Malaysia’s hospitals still short of doctors
Patients at government facilities can face wait times of up to six hours, with doctors at understaffed clinics sometimes seeing between 80 and 100 patients in a single day.
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All of Bangladesh’s 64 districts at risk as dengue spreads
Experts urge stepping up community-level efforts and awareness campaigns.
Six dengue deaths reported, Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh city raises outbreak alert
838 new cases were recorded in the past week alone, pushing the total for the year to 14,370, a surge of more than 153 percent compared to the same period last year.
Bangladesh migrants trapped in medical scam
Previously known as GAMCA, the GCC-approved centres in Bangladesh are allegedly controlled by a few influential owners who have monopolised the process and profit massively by…
Indonesian government starts rolling out free health screening for schoolchildren
The program offers 15 different types of health screenings, including nutritional status assessments, blood pressure and blood sugar checks, as well as screenings for…
Is your summer safe? Cases of foodborne illness in South Korea double in June
Salmonella infections rose from 66 patients in the first week of June to 127 by the fourth week, a 92.4 percent jump. Campylobacter recorded an even steeper trajectory: Related…
China’s first 9-valent HPV vaccine priced at just US$70
Following 18 years of effort, the domestically developed 9-valent HPV vaccine has demonstrated trial data comparable to that of imported ones.
8 held after children found with abnormal blood lead levels in China’s Gansu
The detained include the principal and investor of Peixin Kindergarten, a privately run institution based in Maiji district in the city of Tianshui, which was set up in 2022 and…
When Nepal’s doctors chose protest over patients
Thousands suffered on Monday, July 7, after doctors skipped duties at public hospitals to protest Consumer Court verdicts.
Bhutan’s health ministry, PEMA secretariat expand mental health access
Both are actively working to embed mental health services at every level of the country's healthcare system-primary, secondary, and tertiary care.