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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 3, 2020
South Korean ex-presidential candidate on COVID-19 frontline
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SEOUL: When hospitals in the South Korean city of Daegu were overwhelmed by coronavirus patients, officials appealed for doctors to help, and among the volunteers was multi-millionaire and former presidential candidate Ahn Cheol-soo. The South was one of the first countries hit by the virus outside China, where it initially emerged, and for a time had
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 3, 2020
US doctors on coronavirus frontline seek protection from lawsuits
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REUTERS: US medical professionals on the front line of the coronavirus pandemic are lobbying policymakers for protection from potential malpractice lawsuits as hospitals triage care and physicians take on roles outside their specialties. State chapters of the powerful American Medical Association and other groups representing healthcare providers have been pressing governors for legal cover for decisions
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 16, 2020
The Big Read: The untold sacrifices by frontline healthcare workers as they soldier on against COVID-19
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SINGAPORE: Earlier this month, Dr Chng Woei was asked by her 24-year-old daughter if the family was not going to have dinner with the maternal grandparents until “this dies down”. “This” refers to the COVID-19 crisis which has hit every continent except Antarctica, and has earlier this week been declared a pandemic by the World
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 12, 2020
17 years after SARS, this quarantine order agent is back on the frontline battling COVID-19
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SINGAPORE: When he was deployed by Certis during the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreak in 2003, Sergeant (Auxiliary Police Force) Gogulakanan Govindasamy was a 26-year-old bachelor who wanted to make a difference. Seventeen years later, he is a married man with three children, but his desire to help out in a crisis has not waned. Advertisement Advertisement “Now
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 12, 2020
17 years after SARS, this quarantine order agent is back on the frontline
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SINGAPORE: When he was deployed by Certis during the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreak in 2003, Sergeant (Auxiliary Police Force) Gogulakanan Govindasamy was a 26-year-old bachelor who wanted to make a difference. Seventeen years later, he is a married man with three children, but his desire to help out in a crisis has not waned. Advertisement Advertisement “Now
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 7, 2020
China COVID-19 fight sparks outcry over female frontline staff
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BEIJING: China’s fight against the coronavirus epidemic has triggered anger over the neglect of frontline female workers who have struggled to access menstrual products, battled with ill-fitting equipment and had their heads shaved. Reports that some medical staff were given birth control pills in order to delay their periods have also prompted outrage. Advertisement Advertisement As
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 5, 2020
Wuhan doctor recounts fears and hope at COVID-19 frontline
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BEIJING: One month after makeshift hospitals opened to chaos and confusion at the epicentre of China’s coronavirus epidemic, frontline doctor Ma Yonggang is finally seeing more empty beds as fewer patients arrive. When 43-year-old Ma was first summoned to a sports stadium converted into a medical facility on Feb 4, it was a virtual construction site
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