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© Juan-Carlos TOMASI “Several villages around Tandikat, up in the hills north of Pariaman, were devastated by a landslide after the earthquake. Everything is gone and aid has been slow to arrive because most of the roads have been destroyed. This...

Photo Source: Marlene LEE On 2nd May 2008, Cyclone Nargis struck Myanmar, causing widespread destruction and massive casualties. An estimated 140,000 people were killed or remain missing. Damage was most severe in the Delta region, where the effects...

Today I have a wonderful experience to share with you. Last week, an old woman came to Emergency Room on wheel chair, complaining fall a month ago and not able to walk since then. She pointed at her left knee and complained pain there. I examined...

As I said before, I was not in good mood in last two days. Today, I tried to send this message but failed again. It’s rather frustrated. I did my first appendicetomy (resection of inflamed appendix) today for a 12 years old girl. She was referred...

It is a holiday today in Yemen as compensation for the Labour Day on 1st May., but I was in very bad mood. I lost my young patient with chest injury and multiple gun shot wounds. When I looked back, we had much room for improvement in his management...