by Ponn P Mahayosnand, Wing Shan Chan | Dec 30, 2024
The 2023 War on Gaza has been referred to as a settler colonial led genocide in which Gazans have been victims of “humanity’s darkest hour”. (1) The healthcare system has been inadequately staffed and seen as unsustainable since the COVID-19 pandemic. (2) An immediate...
by Hina J Shahid | Dec 30, 2024
Medical training acts as a “secondary socialisation process”, predominantly through a hidden curriculum which “instils behaviours, attitudes, and values among trainees”1. It has been argued that increased secularisation of society and medical practice2 is creating an...
by Dr Nada AL-Hadithy, Swee Chai Ang, Prof Ghassan Abu-Sittah, Victoria Rose, Naveen Cavale, Tim Goodacre, Ahmed El-Mokhallalati | Dec 30, 2024
It has long been recognised that the health predicament in which Palestinians have been placed is inexcusable. The health-care systems in Gaza were already struggling with demand, with a total of 3412 beds catering to a population exceeding 2.1 million people. The...
by Sanna Waheed | Aug 31, 2024
Background Muslim healthcare students striving for professional excellence can face a unique challenge: reconciling religious dress codes with hospital policies. While previous research highlights the potential conflict for Muslim healthcare professionals, limited...
by Shereen Asghar, Maheen Shoaib, Mennatalla Ayyad, Syed Mohammad Ali Hassnain, Saeed Ahmed | Aug 31, 2024
Despite ongoing efforts by BIMA, there remains a substantial disparity in the rates of people opting in for organ donation between the white and BAME communities. The “Annual Report on Ethnicity Differences in Organ Donation and Transplantation 2022/2023”...
