35 m. ago Brotherless Night by VV Ganeshananthan audiobook review – love and conflict in Sri Lanka

The civil war transforms a young trainee doctor’s life as she copes with her feelings for a Tamil Tiger in last year’s Women’s prizewinning novelBrotherless Night opens with 16-year-old Sashi Kulenthiren, who hopes to be a doctor like her eldest brother, making tea when the kettle slips out of her hand, causing her to pour boiling water on herself. When a neighbour, K, hears her screams, he rushes over to help, cracking raw eggs over the scalds to soothe the pain. “So I began as K’s patient though he ended as mine,” Sashi reflects.Set in 1980s Sri Lanka, VV Ganeshananthan’s coming-of-age novel – which won the 2024 Women’s prize for fiction – is an epic and hard-hitting tale of family and survival as it documents life during the civil war between Tamil separatists and the Sinhalese majority that lasted three decades. Before fighting breaks out, Sashi’s most pressing problem is whether she will pass her exams at school. But soon violence and kidnapping become the norm, communities are...

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10 h. ago Assisted dying: UK doctor says helping patients die in Australia is ‘privilege’

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill is due to return to the House of Commons for debate and more votes on amendments on Friday.

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12 h. ago Greta Thunberg 'mistreated and mocked' by dancing Israeli officials before deportation

French doctor Bapiste Andre was on 'freedom flotilla' with Greta Thunberg - he said the group were subject to 'mockery' when they were intercepted by Israeli officials

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13 h. ago 'Progressive' doctor performed disturbing surgeries on her sedated female patients

Mona Ghosh, 52, wrongly told up to 100 healthy women who had a pap smear test to screen for cervical cancer at her clinic that their results were abnormal.

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13 h. ago Doctor who failed to spot girl, 13, was suffering from sepsis and died days later will face no disciplinary sanction

Professor Richard Thompson did not refer Martha Mills to intensive care despite her displaying several high-risk indicators of the life-threatening condition.

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16 h. ago Chris Robinson, General Hospital actor who coined ‘I’m not a doctor, but I play one on TV’, dies aged 86

The Florida-born actor also appeared in long-running soap opera ‘The Bold and the Beautiful’

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16 h. ago Grandmother left to die after getting trapped under a car in a hospital parking garage, family alleges

Theresa M Phillips, 79, was driving her husband, Walter, to a doctor’s appointment in a Pittsburgh hospital when the tragic accident occurred

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18 h. ago No disciplinary sanction for doctor’s ‘grave’ failures in care of Martha Mills

Professor Richard Thompson did not refer the 13-year-old to intensive care despite her displaying several high-risk indicators of sepsis.

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19 h. ago Scot dad gets blood pressure warning from doctor but makes change to lose 2 stone

Marcel Botes, 33, from Edinburgh, struggled to resist the urge to snack, particularly after dinner. But after making one simple change, he's shed nearly two stone in weight

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21 h. ago East Renfrewshire doctor secures £65k Scottish Enterprise grant for innovative AI

An East Renfrewshire doctor has secured £65,000 in funding from Scottish Enterprise to develop an innovative medical education platform, following tailored support from Business Gateway East Renfrewshire and East Renfrewshire Council.

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21 h. ago Gaza doctor and son evacuated after husband and nine children killed in Israeli strike

Alaa al-Najjar and her only remaining son, Adam, who was badly injured in the strike, are due to fly to ItalyMiddle East crisis – latest updatesA Palestinian doctor whose husband and nine of her 10 children were killed by an Israeli strike has been evacuated from Gaza, bound for Italy with her only surviving child.Alaa al-Najjar, a paediatrician, and her badly wounded 11-year-old son, Adam, are due to be taken by ambulance with other critically-ill patients and family members to an airport in Eilat on the Red Sea and then flown to Milan on a plane chartered by the Italian government. Continue reading...

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21 h. ago Doctor reveals 6 key symptoms of new 'Nimbus' Covid variant NB.1.8.1

Experts say the new Covid variant has symptoms that aren't "always typical" of the virus

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24 h. ago Doctor reveals the most effective treatments for a lingering cough

A cough is considered chronic when it lasts longer than eight weeks in adults, or four weeks in children

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25 h. ago Covid Nimbus symptoms: The six key signs of new coronavirus strain sweeping UK

A doctor has outlined the key signs we need to look out for in the new Covid variant known as 'Nimbus' as cases spike across the UK, with the strain also been found in 21 other countries worldwide

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29 h. ago Harold Shipman: New Mail podcast explores the 'unusual' early life of Doctor Death and the missed warning signs that foreshadowed his killing spree

An Appointment with Murder is a brand-new true crime podcast that delves into the minds, methods, and motivations of medical murderers.

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32 h. ago Sarco suicide pod's SECOND victim: The doctor who witnessed woman's death, unanswered 'strangulation' questions, and the boss who now says: 'He was paranoid and delusional'

When he was five years old, Dr Florian Willet used to walk around the neighbourhood where he lived in Heidelberg, Germany , looking up.

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32 h. ago PROF ROBERT TOMBS: British tolerance is being stretched to its limits. Mass immigration is destabilising our country

Last weekend, my cousin's lovely daughter, not long out of medical school, married her sweetheart - a handsome young doctor from an Indian family.

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38 h. ago Doctor did 'everything he could' to help baby who died after being given overdose of medication , inquest hears

Two nurses also described how an overdose of atracurium was administered to Polly Ida Lindop while they worked with an unfamiliar piece of apparatus

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38 h. ago Baby dies after getting ten times recommended dose of powerful drug

A leading doctor has told an inquest that a newborn baby was given ten times too much of a powerful drug usually used in surgery - just minutes before she collapsed.

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44 h. ago Who is David Bull? Former doctor and presenter made Reform UK chair

You might recognise him from the paranormal reality TV show Most Haunted Live!

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