Kozhikode, June 11 (IANS) A 43-year-old man from Farook in Kerala’s Kozhikode has tested positive for the Nipah virus, triggering fresh concerns as health authorities launched emergency containment measures.The patient, who was undergoing treatment after developing Nipah-like symptoms, has been shifted to the isolation ward at Kozhikode Medical College Hospital.The infection was detected in tests conducted at the Medical College laboratory, following which the patient was moved to the special is…
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Islamabad, April 17 (IANS) A new investigation about the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital in Taunsa city of Pakistan’s Punjab province has exposed many flaws in the healthcare system and the state’s utter disregard for the locals. An investigative documentary by BBC has exposed nurses injecting patients through their clothes, giving dirty syringes for re-use and unqualified workers injecting child after child from a blood-contaminated vial of liquid medicine in the hospital. “The scale of neglect le…