Tag: Medics

Categories Asia & Pacific

Hundreds of Malaysian contract doctors stage protest for better working conditions as country battles rising Covid infections

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Hundreds of Malaysian doctors have staged walkouts from major hospitals, demanding that the government offer better job security and wages. The protests come amid a spike of coronavirus infections. … Read More >Hundreds of Malaysian contract doctors stage protest for better working conditions as country battles rising Covid infections

Categories EU

Orban announces mandatory coronavirus vaccine for Hungary’s healthcare workers and jabs for schoolkids

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Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban has announced that coronavirus vaccinations will become mandatory for healthcare workers, and children are to be vaccinated before returning to school, in a bid to boost inoculation rates. … Read More >Orban announces mandatory coronavirus vaccine for Hungary’s healthcare workers and jabs for schoolkids

Categories Latin America

$21,000 per bed: State hospital workers arrested in Peru for charging desperate Covid patients to access ICU

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Nine people have been arrested in Lima for having allegedly illegally profited from patients suffering from the deadly coronavirus. The state hospital workers are suspected of selling access to intensive care unit (ICU) beds. … Read More >$21,000 per bed: State hospital workers arrested in Peru for charging desperate Covid patients to access ICU

Categories Middle East

Over a dozen injured after protests erupt in Lebanon in wake of PM-designate’s resignation and failure to form govt

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At least 19 people have been injured in fresh unrest in Lebanon, medics said, after protesters and the military clashed in the wake of the resignation of Lebanon’s prime minister-designate after he failed again to form a cabinet. … Read More >Over a dozen injured after protests erupt in Lebanon in wake of PM-designate’s resignation and failure to form govt

Categories Shows

Doctors for Assange with Jill Stein, and Elon Musk’s boring scam

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Former Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein joins Lee Camp on VIP this week. Stein is part of Doctors for Assange. The group is concerned about the health of Julian Assange, under the persecution of the United States. But Stein and the group she’s organizing with are in the fight to free the political prisoner for more than just health reasons … Read More >Doctors for Assange with Jill Stein, and Elon Musk’s boring scam

Categories World

‘Catastrophic’: Tunisia’s health system has ‘collapsed’ amid Covid-19 outbreak, bed, and oxygen shortages – ministry

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The Tunisian health system has collapsed under the pressure of Covid-19, the country’s health ministry has said, with overwhelmed hospitals struggling to provide care amid a chronic shortage of beds and oxygen. … Read More >‘Catastrophic’: Tunisia’s health system has ‘collapsed’ amid Covid-19 outbreak, bed, and oxygen shortages – ministry

Categories World

Australia’s top doctors’ body opposes PM’s ‘surprise’ move to defy health advice and allow AstraZeneca shots for people under 40

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Australia’s top medical body has refused to endorse a sudden shift in Covid-19 vaccination policy after Prime Minister Scott Morrison went against expert advice by allowing people under 40 to get the AstraZeneca shot. … Read More >Australia’s top doctors’ body opposes PM’s ‘surprise’ move to defy health advice and allow AstraZeneca shots for people under 40