Category: Medical

Manama, On the occasion of Bahraini Doctors’ Day, His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, today emailed Bahraini doctors across the Kingdom, to express the Kingdom’s pride in their relentless dedication and efforts provided in serving citizens and residents.

His Royal Highness highlighted their vital humanitarian role in society, in ensuring the health and well-being of individuals and the community as a whole. HRH Prince Salman bin Hamad noted the sacrifices Bahraini doctors take to fulfil their national duties, adding that Bahraini doctors are an honourable model, that inspire present and future generations in the medical field.

HRH the Crown Prince and Prime Minister affirmed that the health and wellbeing of citizens remains a top government priority, and reiterated the Kingdom’s commitment to supporting medical professionals, by providing training opportunities, further strengthening the competitiveness and sustainability of the medical sector, and ensuring an environment that fosters creativity and advancement in line with the Kingdom’s comprehensive development, led by His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa.

HRH Prince Salman bin Hamad concluded the email by wishing the Kingdom’s doctors success in their professional careers.

Source: Bahrain News Agency

Baghdad, -The World Health Organization called for help and appealed to everyone who has the ability to press for a ceasefire in Gaza to act now.

The organization said in a statement: “We cannot reach our staff and health facilities in Gaza, and we are concerned for their safety.”

It added: “Reports about the intense bombing in Gaza are very painful, and it is not possible to transfer patients or find safe shelter.”

Source: National Iraqi News Agency

Confirmed cases of lumpy skin disease (LSD) in cattle rose to 38 in South Korea on Thursday one week after the country reported its first-ever outbreak of the viral infection, the agriculture ministry said.

Following the nationwide outbreak, health authorities have launched an intensive vaccination campaign that calls for vaccinating all of the country’s cattle by early next month, according to Yonhap.

LSD, which does not affect humans, is a highly infectious disease that causes skin lesions, fever and loss of appetite, often leading to a fall in milk production and even death.

It affects cattle and buffalo via mosquitoes and other blood-feeding insects.

It typically takes around three weeks for vaccinated cattle to develop protective antibodies against the disease, officials said.

Source: Bahrain News Agency

Manama, The Shura Council expressed condemnation and strong denunciation of the Israeli bombing of Al-Ahly Baptist Hospital in Gaza, which resulted in the death and injury of hundreds of innocent civilians.

The council expressed its condolences and sympathies to the families of the victims and to the Palestinian people and wished those injured a speedy recovery.

The Shura Council stressed Bahrain’s stance and its call to the international community to urgently intervene to establish a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, ensure respect for international humanitarian law, secure hospitals, housing, and civilian facilities, provide protection for civilians, and open urgent humanitarian corridors to bring aid into the Gaza Strip.

The council noted that the continuation of fighting and clashes in the Gaza Strip would undermine security and stability in the region, and negatively affect the efforts that aim to bring a just and comprehensive peace in the Middle East.

The Shura Council emphasised support for regional and international efforts that would de-escalate the situation and end violence and escalation.

The council affirmed the firm position of Bahrain in supporting the Palestinian Cause and the right of the Palestinian people to establish their independent state, with East Jerusalem as its capital, in accordance with the two-state solution, the Arab Peace Initiative, and international legitimacy resolutions.

Source: Bahrain News Agency

Manama, The Council of Representatives expressed condemnation and strong denunciation of the Israeli bombing of Al-Ahly Baptist Hospital in Gaza, which resulted in the death and injury of hundreds of innocent Palestinians.

The council stressed that the actions against civilian facilities and targets were a grave violation of international and humanitarian law, and an unfortunate result of Western double standards and international silence on the ongoing Israeli escalation, which could lead to further violations and losses.

The Council of Representatives urged the international community to take urgent action to immediately cease collective punishment policies against the people of the Gaza Strip, provide the necessary protection for civilians, and open urgent humanitarian corridors for medical and relief aid, food, water, electricity, and fuel into the Gaza Strip.

The council asserted the importance of respecting international humanitarian law and treaties which protect civilians and human rights, which must be violated during conflict; and called for preventing the region from an overspill of violence and instability.

The Council of Representatives affirmed the firm position of Bahrain in supporting just and comprehensive peace efforts, and the right of the Palestinian people to establish their independent state, with East Jerusalem as its capital, in accordance with the two-state solution, the Arab Peace Initiative, and international legitimacy resolutions.

The council expressed its sincere condolences and sympathies to the families of the victims and to the Palestinian people and wished those injured a speedy recovery.

Source: Bahrain News Agency

The death toll from the ongoing Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip and the West Bank rose to 508 and 2,800 wounded since Saturday, today said the Palestinian Ministry of Health. It said 493 were killed in air strikes in the Gaza Strip and 2,751 wounded, including 91 children and 61 women, while the toll in the West Bank governorates reached 15, including two minors, and about 80 wounded. The Ministry of Health said four were killed, including a minor, in Jerusalem, two in Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, four in the Hebron Governorate, two in the Nablus governorate, two in Jericho and Jordan Valley Governorate, and a child in Qalqilya Governorate. The Israeli occupation warplanes launched hundreds of successive and violent raids in the last hours on all governorates of the Gaza Strip, targeting residential towers and buildings, civilian and service facilities, and mosques, causing hundreds of deaths and injuries, most of whom were women, children and elderly.

