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Health News – Daily Dose by Flying Doctors Nigeria
21st September, 2017 Healthcare news from around the world brought to you courtesy of Africa’s leading air ambulance service. Lung cancer is often only linked to smoking or exposure to certain chemicals, without gender or ethnicity being considered. Read more...
Flying Doctors Daily Dose
Healthcare news from around the world brought to you courtesy of Africa’s leading air ambulance service. 20th September 2017 1. WHO begins cholera vaccination for one million in Borno. Read more:...
Feeling sick after Hajj and Umrah ?
Pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia is one of the largest mass gatherings that occur in the world every year. Similarly, Umrah which can be undertaken at any time of the year can become really overcrowded during the Ramadan season. Due to the amount of crowd generated...
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS)
What we know about MERS The Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) is an illness caused by a virus called Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV). It can be very severe in carriers; as about 3 to 4 out of every 10 patients reported with MERS have...
Dr Dan Hankins Highlights the Need to Protect Air Ambulances
Dr Dan Hankins is a fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians and a retired emergency medicine and EMS physician. His article highlights the importance of air ambulance services in his home state of Minnesota, due to the low number of specialist centre...
Flying Doctors Daily Dose
Healthcare news from around the world brought to you courtesy of Africa’s leading air ambulance service. 19th September 2017 1. Gross inequality in mental health spending revealed in the NHS. Those who need help most maybe missing out Read more here:...
