A dissemination workshop on the findings of a study on the “Integrated Behavioural and Biological Surveillance among Injecting Drug Users (IDUs)” was organised on Wednesday at Gold Crest Hotel, Quatre Bornes. The study was carried out by the Ministry of Health and Quality of Life from October to December 2009 under the supervision epidemiologist and [...]
‘There is now an urgent need to tackle cardiovascular and related diseases with determination within a clear policy framework and goal in mind’ – DR RAMGOOLAM STARK WARNING: DIABETES AND OBESITY A LETHAL COCKTAIL Mauritians have been given yet another health warning: The time-bomb is ticking, with heart problems and related diseases expected to take [...]
Touched by the human tragedies she witnessed at the Brown Sequard Hospital (BSH) yesterday, Mrs Maya Hanoomanjee, Minister of Health and Quality of Life, said her decision to revive the “Mid Way Home” project has been fully justified. Following a visit to the new psychiatric hospital, Mrs Hanoomanjee was shocked to learn that a majority [...]
La clinique Med Point, situé à Solférino et appartenant à la famille Jugnauth, ferme ses portes à partir du 3 septembre prochain. La raison invoquée : difficultés financières et raisons économiques (voir hors-texte). Il se chuchote que l’État serait un potentiel repreneur de cette clinique. Les 21 employés de ce centre hospitalier se retrouvent ainsi [...]
“140 cas et 2 morts. Pas plus à ce jour”. Le ministère de la Santé, malgré l’insistance de la population à savoir, campe sur sa position. “Depuis le début de l’année, à juillet 2010, nous n’avons eu que deux décès liés à la grippe A (H1N1)”, soutient le Principal Medical Officer, le Dr Ahad Abdool. [...]
Amy Reiley, one of only two Americans to hold a Masters of Gastronomy degree from Le Cordon Bleu, has revealed top six natural aphrodisiacs that will get you going. Figs, she says, are loaded with manganese, magnesium, vitamin E and zinc, which are essential for sexual health. Watermelons contain citrulline, which signals the body to [...]
Le ministère de la Santé change de stratégie. Des examens ne seront plus effectués dans nos hôpitaux pour déterminer s’il y a eu des décès liés à la grippe A/H1N1. C’est ce qu’a annoncé cet après-midi le Dr Ahad Abdool, directeur au Health Services du ministère de la Santé, lors d’une conférence de presse. Il [...]
According to the latest figures from the Ministry of Health and Quality of Life, more than 42,000 people have been vaccinated against the flu virus A (H1N1). On Monday and Tuesday alone some 30,000 people attended regional and district hospitals as well as Area Health Centres to get the flu jab. Prior to the aggressive [...]
Meeting the press yesterday at her office, Minister of Health and Quality of Life Mrs Maya Hanoomanjee slammed what she called the “irresponsibility” of the press in managing the present situation. The ministry maintains that to date only two people – a man and a woman – have died of the virus. Both were 51 [...]
More than 4,000 people were vaccinated against the flu virus A (H1N1) at the Swami Vivekananda International Convention Centre in Pailles over the weekend. The free flu jabs were given during the third annual Health Exhibition organised by the Heart Foundation and the Ministry of Health and Quality of Life. Thousands of Mauritians visited the [...]
Swim in a pool full of deadly salties with just a perspex cage for protection
Passing out Parade des 707 nouvelles recrues de la police au Gymkhana, Vacoas
17ème édition Salon Infotech, au centre Swami Vivekananda, à Pailles
Les quatorze finalistes Miss Mauritius 2010 dévoilées
La plus haute piscine à débordement
Mauritian Open Air Festival 2010
