The emergence and rapid proliferation of case management programmes, quality improvement projects, and continuous improvement plans is a prominent feature of the medical landscape in recent years. This is certainly the case in the public hospitals. The phenomenon is viewed by some doctors, depending on the context in which...

The now much-discussed tsunami of 26 December 2004, attributed to a massive undersea earthquake (magnitude of 9 on the Richter scale) that occurred off the coast of Banda Aceh in Sumatra, is reputed to have claimed the lives of over 200,000 in more than 10 countries, mostly within, or...

More than 225,000 people across Asia perished in the cataclysmic tsunami unleashed by the Indian Ocean earthquake on 26 December 2004. At this point in time, as people try to overcome the shock and pain of coming face to face with multiple deaths and losses, it may be relevant...

Childhood ingestion and poisoning is an important problem in many countries,1-8 and accounts for a significant workload for emergency department consultations and hospital admissions.9,10 About 4 million people are poisoned in the United States every year. Children under 6 years of age account for 60% of these cases, and...

Neuroma formation in extremity amputations, particularly finger amputations, can be extremely disabling. There have been many methods advocated for the prevention and management of such amputation neuromas,1-29 but no one method has been shown to be ideal. The most popular and simplest method, peripheral neurectomy, involves the proximal section...