Showing posts with label Travel Health. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Travel Health. Show all posts

Dozens of British passengers on German river cruise hit by winter vomiting bug - Daily Mail 25th November 2008

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

More than 100 British cruise ship passengers have been quarantined after falling ill with the winter vomiting bug. The elderly travellers were on a trip along the Rhine in Germany when they contracted the highly infectious norovirus.

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tags: Norovirus, Health, News, IHN, Daily Mail, Travel Health

Doctor, doctor: Dr Tom Smith answers your medical questions - The Guardian 22nd November 2008

Monday, November 24, 2008

I’d like to try a teeth whitener, but worry it will be harmful or painful.

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tags: Dental Health, Health, News, UHN, Ovarian Cancer, Travel Health, Diet, Nutrition, Food Hygiene, Food Poisoning, The Guardian

British man dies in Indonesian hospital after doctors ‘demanded bribe before treating him’ - Daily Mail 21st November 2008

A British holidaymaker died in an Indonesian hospital after doctors refused to treat him until they received hundreds of dollars in bribes, an MP has claimed.

Dale Nord, 43, was ‘allowed to die while British embassy officers and doctors stood and let him’ for the sake of a bribe, Barnsley Central MP Eric Illsley said.

The MP revealed by the time the doctors received part of the cash and agreed to treat him it was too late.

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tags: Travel Health, UHN, Health, News, Ethics, Medical Technology, Daily Mail