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How tech is coming to the aid of a battered healthcare sector
From resource efficiency to security, with some futuristic solutions such as âmixed realityâ surgery, technology is contributing to the provision of better care to more people across the world and in SA. 00:15
The efficient, affordable and equitable rollout of vaccine programmes across the globe is the latest challenge. Image: Christinne Muschi, Bloomberg
The healthcare sector has been through one of the most torrid periods in living memory. Hospitals have been repurposed as the last line of defence against Covid-19, placing nearly half those in need of elective care on hold. There is a global shortage of qualified healthcare workers, and this is compounded in an industry faced with an increasing chronic disease burden.
Following are the recipients of North the Allegheny Foundation’s 2021 Distinguished Alumni Award.
The annual honor recognizes graduates in 10 categories who have made significant contributions to society or outstanding professional accomplishments.
This year’s award winners were recognized during a virtual ceremony in late January.
Arts
Rob Hertweck, Class of 1984
The Clarks
Early on, The Clarks were once described as a bunch of out of tune country hicks. The band took irreverent offense to the comments, saying they were never country hicks.
Eleven studio albums and a couple of guitar tuners later, The Clarks have struck again with “Madly In Love At The End Of The World,” a lively ride down a rural lane, laced with love, mourning and questions about where it all goes from here.
New benchmark set to deliver optimal osteoporosis care throughout Asia Pacific
- Launch of first pan-Asia Pacific minimum clinical standards for the screening, diagnosis & management of osteoporosis -
The Asia Pacific Consortium on Osteoporosis (APCO) has today (Thursday, January 28, 2021) launched the first pan-Asia Pacific clinical practice standards for the screening, diagnosis, and management of osteoporosis, targeting a broad range of high-risk groups.
Published in Osteoporosis International today, The APCO Framework comprises 16 minimum clinical standards set to serve as a benchmark for the provision of optimal osteoporosis care in the region.
Developed by APCO members representing key osteoporosis stakeholders, and multiple medical and surgical specialities, this set of clear, concise, relevant and pragmatic clinical standards aims to support national societies, guidelines development authorities, and health care policy makers with the development of new guidelines, an
The 70-year-old had a fractured elbow and co-morbidities including diabetes and hypertension
Doctors at Fortis Malar hospital here have performed a challenging surgery for the fractured elbow of a 70-year-old woman who was COVID-19 positive and had other co-morbidities.
Nandkumar Sundaram, Chief of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon at the hospital, said that the woman was rushed to the hospital with a fractured elbow, high fever and extreme breathlessness. Apart from COVID-19, she had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes and hypertension, he added. He said that she was treated in the intensive care unit for about three weeks before she was fit enough to undergo a multiple fragment surgery for the fracture.