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Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 6, 2020
‘We’re not hungry, we need masks’ says Australian doctor on coronavirus frontline
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SYDNEY: Australian hospital workers on the coronavirus frontline say they daily receive letters of thanks, some people even bring them pizzas, but what they really need is proper respiratory face masks to replace faulty and homemade face shields. While doctors and nurses in some hospitals struggle to obtain respiratory N95 face masks, Australians walking the
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 6, 2020
Former trainee doctor gets mandatory treatment order for filming men at urinals
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SINGAPORE: A former trainee doctor who took multiple videos of men urinating in toilets was sentenced to a year-long mandatory treatment order on Monday (Apr 6). Jerry Christian Nagaputra, 31, was given the court order after pleading guilty last month to three charges of making obscene films, with 20 other similar charges taken into consideration. Advertisement
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 1, 2020
The 79-year-old Indonesian doctor on the frontline of COVID-19
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JAKARTA: When Dr Handoko Gunawan took a look at his patient’s lung X-ray, he immediately suspected he was dealing with a COVID-19 case. The X-ray image showed what he described as infiltration shadow with ground-glass opacity in both lungs, and the patient was battling a high fever, dry cough, low blood cell count and low lymphocyte
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 31, 2020
New York hospital doctor prepares for the worst
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NEW YORK: With the rapid rise of hospitalizations and a health system nearly at capacity, New York doctor Shamit Patel is preparing for the worst over the next few days, all while hoping he won’t have to start choosing which coronavirus patients to treat. Just 10 days ago, only half of the 46-year-old internist’s patients at
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 28, 2020
Malaysian doctor, wife and 5 children test positive for COVID-19
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KUALA LUMPUR: A family of seven has tested positive for COVID-19 in Malaysia, but the doctor, his wife and five children are staying cheerful. The siblings are quarantined at the Teluk Intan Hospital and since Friday (Mar 27), a TikTok video by one of them, 17-year-old Erika Syamim Samsu Ambia, has been trending on Twitter. Advertisement Advertisement “Even
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 23, 2020
Merkel goes into quarantine after contact with infected doctor
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FRANKFURT: German chancellor Angela Merkel went into quarantine on Sunday (Mar 22) after coming into contact with a coronavirus-infected doctor shortly after announcing more curbs on social interaction to slow the spread of the disease. Merkel, 65, will continue her work from home and will submit to repeated tests over the next few days, her
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 22, 2020
France appeals to workers as COVID-19 claims first doctor
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PARIS: The COVID-19 outbreak has claimed its first fatality among French medical personnel, Health Minister Olivier Veran said on Sunday (Mar 22), as the country prepares for an expected surge in cases. The minister, who paid tribute to front-line medical staff during an appearance on LCI television, also said the country was counting on workers
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 22, 2020
Malaysian doctor who had COVID-19 dies
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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia on Sunday (Mar 22) reported another death, bringing the COVID-19 death toll in the country to nine. Health director-general Noor Hisham Abdullah said the patient was a doctor with a travel history to Turkey. Advertisement Advertisement The case was suspected to be related to the history of travel abroad and not from frontliners or
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 20, 2020
‘Is that it?’: Chinese report into death of doctor who raised COVID-19 alarm underwhelms
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SHANGHAI: A Chinese report into the coronavirus death of a young doctor reprimanded by police for “spreading rumours” when he tried to raise the alarm about the disease drew quick criticism online after it merely suggested the reprimand be withdrawn. The investigative team also denounced the “anti-establishment” labels of “hero” and “awakener” that some had
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 19, 2020
COVID-19 whistleblower doctor punished ‘inappropriately’: Chinese probe
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BEIJING: Police in China’s virus epicentre Wuhan acted “inappropriately” by punishing a doctor who blew the whistle on the outbreak that has now killed more than 9,000 worldwide, a Chinese government investigation found on Thursday (Mar 19). Li Wenliang, one of a group of doctors in Wuhan who shared posts on social media warning of a
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 15, 2020
MUIS details mosque visits by COVID-19 patients, urges other visitors to go to doctor if unwell
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SINGAPORE: The Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (MUIS) on Sunday (Mar 15) released a list of 10 mosques visited by five Singaporeans who had tested positive for COVID-19, after they attended a mass religious gathering in Malaysia. “Thus far (the Ministry of Health)’s contact tracing efforts have revealed that the individuals who tested positive visited a
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 9, 2020
An app a day: China embraces tele-medicine to keep the doctor away
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SHANGHAI: As the coronavirus crisis rages, a Chinese woman working in Paris takes to a computer to consult a doctor thousands of kilometres away in Shanghai about a worrisome cough and headache. The physician says she probably has the common cold and prescribes rest, in a cyber-consultation that embodies the huge push the coronavirus epidemic
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 9, 2020
Former trainee doctor admits taking multiple videos of men at urinals
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SINGAPORE: A former trainee doctor admitted on Monday (Mar 9) to taking multiple videos of men urinating in toilets. Jerry Christian Nagaputra, an Indonesian national and Singapore permanent resident, was training to be a doctor and was attached to the department of anatomical pathology at Singapore General Hospital at the time. Advertisement Advertisement The 31-year-old man,
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 9, 2020
Doctor found guilty of locking ex-girlfriend in room, assaulting her after she refused him sex
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SINGAPORE: A doctor was found guilty on Monday (Mar 9) of locking his then-girlfriend in a room and assaulting her when she refused him sex. The woman suffered multiple facial fractures, bleeding in the brain and a fractured finger, and had to be treated for acute stress disorder. Advertisement Advertisement Clarence Teo Shun Jie, 35,
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