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Posts tagged as “patients”

In Afghan hospitals, feeling abandoned by the Taliban — and the world

By Rick Noack in The Washington Post, June 28, 2023SHINDAND, Afghanistan — In the U.S.-built district hospital of Shindand in western Afghanistan, the surge in patients took doctors by surprise. As their wards filled up in recent months, they repurposed staff space to make room for more patients and resorted to prescribing single doses of drugs that should be taken in three doses. Some patients with severe conditions have been turned away because of a…

Patients suffer as MRI Scanner lies defunct at Anuradhapura Hospital

by Sheain Fernandopulle in Daily Mirror online, June 12, 2023 at 08:00 pmThe MRI scan machine at the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital is non-functional, forcing the hospital authorities to send patients to other hospitals. Speaking to Daily Mirror, Hospital Director D.M.S. Samareweera stated, “We are in the process of bringing the machine back into operation as final repairs are ongoing.” “Repairs have been underway for the last two months and we are now at the final…

Compensation sought from Indian co. for eye drops

by Madusha Wickramasinghe in The Morning, May 17, 2023The Health Ministry requested the Indian company that exported Prednisolone eye drops to grant compensation to the patients who got impaired by the use of the same. Speaking to The Daily Morning yesterday (16), Minister of Health Keheliya Rambukwella said that they have requested the Indian company in question to grant compensation to the patients who got impaired by the use of Prednisolone. “The Ministry has informed…