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Nail removed from man’s genitals
Doctors successfully removed a two-inch nail from a man’s genitals yesterday. The 37-year-old Indian underwent a non-surgical procedure known as a cystoscopy at Salmaniya Medical Complex (SMC). Doctors pulled the nail out of his urethra on their first attempt and later said the man could have died if the object had not been spotted on [...]
Full Story3,000 Thai nurses to arrive in Kingdom
Thailand will send 3,000 Thai nurses to Bahrain soon to give a fillip to the Kingdom healthcare services. They would be drawn from the trouble-torn southern provinces of Thailand and provided with requisite training, before being sent to work in hospitals in Bahrain, said Chakrapob Penkair, Minister attached to the Prime Minister’s Office. The decision [...]
Full StoryBahrain turns pink!
Bahrain is turning pink as companies, schools and individuals join a nationwide initiative to raise money and awareness in aid of breast cancer. A charity gala dinner, lectures and fitness activities are some of the events being planned to mark World Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which falls every year in October. The Think Pink Bahrain [...]
Full StoryLeft to die
A probe is being launched into why it allegedly took an ambulance three hours to reach a dying woman yesterday. The Indian woman was found gasping for breath and frothing at the mouth in a dilapidated building in Umm Al Hassam, but was dead by the time paramedics arrived. She was discovered by workers at [...]
Full StorySuffering ‘caught on film’
An animal rights group claims it has photographic evidence of animal suffering taken at Bahrain’s only licensed salughterhouse, during an investigation conducted last December. People for the Ethnic Treatment of Animals (PETA), who funded the study, told the GDN yesterday that investigators were refused permission to film inside the slaughterhouse in Sitra, but witnessed cruelty [...]
Full StorySex education ‘a child’s right’
Children’s right to sex education was highlighted yesterday at a talk show organised by the voluntary group Helpline at the Carlton Hotel, Adliya. The event aimed to break the silence about sex and build a bridge between young people, adults and professionals. “It is widely accepted that young people have a right to sex education [...]
Full StoryGroup targeting ‘cruel’ abattoirs
Animal rights activists are targeting Bahrain as part of a Middle East campaign against alleged abuses in the region’s slaughterhouses. Undercover activists filmed cruelty at slaughterhouses in Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and Egypt, according to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). It launched its campaign in Dubai yesterday, with a call for a [...]
Full StoryNew clamp on sheesha dens
Authorities are planning a clampdown on coffee shops and sheesha cafes in the Central Governorate. A ban is due to be imposed preventing them from using public pavements, parks and roads to serve customers. Those violating the municipal order will be fined on the spot, says the Central Municipal Council. The move has already been [...]
Full StorySmoking clamp on restaurants
Bahrain’s restaurant and café industry is gearing up for new rules on mandatory smoking and non-smoking sections to be introduced soon. The rules are being drafted by the Municipalities and Agriculture Ministry, but will provide the Health Ministry jurisdiction to inspect the outlets and pass penalties, including closure. Inspections will also cover sheesha cafés, including [...]
Full StoryA fruitful initiative
A total of 64,000 primary school students in 130 government schools are being targeted in the Apple School Campaign, which was launched across the country today. Through the campaign each student, aged six to 12 years, will be given two free apples on different days between now and May 4, along with information on the [...]
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