Malaysia had big plans for its medical tourism industry in 2020—only for the pandemic to hit. Megan Tatum reports on a sector full of profit and promise that is now full of uncertainty. Earlier this year, Lee Kim Siea, a plastic and reconstructive surgeon, had been due to travel to Indonesia with the Malaysian government. He had been invited to appear at an annual showcase of Malaysia’s…
On 21 April a woman with a rare and incurable disease became the first person in Peru to die with medical assistance, potentially opening the…
Chloe Milton describes the challenges of being left handed in clinical environments that are designed for righthanded use The surgeon glared at me. When I…
The World Medical Association (WMA) has called for a ceasefire between Israel and Gaza after its council passed a resolution put forward by the BMA.…
Doctor activists are in the news. Sarah Benn, a former GP from Birmingham, has had her medical licence suspended for five months after being arrested…
The success of NHS Practitioner Health shows that the unique demands of working in healthcare merit a tailored response, says Zaid Al-Najjar “If you build…
A common complaint about the NHS is that it’s not so much a health service as an illness service and that we’d be a healthier,…
The medical community, human rights groups, and agencies including the UN and the Council of Europe have condemned the UK for passing the Rwanda deportation…
New definitions of oral health provide an opportunity to change mindsets and promote innovation to tackle high levels of unmet needs, but this will only…
A former GP and climate activist who spent 32 days in prison for breaching an injunction banning protests outside an oil terminal against the production…
As a way to mark our 10 year anniversary since launching our patient and public partnership strategy (https://www.bmj.com/campaign/patient-partnership) we are going to publish a patient…
