Hospitals
Egypt to reduce response rate for ambulance reports
Egypt
May 3, 2022
Egypt to reduce response rate for ambulance reports
Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research and Acting Minister of Health Khaled Abdel-Ghaffar ordered that response rates for ambulance…
Director of children’s cancer foundation in Ukraine describes chaos of moving patients to safety
World
April 21, 2022
Director of children’s cancer foundation in Ukraine describes chaos of moving patients to safety
The director of the largest children’s cancer foundation in Ukraine says an all-hands-on-deck effort from volunteers, doctors and officials in…
Armed Forces say Russia is striking the south in retaliation of Moskva warship sinking
World
April 15, 2022
Armed Forces say Russia is striking the south in retaliation of Moskva warship sinking
A spokesperson for the Ukrainian Armed Forces in southern Ukraine suggested that Russian missile attacks in the south since Thursday…
COVID-19 in Egypt: more new cases and deaths reported Wednesday
Egypt
February 24, 2022
COVID-19 in Egypt: more new cases and deaths reported Wednesday
Egypt’s Ministry of Health and Population on Wednesday reported 1892 new coronavirus cases, 32 deaths, and 2140 recoveries. A total…
In 1st, US surgeons transplant pig heart into human patient
World
January 11, 2022
In 1st, US surgeons transplant pig heart into human patient
In a medical first, doctors transplanted a pig heart into a patient in a last-ditch effort to save his life…
Doctors say lives are lost in hospitals in Ethiopia’s Tigray due to dwindling supplies, blame blockade
Main Slider
January 5, 2022
Doctors say lives are lost in hospitals in Ethiopia’s Tigray due to dwindling supplies, blame blockade
NAIROBI, Jan 5 (Reuters) – In the largest hospital in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, a child wounded in an air strike…
Egyptian health sector receives support from the World Bank
Egypt
November 27, 2021
Egyptian health sector receives support from the World Bank
The World Bank representative in Egypt and Senior Health Specialist Amr el-Shalakani said that the health sector receives the most…
Since Sudan coup, 41 killed, hospitals targeted, doctors say
Middle East
November 22, 2021
Since Sudan coup, 41 killed, hospitals targeted, doctors say
CAIRO (AP) — Security forces have targeted hospitals and blocked injured protesters from treatment since the military seized control of…
How greed fueled Lebanon’s deadly milk and medicine shortage
Middle East
November 8, 2021
How greed fueled Lebanon’s deadly milk and medicine shortage
Beirut/Akkar, Lebanon — Ammouneh Haydar sits on a plastic chair in the sparsely furnished apartment she hasn’t left for a month.…
Lebanese hospitals at breaking point as everything runs out
Middle East
August 23, 2021
Lebanese hospitals at breaking point as everything runs out
BEIRUT (AP) — Drenched in sweat, doctors check patients lying on stretchers in the reception area of Lebanon’s largest public…