Category: Public Health

Public health

There are arguments both for and against decriminalization and legalization, but we simply can’t just cross our fingers and wait while drug addiction continues to destroy lives…

Is it OK to use expired drugs? The short answer is: yes. But this stand needs to be qualified…

For far too long (50 years to be precise!) we have contented ourselves with just taking the ball from the British and running with it — without much

despite all the criticisms of the health services, for the amount of financing that it receives (about 4% of GDP; Europe: 10%) its performance is commendable

There is a paradigm shift to be made so as to give equal weight to curative medicine, public health/preventive medicine specialties, and Research and Training

Among the several magazines that I still read regularly, going back to my college-going days (Royal College Curepipe), one that leaves me in wonder at every issue is

The Mauritius Health Service under the umbrella of the Ministry of Health and Quality of Life leaves a lot to be desired. My wife was unfortunate enough to

Being naive, as always, it never occurred to me that some female Bollywood stars have resorted to Botox and plastic surgery to correct some supposed imperfections. When someone

It was the year 1976, in mid-January. I was shortly to leave for Dublin to begin my specialist studies in surgery. At that time I was Resident Medical

It is generally acknowledged that wars have a great impact on medicine and both the First and more particularly the Second World War marked turning points in modern

Dr R Neerunjun Gopee

By Dr R Neerunjun Gopee

By Mona Babajee

Gender-Links, alcohol and Ministry of Health