through an intermediary animal species remained unknown.
Doctor delays his own COVID-19 recovery after ‘reckless’ steroid prescription: case
His treating doctors in India say he hampered his own immune response by using dexamethasone 'too early'.
