Category: Public Health

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Equality and Health

By Dr R Neerunjun Gopee

It is not enough that the State or private providers put at our disposal facilities and services that sustain universal health coverage, our health is primarily our –

There is clearly so much of taxpayers’ money wasted, unpardonable particularly when the servicing level of our national debt has already exceeded the level indicated by experts as

There has never been, nor is there now any risk from asbestos in government buildings, or in EDC houses for those who live there

Families are getting smaller, although overall the world population has increased. And despite this increase in world population, several countries – including ours – are now facing a

Tremendous progress has been made in the diagnosis, treatment and survival rate of many cancers. But for the individual family, it remains a formidable challenge to cope with

By Dr Harry Phoolchund

Most people would already have some idea about Siamese twins and been reminded that there was a previous case in Mauritius in 1992

The quality and model of health care must be reengineered and benchmarked on best practices prevailing in the world so as to provide quality health care services to

On the whole we can be assured that food safety in the country is not a cause for worry here – which is not the same thing as

mishaps may occur due to complications, ‘subjective’ clinical judgement, incompetence, inexperience or medical negligence. While the response of the uninformed lay person to any case of mishap is

There has never been, nor is there now any risk from asbestos in government buildings, or in EDC houses for those who live there Let this be made

We have delayed and missed many opportunities before on renal transplantation. It is my fervent prayer that we do not do so again, that will be a great