Tag: Doctors

Asia Pacific Report Three New Zealand doctors -- two Palestinian and one Iraq-born -- are planning to join the charity Kia Ora Gaza in its...

SPECIAL REPORT: By Yamin Kogoya Next month, on July 10, six months will have passed since Papua's Governor Lukas Enembe was "kidnapped" and flown to...

By Stephen Forbes, Local Democracy Reporter Te Whatu Ora's new winter health plan fails to address workforce shortages and staff burnout in Aotearoa New Zealand,...

By Jairo Bolledo in Manila A day before the first State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr in Quezon City,...

By Leah Tebbutt, RNZ News reporter An Aotearoa New Zealand health workforce recruiting agency is fielding calls from senior US doctors who say they can...

By Rowan Quinn, RNZ News health correspondent Wearing glasses or getting a runny nose is enough to qualify for a mask exemption under current New...

By Joyce McClure of Pacific Island Times Yap State Governor Jesse Salalu has declared a state of emergency over a mass resignation of 40 doctors...

COMMENTARY: By Dr Mark Craig in defence of New Zealand's dedicated managed isolation and quarantine team and facilities as the country braces for omicron. As...

By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby A Papua New Guinean doctor, who is alleged to be covid-19 positive, has been arrested and charged in Solomon...

RNZ News A New Zealand nurse has been referred to a professional conduct committee by the Nursing Council after posting threats online against medical professionals...

By Jane Patterson, RNZ political editor, and Rowan Quinn, health correspondent As New Zealand readies for more covid-19 cases, warnings about the ability of public...

RNZ Pacific A group of doctors have hit the phones to support Pasifika families who have tested positive for covid-19 and been transferred into managed...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk A Papua New Guinean doctor evacuated from Daru in Western Province to Port Moresby last Tuesday has died – the latest...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Arrested medical practitioner Dr Jone Hawea has claimed that Fiji police officers acted irresponsibly by not following to covid-19 safety protocols...

By Luke Rawalai in Suva Fiji police have confirmed the arrest of former surgeon Dr Jone Hawea, a critic of the country's covid pandemic response,...

By Repeka Nasiko in Lautoka A video by a Fiji doctor on adverse side effects of the AstraZeneca vaccine has been misconstrued to support conspiracy...

By Ihsanuddin in Jakarta Jakarta Indonesian Doctor's Association (IDI) chairperson Slamet Budiarto has challenged a statement by President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo who has claimed that...

By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby Young Papua New Guinean mother-of-two Jenelyn Kennedy died from “head injury and bruised internal organs”, according to a doctor...

By Katie Scotcher, reporter for RNZ News A New Zealand doctors' union fears the Waitematā District Health Board is covering up mistakes that led to...

By Felipe F. Salvosa II in Manila Renz Paas is an avid consumer of medical literature. Following news of an outbreak of a novel coronavirus...

Nepal has recently updated its legal system with new civil and criminal  codes. However, writes Rahul Bhattarai of Asia Pacific Report, failure to consult...

Dr Swee Ang’s “SOS” call broadcast from the Al Awda as the boat was being hijacked in international waters last week. (Poor quality audio...