AFP report in Dhaka Tribune, Nov 9, 2023The UN rights chief Volker Turk has urged Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina to release main opposition leader Khaleda Zia for urgent medical treatment outside the country. Bangladeshi physicians have said Zia, a two-times former premier, was at “high risk” of dying without overseas medical intervention abroad after the Hasina government rejected pleas to let her leave. Zia, 78, heads the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and…
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By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, October 11, 2023According to sources, the Taliban did not allow a team of ten Pakistani doctors to land at Herat Airport. A team of ten Pakistani doctors was denied entry to Herat Airport by the Taliban, preventing them from providing crucial medical assistance to earthquake victims in the city. Afghanistan International News Agency reported that the team included general surgeons, orthopaedic surgeons, nurses, and paramedics. The Taliban…
by Rajesh Mishra in The Kathmandu Post, May 3, 2023Nepali medical students studying at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi, India, have been raising their voices against the unequal benefits provided to them by the medical institute compared to their Indian counterparts. At least 50 Nepali students are currently enrolled in MD, MS, MDS, DM, and MCH courses and working as resident doctors in one of India’s top medical colleges.…
By Nizamuddin Rezahi in Khaama Press, March 12, 2023Taliban’s Acting Minister of Public Health Dr. Qalandar Ebad, in a recorded video, says the ruling regime wants to modify Afghanistan’s education system, particularly medical sciences, according to Pakistan’s curriculum. The recorded video has already gone viral on social media. Some social media experts have criticized Minister Ebad’s remarks about modifying Afghanistan’s education system to that of Pakistan. Taliban Minister’s comments about changing Afghanistan’s education system based…
report in The Island, Jan 27, 2023Alleging the government has failed to address the developing crisis caused by grave shortage of pharmaceutical drugs, the Government Medical Officers’ Association (GMOA) has called for WHO’s intervention. In a letter dated January 26, 2023, addressed to WHO Director General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, GMOA Secretary Dr. Haritha Aluthge has raised concerns about shortage of pharmaceutical drugs, escalating prices of medicines and allegations of malpractices and corruption in procurement…
by Dipankar Roy/ Mirza Shakil in The Daily Star, Jan 9, 2023Khadiza Begum, came to Khulna Medical College Hospital on December 30 from Satkhira’s Shyamnagar, with her six-year-old son Siam, who was suffering from high fever and shortness of breath. “My son’s fever has not yet subsided. He remains senseless most of the time. Due to the lack of a bed, we are forced to keep him on the floor despite his severe situation,” she…
report in Khaama Press, Dec 31, 2022Refugees from Afghanistan are facing unprecedented challenges in Pakistan, especially after the Taliban takeover of Kabul in August 2021. Their numbers have swelled in Pakistan in the last two years as Afghanistan is going through a difficult phase with acute food and medical shortages. With the increase of insecurity in different parts of Pakistan, Afghan men are regularly picked up for interrogations by the state security agencies. Even women…