Sri Lanka loses 10 percent of its doctors amid exodus after economic crisis
Faced with spiralling inflation and poor pay, Sri Lanka’s doctors have migrated en masse to other nations in the past two years, crippling hospitals.
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Illegally brewed liquor kills at least 29 with dozens hospitalized in southern India
NEW DELHI (AP) — At least 29 people have died and dozens hospitalized after drinking illegally brewed liquor in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, officials told local media Thursday.
Indonesia nurses wanted: Japan hospital fights global rivals for talent
NAGOYA, Japan -- A Japan-based hospital group plans to bring in more health care workers through a recruitment blitz in Indonesia, Nikkei has learned.
Thailand set to be first Asean nation to recognise same-sex marriages after bill passes
The new law defines marriage in gender-neutral terms instead of referring only to “men” and “women” and accords same-sex couples rights over inheritance, hospital consent, property management and adoption previously denied to them.
More Doctors Walk Off the Job in South Korea
Doctors at medical facilities across South Korea walked off the job in a one-day strike on Tuesday, dramatically if briefly expanding a months-old protest against the government’s health care policies that began when residents and interns at major hospitals stopped working in February.
South Korea orders doctors who joined protracted strike over medical school plan to return to work
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean officials issued return-to-work orders for doctors participating in a one-day walkout Tuesday as part of a protracted strike against government plans to boost medical school admissions, starting next year.
Rare twin elephants in Thailand receive monks’ blessings a week after their tumultuous birth
BANGKOK (AP) — Buddhist monks in Thailand on Friday blessed twin baby elephants, one male and the other female, a week after their rare birth came close to being a tragedy.
