Doctors/Surgeons

Britain’s health service hit by ‘super flu’ outbreak

NHS figures published on Dec 11 showed flu cases at a record level for the time of year.

Who is left, when illness takes away your mind or body?

A sense of self can drive survival and live on in memories.

Doctor in Matthew Perry overdose case sentenced to 2½ years in prison

Salvador Plasencia (left) acknowledged then that he injected Matthew Perry with ketamine at the actor’s home and in the back seat of a parked car, and that doing so was not for legitimate medical purposes.

‘This year, we hope to have zero maternal deaths’: India’s south makes giving birth safer

rmmother - A senior nurse from SingHealth (orange shirt) shows doctors and nurses from primary healthcare centres how to deliver a child in breach using a mannequin in a simulation exercise in Chennai. Several medical professionals from Singapore have volunteered to collaborate with the Tamil Nadu health department to improve maternal and child health and reduce mortalities with refresher programmes and protocol reviews.
ST PHOTO: ROHINI MOHAN

Doctor charged after allegedly supplying over 2,000 litres of cough syrup without licence

Goh Sze Yi was handed one charge under the Health Products Act.

Doctor left rosy career to start S’pore’s first dedicated clinic for intellectual disabilities

Dr Chen Shiling founded the Happee Hearts Movement, which has served about 500 people with intellectual disabilities since its inception.

Medical Mysteries

Life rewired: Deep brain stimulation curbs excessive, involuntary movements in boy with rare disorder

An 11 year-old Singaporean, known here as Adrian, is the first paediatric patient with GNAO1, a rare genetic neurological disorder, in Singapore and Asia to undergo Deep Brain Stimulation surgery for this condition. Adrian (with his back and his mother Felicia, 42, looking at a baby photo of Adrian.

Thousands of Tunisian doctors strike, say health system close to collapse

Young doctors gather and hold signs during a protest as thousands went on strike across Tunisia on Wednesday, demanding higher pay and warning of an impending collapse of the health system, part of a broader wave of social unrest convulsing the country, in Tunis, Tunisia, November 19, 2025. REUTERS/Jihed Abidellaoui

Nigerian aid groups help children accused of witchcraft to rebuild lives

A boy accused of witchcraft by his mother writes on a blackboard in a class exercise in Eket, Akwa Ibom state, Nigeria, October 15, 2025. REUTERS/Sodiq Adelakun

Enforcement action taken against 10 doctors for inappropriate MediShield Life claims

Generic photo of Ministry of Health building taken on Sept 29, 2025.

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