Source: National News Agency – Lebanon

The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced this evening, Monday, that the number of victims of the occupation’s aggression against the Gaza Strip had risen to 687 martyrs and 3,726 wounded.

Source: National Iraqi News Agency

The Palestinian Ministry of Health warned that the mounting Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip aggravates the health situation as hospitals are facing a major shortage of electricity, medicines, and fuel due to the blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip.

Most areas in Gaza are off the grid because the Israeli entity has stopped supplying Gaza with energy after imposing a full blockade, with the national supplier being unable to supply the strip with electricity needs which is obviously less than 20 percent.

The persistent crisis of electricity poses a challenge for the health system and a risk for hundreds of wounded people and patients in the sensitive sections, the ministry said in a statement today.

It added that technical and engineering crews are operating around the clock to ensure the operation of electric generators that require 40,000 liters of diesel per day in case of a power blackout for 12 hours.

The ministry has called on the international community and all relevant entities to ramp up pressure on the Israeli occupation to recommission the power grids because any lack of electricity will pose a danger to the health and humanitarian system and called for urgent action on the part of all entities to provide these essentials.

Meanwhile, the Palestinian News Agency (WAFA) pointed out that the occupation’s fighter jets are directly targeting ambulance vehicles and have so far targeted an ambulance vehicle carrying wounded people and destroyed it with the medical crew being injured, stressing that since the onset of the Israeli aggression on Gaza, the occupation has been intentionally targeting civil and ambulance vehicles carrying injured people.

For the third day, the occupation warplanes continued launching hundreds of airstrikes on Gaza targeting residential towers and critical infrastructures.

Source: Oman News Agency

The Palestinian Ministry of Health warned that the mounting Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip aggravates the health situation as hospitals are facing a major shortage of electricity, medicines, and fuel due to the blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip.

Most areas in Gaza are off the grid because the Israeli entity has stopped supplying Gaza with energy after imposing a full blockade, with the national supplier being unable to supply the strip with electricity needs which is obviously less than 20 percent.

The persistent crisis of electricity poses a challenge for the health system and a risk for hundreds of wounded people and patients in the sensitive sections, the ministry said in a statement today.

It added that technical and engineering crews are operating around the clock to ensure the operation of electric generators that require 40,000 liters of diesel per day in case of a power blackout for 12 hours.

The ministry has called on the international community and all relevant entities to ramp up pressure on the Israeli occupation to recommission the power grids because any lack of electricity will pose a danger to the health and humanitarian system and called for urgent action on the part of all entities to provide these essentials.

Meanwhile, the Palestinian News Agency (WAFA) pointed out that the occupation’s fighter jets are directly targeting ambulance vehicles and have so far targeted an ambulance vehicle carrying wounded people and destroyed it with the medical crew being injured, stressing that since the onset of the Israeli aggression on Gaza, the occupation has been intentionally targeting civil and ambulance vehicles carrying injured people.

For the third day, the occupation warplanes continued launching hundreds of airstrikes on Gaza targeting residential towers and critical infrastructures.

Source: Oman News Agency

The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced the death of 413 people as a result of the Israeli occupation’s aggression against the Gaza Strip.

It said in a statement: 413 martyrs fell as a result of the aggression, including 78 children and 41 women, in addition to 2,300 wounded.

Source: National Iraqi News Agency

Prime Minister Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani confirmed: “The health sector has been a priority for the government since the first days of its formation.”

The Prime Minister’s Media Office said in a statement: “Today, Saturday, Al-Sudani opened the first phase of the rehabilitation and development of the Central Children’s Hospital in the capital, Baghdad.”

He added: “Al-Sudani conducted a tour of the hospital’s departments and other wards, which will be rehabilitated in the subsequent stages, and met with citizens and listened to their demands and impressions about the nature of the services provided in the hospital,” directing the relevant officials to expedite the second and third rehabilitation processes for the hospital.

During the opening, the Prime Minister stressed the great interest in the health sector, as it has been a priority for the government since the first days of its formation, whether in its program or in the projects it launched, noting: “The government service and engineering effort has carried out rehabilitation and reconstruction operations for more than ten hospitals in Baghdad and the governorates have not witnessed any previous rehabilitation process, with the participation of government companies and others belonging to the private sector.”

Source: National Iraqi News Agency

About 75,000 employees of the American health insurance company Kaiser Permanente went on strike in a number of American states. Due to low wages and a shortage of workers in the health sector.

US health sector workers announced the beginning of a major strike, explaining that the lack of staff was harming patient care.

The strikers include licensed vocational nurses, home health aides, sonographers, and technicians. The union members are seeking to increase wages and increase the number of employees, while the doctors did not participate in the strike.”

A Kaiser Permanente executive said that compensation and employee retention are better than resorting to competitors.

It is noteworthy that Kaiser Permanente is one of the largest insurance companies and operators of health care systems in the United States.

Source: National Iraqi News Agency