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Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 13, 2020
COVID-19: Malaysia left with 2 weeks worth of personal protective equipment for hospitals
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KUALA LUMPUR: There are only two weeks worth of personal protective equipment (PPE) supply left to be distributed to all hospitals in Malaysia, the country’s Ministry of Health said on Monday (Apr 13). In a press conference, the ministry’s director-general Noor Hisham Abdullah urged those who have been donating PPE to continue doing so. Advertisement Advertisement “The
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 11, 2020
Outbid and left hanging, US states scramble for ventilators
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REUTERS: On the final Thursday in March the Arkansas team in charge of procuring ventilators thought they had scored a coup: a vendor had agreed to sell them 500 of the breathing machines critical to keeping COVID-19 patients alive at US$19,000 each. The next day they were told the deal had vanished because a buyer
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 9, 2020
Cabby admits stepping on wrong pedal in crash at Gleneagles Hospital that left 1 dead, 5 injured
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SINGAPORE: A taxi driver accidentally stepped on his accelerator pedal instead of the brake in the driveway of a hospital, causing his cab to surge forward and crash into a car and another taxi. The multi-vehicle collision took the life of a 70-year-old Indonesian man and injured five others including a traffic marshal. Advertisement Advertisement
Commentary: COVID-19 outbreak has overworked some but left more with little to do
LONDON: “It’s really quiet,” said the proprietor of Oxford’s best falafel stall when I popped over to buy lunch on Monday. It is even quieter now. Meanwhile, my wife emailed friends to ask if we could help. Both of them are doctors and they have three children and a parent undergoing treatment for cancer. Advertisement