Category: Community
Uncollected trash can cause disease outbreaks
MANILA, Philippines – An official of the Department of Health-National Capital Region (DOH-NCR) warned yesterday that uncollected garbage “lying wide open on the streets of Metro Manila” could cause outbreaks of various diseases. According to DOH-NCR director Dr. Eduardo Janairo, […]
Hospitals target 40pc day care surgeries
KUALA LUMPUR: An estimated 40 per cent of surgeries in the country are targeted for day care procedures whereby patients are allowed to return home instead of being warded after operations. Kuala Lumpur Hospital (HKL), Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Department […]
New hospital pioneers reforms in health care
BEIJING- A new hospital affiliated to the University of Hong Kong is adopting the Hong Kong public hospital management system in the neigboring Shenzhen City in a bid to seek way for reforms in the public health care. The Chinese […]
China, United States cooperate on smoking control in workplaces
BEIJING- China and the United States have established the Sino-U.S. Partnership on Smoke-free Workplaces, pledging cemented efforts regarding tobacco control in workplaces. The partnership was announced in a joint statement issued by the Ministry of Health (MOH) and the Department […]
Fine Against China Hotel After 140 Fall Ill
On Saturday, a five-star China Hotel in Hainan province was fined 618,000 yuan (around $97,000) after 141 people fell ill after eating breakfast there. The Sanya City Food and Drug Administration also confiscated materials used to make the food, Xinhua […]
China’s life expectancy to hit 77 by 2020: report
BEIJING- China’s average life expectancy will increase to 77 years by 2020 from 74.83 years in 2010, according to an official forecast released Friday. Targets for improving life expectancy, as well as nine other key indicators of the country’s public […]
Indonesia makes progress in combating child malnutrition
JAKARTA- Indonesia has been among the top 15 countries in the world in terms of progress in dealing with child malnutrition, local media reported Thursday. The 13th “Annual Report on the State of the World’s Mothers” compiled by Save the […]
India to Provide Free Medicines
Indians to get free medicines, announced by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in his address to the nation on the country’s 66th Independence Day. The prime minister said the National Rural Health Mission was launched in 2005 so that health services […]
Bengal to Launch Dengue Awareness Campaign
Bengal decides to increase awareness throughout all the dengue affected areas. The government has also decided to train 142 medical officers of Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) to tackle the menace, as most of the confirmed cases are reported in Kolkata. […]
Dog bites are a Cause of Concern in England
There has been a 55% increase in the number of hospital admissions in England due to dog bites, and some of them have been serious enough to need surgery. Data summarized by USEC show that number of bites from dogs, […]
