Slaves In Libya Used For Organ Trade
The widely condemned slavery in Libya goes beyond the sale of human beings as some ‘slave masters’ engage in organ trade, a private legal practitioner reveals. Organ trade is the trade of...
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The Story of How A Worm Turned… Into A Bringer of Medical Miracles
For centuries, the only use humans found for the lugworm -- dark pink, slimy and inedible -- was on the end of a fish hook. But the invertebrates' unappreciated status is about to change. Their...
Wealth, Poverty Propping Up Pakistan’s Illegal Kidney Trade
When Pakistani authorities burst into a makeshift hospital in Lahore this year, doctors were caught mid-way through two illegal kidney transplants, the local donors and Omani clients still...
‘I Went To the Web To Find A New Kidney’
‘I went to the web to find a new kidney’ - Matthew Pietrzyk Eleven-year-old Matthew Pietrzyk can now swim, run, have a bath and eat chocolate, all impossible before his kidney transplant. But he...
Meet the ‘heart ‘repairer’–Prof. Frimpong-Boateng
Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng (Prof.) is a Ghanaian Cardiothoracic Surgeon who was a former Chief Executive Officer of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra. He established the National Cardiothoracic...
The Minister-designate for Science and Technology and former Chief Executive Officer of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Dr. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng has stated that the Hospital has now become a...
The Minister-designate for Science and Technology and former Chief Executive Officer of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Dr. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng has stated that the Hospital has now become a...
Profiles of Second Batch of Ministers-Designate
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Wednesday announced the second batch of 12 ministerial nominees. The names have since been submitted to the Speaker of Parliament for vetting and approval....
Profile of Second Batch of Ministers-Designate
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Wednesday announced the second batch of 12 ministerial nominees. The names have since been submitted to the Speaker of Parliament for vetting and approval....
NPP Will Solve Health Problems Around Pillars
A government of the New Patriotic Party, under Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, would resolve the nation’s health challenges based on seven principles. The principles hinge on ensuring and...