Sierra Leone link to India medics BBC News | Sierra Leone's president has launched a satellite link-up so that doctors in his country can seek advice from their colleagues in India. | The system, known as telemedicine, will enable doctors in Sierra Leone to send X-rays and other data for analysis in better-equipped Indian hospitals. | They w...
Pfizer - Victims' Medical Records Missing All Africa THE medical records of the victims of the 1996 Pfizer Trovan clinical trial cannot be found either at the Kano State Ministry of Health or at the Infectious Diseases Hospital (IDH) where the ill-fated clinical trials of the drug were conducted, the state's Attorney General and Commissioner for Justi...
Health officials face disciplinary action Independent online | Twenty-five Eastern Cape health department senior officials face disciplinary action for irregular expenditure of R24-million, a spokesperson said on Thursday. | Sizwe Kupelo said the expenditure was recorded during the 2008/09 financial year. | "T...
Student Nurse Sues Ministry All Africa A Marondera student nurse who was suspended and failed to write her final examinations in March for alleged misconduct has taken the Ministry of Health and Child Welfare to the High Court for unfair labour practice. | ...
Elderly man had nightmare stay in hospital Independent online | Four years ago, Athina Alexandrakis lost her mother after what she claimed had been malpractice by doctors. | Now her remaining parent's life is in the balance after he was allegedly overdosed with morphine at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic...
Punishing the Doctor All Africa MANY Nigerians do not know there are laws to punish doctors for negligence. The code of the Medical and Dental Council prescribes punishments for misconduct of its members, though the code is observed mostly in breach. | ...
Nigeria: Former bank boss submits to police in the UK Joy Online The former Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Intercontinental Bank Plc, Mr. Erastus Akingbola, is not likely to return to the country until he is formally charged to court, but he has reported himself to UK authorities after being declared wante...
Rules to Curb Medical Malpractice On the Way All Africa Medical staff whose negligence leads to the needless suffering of their patients will be punished under new rules being considered by the Medical Services Ministry. | ...
Mom sues after 'bungled' birth Independent online | By Fatima Schroeder | A Hout Bay woman is suing the Western Cape Health MEC for R14,9-million after complications during childbirth at Groote Schuur Hospital left one of her twins dead and the other paralysed for life. | Court papers filed at the C...
A Look At The 10 Gitmo Detainees Headed To US WPXI WASHINGTON -- Ten high-profile Guantanamo Bay detainees are being transferred to face justice in the United States. | The five detainees heading to civilian court in New York to face charges they orchestrated the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks are: | --Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who admitted to interrogators that he was the mastermind of the attacks. He alle...
GLOBAL: Mismatch between HIV spending and need IRINnews web | JOHANNESBURG, 12 November 2009 (PlusNews) - The global economic crisis may have the positive spinoff of forcing countries to allocate increasingly scare HIV/AIDS resources more efficiently. | A recent analysis of national spending on HIV/AIDS found a correlation between prevalence and the amount countries spent on the disease, but a mismatch ...
