Doctor

World

KNIFE ATTACK

Doctor, 2 nurses stabbed at Los Angeles hospital

The Nomad Today/dpa 6/4/22

The suspect was taken into custody, authorities said

World

ATTEMPTED MURDER

Jealous doctor tried to kill man with anaesthetic

The Nomad Today/dpa 7/28/21

The doctor is now charged with attempted murder, theft and burglary

Sports

HOMICIDE CHARGES

Maradona's personal doctor facing up to 25 years in prison

The Nomad Today/dpa 5/21/21

Maradona died of a heart attack last year in November at the age of 60. He was recovering from brain surgery at the time.

World

RUSSIA

Russian doctor who treated Navalny after poisoning no longer missing

The Nomad Today/dpa 5/11/21

Alexander Murakhovsky, health minister of the Siberian region of Omsk, exited the woods near the city of Omsk under his own power.

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IN SIBERIA

Russian doctor who treated Navalny after poisoning reported missing

The Nomad Today/dpa 5/10/21

Navalny accused him of falsifying the diagnosis, and his supporters accuse Murakhovsky of delaying Navalny's transfer to Germany at a critical time.

Sports

INVESTIGATION

Maradona's personal doctor accused over his death

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/29/20

The Argentinian football legend died on Wednesday of a heart attack at the age of 60.

World

Egypt to prosecute doctor and father over three girls genital cutting

The Nomad Today 6/5/20

The girls, who were all minors, had been told the doctor was coming to vaccinate them against coronavirus.

Coronavirus

New coronavirus losing potency, top Italian doctor says

The Nomad Today 6/1/20

A second doctor from Northern Italy told the national news agency ANSA that he was also seeing the Covid-19 weaken.

Coronavirus

2 doctors died of coronavirus in Finland

The Nomad Today 4/24/20

On Friday, THL  reported 111 new laboratory-diagnosed infections and 5 more deaths. The majority of the dead people had one or more long-term illnesses. The most common of these have been…

Coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS

Why negative coronavirus tests are not always trustful

Ali Abaday 4/3/20

Some throat swab tests have been shown to have accuracy rates between 30% and 61%.

Coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS

Message from the Finnish health care workers: “Stay home”

The Nomad Today 3/23/20

The government wants to people to stay home. However, pubs, shops and restaurants are open and it is difficult keep people away from them.

Coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS

Austrian Tyrol, the idyllic area where Helsinki doctors got infected

The Nomad Today 3/19/20

The Austrian ski region of Tyrol has been declared an epidemic area. A significant number of Finns, including 17 students from the University of Oulu, were infected there.

Coronavirus

Coronavirus knocks out 14 doctors in the Helsinki region

The Nomad Today 3/12/20

Half of the cardiac surgeons in the Helsinki Uusimaa region are in quarantine. Health authorities admit that tracing all contacts with infected people is becoming increasingly difficult.

Finland

Police suspect palliative care nurse and doctor for fraud and malpractice in Turku

The Nomad Today 3/2/20

The nurse is suspected of taking advantage from "sick and defenseless people in order to seek financial gain." Six officials from the city of Turku, three of them still in office, are suspected…

Finland

Why are foreigners less likely to visit a doctor than Finns?

The Nomad Today 2/11/20

Experts point to the lack of confidence in the system as one of the elements that discourage people of foreign origin when they need to seek help in the face of a disease.