Prime Minister cannot reverse Gaffarena deal without removing Michael Falzon
Almost two days have passed since former PN health minister Joe Cassar resigned from his parliamentary seat in the wake of revelations that he had received gifts from controversial businessman Joe...
View ArticleDepartment of Defense Implements Mediware’s® HCLL™ Transfusion in 60...
(Source: MEDIWARE Information Systems Inc) LENEXA, Kan., September 22, 2015 - HCLL Transfusion, an industry-leading blood transfusion management application from Mediware Information Systems, is now...
View ArticleAIIMS launches online verification for poor patients
The AllMS has started a one time online verification process for poor patients who are exempted from paying charges for investigation and surgical procedures. Till now, verification was done manually...
View ArticleSingapore Government Invests in Driverless Cars
Lien Hoang SINGAPORE— Pang Kin Keong is dreaming of a paradise city, where the grass is green and the people are -- well, sitting in driverless cars. Pang is also Permanent Secretary at Singapore’s...
View ArticleMammoth Trade Deal Confirms Advocates' Worst Fears
The United States government released the final text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership on Thursday, and a wide array of advocacy groups did not like what they saw. Organizations promoting climate change...
View ArticleGovt To Shut Down Gushegu Witch Camp
The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection is working towards the possible closure of the Gushegu Witch Camp in the North. Nana Oye Lithur, sector Minister said the practice of witchcraft...
View ArticleGovernment To Shut Down Gushegu Witch Camp
The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection is working towards the possible closure of the Gushegu Witch Camp in the North. Nana Oye Lithur, sector Minister said the practice of witchcraft...
View ArticleUS air raid on Afghanistan hospital was meant to kill, destroy: MSF
Doctors Without Borders, also known by its French acronym MSF, says it has not yet found any evidence that US fighter jets attacked one of its hospitals in Afghanistan’s embattled city of Kunduz by...
View ArticleWard off some skin cancers with Vita B
A cheap and readily available vitamin supplement appears to reduce a person’s risk of some skin cancers, a new clinical trial indicates. A form of vitamin B3 called nicotinamide appears to reduce...
View ArticleNational Social Protection Policy Ready For Cabinet - Minister
Nana Oye Lithur, Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection has announced that the National Social Protection Policy is ready to be presented to Cabinet for approval by the end of the month....
View ArticlePS Jose Herrera attending summit on maritime sector cooperation between China...
Parliamentary Secretary for Competitiveness and Economic Growth José Herrera is travelling to China to take part in an international seminar on maritime...
View ArticleThe UHM has negotiated an incentive package with government for health sector...
The UHM has negotiated an incentive package for health sector workers who will form part of the public private partnership process. This was said during a meeting the UHM with workers at St...
View ArticleButterflies Weaponize Milkweed Toxins
Monarch butterfly caterpillars have evolved the ability to store toxins known as cardenolides, obtained from their milkweed diet, specifically to make themselves poisonous to birds, as has at least one...
View ArticleIntra-caste marriages cause blood diseases, say doctors
More intra-caste and intra-community marriages are leading to blood-related diseases, say doctors. Most blood-related diseases such as haemophilia and thalassemia run in families and pre-natal checks...
View ArticleNew foreign owner of Gozo Hospital meets staff in unpublicised event
The new foreign owner of the Gozo general hospital was introduced to the staff during a meeting held on Tuesday with Energy and Health Minister Konrad Mizzi and...
View ArticleThe Supreme Court Could Take Its First Abortion Case In 9 Years
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court hasn’t heard an abortion case in nine years. But pro-choice activists are hoping they’ll decide this fall to take up a major Texas abortion case that threatens to close...
View ArticleFor Ontario’s patients, the time is now for leadership
Ontario’s doctors launched a challenge last week under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms against the Ontario government. At its core, this challenge is about fairness — for Ontario’s patients...
View ArticleSame minister, same story
While Muscat's government is drowning in scandals, Konrad Mizzi and Chris Fearne have taken on the role of salesmen, just like their boss. They are selling our health system to Vitalis Global...
View ArticleChris Fearne guarantees jobs, benefits, shifts and job location for PPP...
Parliamentary Secretary Chris Fearne today guaranteed workers at St Luke's Hospital, Karen Grech Hospital and the Gozo General Hospital that their jobs, wages, shifts,...
View ArticleMAM questions need to waive environment impact assessment for hospitals
The Medical Association of Malta has questioned Parliamentary Secretary for Health Chris Fearne’s statement, (reported in yesterday’s issue) that safety regulations will be adhered to despite the...
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