Doctor expected to plead guilty in death of 'Friends' star Matthew Perry
Dr. Mark Chavez has signed an agreement with prosecutors to plead guilty to a single felony count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine.
Thu Oct 03 2024
Junior doctors in India's Kolkata resume full strike, disappointed with top court's ruling
Doctors demand increased police protection in hospitals and investigations into alleged corruption in medical colleges.
Tue Oct 01 2024
South Korea to lift fees for doctors treating severe illness in strained medical system
South Korea will use 10 trillion won in health insurance funds over three years to raise fees doctors receive for treating severe illnesses.
Fri Sep 27 2024
Striking Indian doctors set to resume essential services
Striking junior doctors in India's West Bengal state agreed to resume essential services, in a partial resumption of medical facilities.
Fri Sep 20 2024
Sickness can be 'death sentence' in Gaza as war fuels disease
People will continue to die because preventable diseases are not being treated on time, says doctors and health professionals.
Sat Sep 14 2024
Striking Indian doctors want demands met before returning to work
Hundreds of doctors are demanding better security at hospitals and justice for the woman, found dead in a classroom.
Tue Sep 10 2024
Worldwide protests held over Indian trainee medic's rape and death
Thousands of diaspora Indians protest for justice after last month's rape and murder of a trainee doctor at a Kolkata hospital.
Mon Sep 09 2024
INSIGHT - Before Kolkata doctor rape, an unmet promise to keep physicians safe
Five years ago, the government of West Bengal state in India pledged to clamp down on violence against doctors.
Fri Sep 06 2024
Family of slain Kolkata doctor says police rushed them into cremation
According to the father of the doctor, police rushed the family into cremating even though they wanted to keep her body for some time.
Fri Sep 06 2024
MACC tracking another doctor to assist in falsified Perkeso claims case
MACC Chief Commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki confirms that the doctor is employed at a hospital in Penang.
Wed Sep 04 2024
Senior doctors’ arrest: MOH assures full cooperation to MACC
MOH noted the arrest of three doctors allegedly linked to a cartel falsifying Social Security Organisation (Perkeso) disability claims.
Wed Sep 04 2024
'Ketamine queen,' doctor to face March trial in Matthew Perry death
Dr. Salvador Plasencia and Jasveen Sangha, the "ketamine queen," pleaded not guilty to charges related to Matthew Perry's death.
Wed Sep 04 2024
Ex-head of Indian college where doctor was raped arrested for suspected graft
The CBI said it also arrested two vendors of hospital supplies and a close aide of Ghosh in connection with the case.
Tue Sep 03 2024
South Korea denies hospital emergency rooms collapsing as army doctors deployed
The government plans to assign 235 military doctors and community doctors who will be rotated in to troubled hospitals from Sept. 9.
Mon Sep 02 2024
Protesters block train tracks, buses in eastern India
Thousands of protesters, most of them BJP workers, blocked roads and railway tracks and forced shops to shut down.
Wed Aug 28 2024