July 2014

Belal Dabour is a recently graduated doctor from Gaza, Palestine. He blogs at belalmd.wordpress.com Thursday night, 17 July, was the heaviest yet since Israel’s bombardment of Gaza began almost two weeks ago. Dozens of people arrived to…

ISOLA DEL GIGLIO - Costa Concordia towing operation start today at 6AM with the first Tug Boat that start to operate on the field. The ship will be towed from 12AM to Genova, where it will arrive on monday. The Costa Concordia sunk in…

A rescue helicopter carrying emergency workers involved in the Sewol ferry disaster operations crashed Thursday in a South Korean city. Here there's the video of the accident in the town of Gwangju. Officials say a teenage girl also…

Interesting mission on friday, 19th July, on Alps in Tuscany. See the video of the winch rescue of a 35 yrs old male injuried when climbing on Tuscany slope of Apuane Alps. (From MEDest118) http://youtu.be/nV1nyyAnKes

NEW DELHI, INDIA (AFP) - An outbreak of encephalitis has killed 60 people in two weeks in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal, a top health official has said, calling the situation "alarming'. Hundreds of mainly children die across…

The ICRC condemns in the strongest terms the shelling of the Al Aqsa hospital in Deir El Balah, Gaza, which killed at least four people and injured scores of others. The hospital came under direct fire at least four times. The surgical…

Approved according to the new EN443 :2008, the F1SF helmet sets the new standard for fire-fighter’s head protection and comfort. Dedicated to structural fire-fighting in buildings, tunnels and other structures, it fulfills the growing…

(Melbourne, Australia: XX AIDS Conference) - Two years after launching a first of its kind Combination Drug Study for TB treatment in 2010, the Global Alliance for TB Drug Development (TB Alliance) raised hopes of a novel drug regimen to…

Benedict “Dinky” de Borja has been a volunteer Firefighter + Medic for the Pateros Filipino-Chinese Volunteer Fire and Rescue Brigade for the last 5 years. He helps Dr. Sixto Carlos on topics such as Emergency and Disaster Preparedness,…

The Chennai Police with a team of doctors from two hospitals ensured that an ambulance carrying a donor heart could be transported in the nick of time. The donor heart was transported from the Rajiv Gandhi Government Hospital to the Fortis…