Category: Community
Organ brokers receive up to 4 years in prison: China
CHINA – A court in Poyang county, East China’s Jiangxi province, sentenced four people to up to four years in prison for organising trade in organs, Jiangnan City Daily reported on Thursday. Poyang police arrested six members of the group […]
Saudi Arabia closes down 10 medical facilities for violating health criteria
RIYADH- The Saudi Health Ministry closed down this month ten medical complexes in Riyadh for violating medical practice regulations, the Saudi News Agency reported on Tuesday. The violations were found during their regular health inspections, as a result, the Minister […]
Three in Japan die from suspected norovirus outbreaks
OSAKA- A total of three people aged between 88 and 97 have died of a norovirus-related illness at long-term care facilities for elderly people in Japan’s Mie and Okayama Prefecture, local press reported on Wednesday. According to the country’s public […]
Risking a shot at eternal beauty
MALAYSIA – Some women are willing to have injections administered by beauty consultants to have fair and supple skin. Harian Metro reported that these women ignore the health risks, including being exposed to HIV and Hepatitis B. A woman, who […]
China promises to fine-tune family planning policy
CHINA – China will stick with its current family planning policy to maintain the country’s low birthrate but will make an effort to fine-tune it, the country’s population planning chief said. Wang Xia, minister of the National Population and Family […]
Philippine health agency warns against flu from U.S.
MANILA- The Philippine health department urged on Tuesday the public to be vigilant against influenza that has reached epidemic proportions in the United States. Health Secretary Enrique Ona said his office is monitoring the flu season in the United States […]
China issues flu shot warning
CHINA – Health specialists have urged more people to get flu shots this winter, as the killer virus continues to sweep the country. Although influenza cases are “well within the normal range compared with last year”, China’s top health specialist […]
Ban on Formula Milk Urged by Pakistanis
Media reports indicate that health experts, MPs and civil society members of Pakistan’s Sindh province want a ban on formula milk. Experts at a seminar in Karachi said nothing could be done to promote breastfeeding for children in the absence […]
Swine Flu Kills Two in a Week in Jordan: Health Minister
In the second death in a week caused by swine flu, a Jordanian woman has died of swine flu complications, Health Minister Abdullatif Wreikat said on Sunday. “The woman, who was in her forties, was taken to hospital last Sunday, […]
1,000 in Pagoh get free health, heart checks
PAGOH – Some 1,000 people from around Bukit Pasir here underwent medical screening yesterday during the Sayangi Jantung Anda medical outreach programme. Jointly organised by Briged Sukarelawan NSTP-Media Prima and the National Heart Institute (IJN), the programme was held at […]
