The new coronavirus made Dr. Jag Singh a patient at his own hospital. His alarm grew as he saw an X-ray of his pneumonia-choked lungs and colleagues asked his wishes about life support while wheeling him into Massachusetts General’s intensive care unit. When they offered him a chance to help test remdesivir, an experimental drug […]
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Sackler-owned opioid maker pushes overdose treatment abroad
The gleaming white booth towered over the medical conference in Italy in October, advertising a new brand of antidote for opioid overdoses. “Be prepared. Get naloxone. Save a life,” the slogan on its walls said. Some conference attendees were stunned when they saw the company logo: Mundipharma, the international affiliate of Purdue Pharma — the […]
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Korean doctors took days off work to conduct medical mission in Palau
Philanthropic doctors from Korea spend their vacation in a more meaningful way by conducting a four-day medical mission in Palau that benefited around 700 patients. Fueled by their personal cause to extend medical aid to areas that need special medical services, eight physicians and two dentists from South Korea pooled their resources together and used […]
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Painkiller allegedly used to get high
A painkiller called Tramadol is allegedly being used as a pill to get “high” on, a doctor at Belau National Hospital claimed. However, the doctor said that the painkiller like Tramadol is strictly prescribed in the cases of deadly diseases such as cancer and the Government of Palau has stopped the sale of Tramadol at […]
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Palau sends delegates to Cuba to strengthen health care, education
Palau delegation with Cuba’s Minister of Public Health, Dr. Morales, and his Directors. (Contributed Photo) A BIG Palauan delegation visited Cuba on February 23 to check out Palauan medical students there and learn from the country’s renowned health care system. Health Minister and Doctor Emais Roberts led the delegation together with Education Minister Sinton Soalablai, […]