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Maldives’s first cardiologist begins his service at IGMH
Posted on 27. Jan, 2010 by admin.
Dr. Ali Shafeeq, Maldives’s first cardiologist has begun his service at the IGMH.
Dr. Shafeeq had served at the IGMH previously as well and had earned a good reputation among the public. His specialized medical studies took place at India’s Sri Chitra Medical Institute by under an agreement between the IGMH and Sri Chitra Medical Institute
As IGMH’s Cardio department was temporarily closed because of lack of cardiologists, Dr. Shafeeq’s return would be a big triumph for IGMH and would be great news for the heart patients in the Maldives.
Doctors who had treated heart diseases at the IGMH such as Dr. Abdul Azeez Yoosuf, Dr. Abdul Hameed and Dr. Ahmed Raazee were practitioners of general medicine and their services were well received by the public. IMGH CEO Zubair also said that Dr. Ali Shafeeq’s return as a cardiologist would be a great success for the country’s health sector and said that IGMH wishes to provide more education opportunities for medical practitioners to go into specialized areas of medicine.
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Prostitution widening in the Maldives
Posted on 26. Dec, 2009 by admin.
Reports have said that the prostitution is widening in the Maldives. Reports also say that both the locals and foreigners are also involved in this business. Maldivians are also engaged in prostitution both in and outside the Maldives and Police had busted the local guesthouses and massage parlors while engaged in such activities.
Many foreigners had already been deported for prostitution. Reports also state that Russians and East Asians are also smuggled into the country for prostitution.
Reports ckaims that local girls are being taken abroad for prostitution while some young girls and women visit foreign countries as a group and engage in such activities.
Islamic scholars had also been using the Friday prayer’s sermon to advise the people to stay away from such activities.
Health Ministry had also expressed its concern on the issue and had warned the people of possible increase in AIDS cases if the trend continues and had said that one such person had already found positive for AIDS. Furthermore 200 labourers were also found positive for AIDS. According to the Ministry, the most dangerous problem is the people who arrive Maldives on tourist visas, who are not mandated to do such medical examinations.
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An expatriate prostitutes tested positive for AIDS
Posted on 09. Dec, 2009 by pharaxe.
Ministry of Health has revealed that an expatriate prostitutes operating in the country has been tested positive for AIDS. Ministry said that these expatriates arrive in Maldives under tourist visa.
Speaking at a press conference held yesterday, Senior Medical Officer Dr Ahmed Jamsheed Mohamed of Center for Community Health and Disease Control (CCHDC) said that even though expatriates arriving in Maldives under work permit are routinely tested for HIV, those arriving with tourist visa go untested. Dr Jamsheed said that if people act heedless to this fact, than there is a danger of spreading the virus among Maldivians.
Speaking in this regard, Dr Jamsheed said that one expatriate caught in prostitution business in Maldives was tested positive for AIDS. This person, who was here on a tourist visa applied for a work permit here, and as required by work permit regulations, a test for HIV was conducted and it came out positive.
Dr Jamsheed added that they have credible information that there are more of such kinds of people arriving in Maldives and working in places like massage parlors and brothels.
So far 246 expatriates have been deported from Maldives after being tested positive for HIV. In addition to this, 14 Maldivians has also been confirmed for HIV, out of which only 4 are still surviving.
Confidential testing for HIV and counseling is undertaken by 3 places in the country. This includes Jaanee, ADK Hospital and Maldives Police Service (MPS.)
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New health scheme Madhana Plus introduced
Posted on 21. Oct, 2009 by admin.
Ministry of Health has introduced a new health insurance scheme, Madhana Plus. This scheme makes provision to get treatment from abroad.
Speaking at a press conference on Monday, chairman of the national social protection agency (NSPA) Ahmed Waheed said that additional payment of MRF1500 has to be paid in order to utilize this scheme. He said that only people who have applied for Madhana scheme can apply for Madhana Plus. Under this program Maldivians will be able to receive medical treatment which is not available in Maldives. Arrangements have been made with hospitals in India and Waheed said that the Ministry is in talks with Sri Lanka as well.
Waheed said that people can now apply for this scheme and for those who submit applications before 27 of November 2009 will receive service by January 2009of next year but for applicants who submit after November 2009 will receive the service in July 2009.
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Medical records of patients can be revealed only in special circumstances – Dr Razi
Posted on 19. Oct, 2009 by admin.
Dr Ahmed Razi has said that patient’s medical records can be revealed only in special circumstances in accordance with the rules set for such purposes.
Dr Razi, the head of Indhira Gandhi Memorial Hospital (IGMH), said this speaking at a press conference held yesterday. He said even if there is no law in Maldives regarding the protection of medical records of the patients, there are certain policies practiced in the country to do it. He added that for Doctors to go against this policy would like going against the oath that they took.
He further said that even if this is the case, when a government body requests for patient’s records than IGMH will provide information officially.
Dr Razi said that Doctors conduct tests not because a patient has a certain disease but to ascertain that the patient does not have a certain disease.
Dr Razi said that about 50,000 people conduct HIV test every year and that many other tests are also taken for different reasons. Dr Razi said that people should not panic about this.
He further said that IGMH had released some information to Human Rights Commission of the Maldives (HRCM) that the Commission needed but that HRCM did not use the information in the best way. Dr Razi said that HRCM used that information in a very irresponsible manner.
CEO of IGMH Zubair Mohamed said that recently false some allegations had been made by HRCM when they said that IGMH was putting obstructions in HRCM’s work of obtaining information about the teenage girls who took pregnancy tests this year. Zubair said that IGMH will provide any information available provided they follow the procedure of doing such things.
He further added that IGMH continues to convey information about unusual cases that come to IGMH to concerned government bodies as soon as they come to know of it.
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Man tested positive for H1N1
Posted on 15. Oct, 2009 by admin.
Ministry of Health and Family has said that a Japanese tourist who came to Maldives on Monday through Sri Lankan Airlines has been confirmed to have H1N1 on Monday.
According to the press release issued by the Health Ministry Tuesday evening, the 26 year old man was brought to ADK hospital because he had symptoms of common cold that morning and was tested for Influenza A. When he was tested positive for that, another test was conducted for H1N1 upon which it was confirmed positive.
This would be the first case of H1N1 tested positive in Maldives since the facility of testing for it began in the country. In accordance with regulations, the tourist was quarantined in Hulhule till the results of H1N1 test came out and as is the policy the patient will be treated in the H1N1 facility for seven days.
Ministry also said that H1N1 test is being conducted on the people who were with the patient.
Ministry further noted that so far all the people who were quarantined in Hulhule after being tested positive for Influenza A and H1N1 were released from the facility when they were completely cured.
Out of 80 people who were screened in Maldives, only 4 cases of swine flu were found.
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