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Devastated mum of Leeds teen who died four days after telling NHS she felt suicidal calls for mental health improvements
Posted On: February 09, 2019

Leeds, UK – 9th February, 2019: The heartbroken mum of a Leeds teenager who died four days after telling a mental health professional she was struggling to cope with suicidal thoughts is calling for better support for young people.
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Dr. Khainga and Surgeoderm have prima facie case to answer
Posted On: February 10, 2019

Kenya – 10th February, 2019: The Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board (KMPDB) took up the matter on June Wanza Mulupi’s death from the media after it elicited public interest.
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Health ministry targets reduction in hospital violence
Posted On: January 31, 2019

Vietnam – 31st January, 2019: The target is part of a recently approved plan to prevent crimes and violations at medical facilities between 2019 and 2020 in response to recent cases in which medical workers were reportedly assaulted in the workplace by patients and relatives of patients.
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India-born billionaire on trial in US for bribing doctors
Posted On: January 29, 2019

Boston, US – 29th January, 2019: An India-born onetime billionaire and founder of a drug company went on trial in the US along with four others on charges of paying doctors millions of dollars in bribes to lure them into prescribing a highly addictive opioid painkiller meant solely for cancer patients.

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Is the deck stacked against patients? Fight over medical malpractice lawsuits returns to Pa.
Posted On: January 29, 2019

Pennsylvania, US – 29th January, 2019: A plague of medical malpractice lawsuits had Pennsylvania’s health care system needing life support in the early 2000s, at least in the view of hospitals and doctors.
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