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Dr Karina Volkova After Russian otorhinolaryngology (ENT) specialist Karina Volkova contacted Düsseldorf physician Rainer Frerich about a position in his practice, everything moved quickly. With a €1500 monthly subsidy from KV Nordrhein (the Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians for the North Rhine area) and a temporary professional permit issued by the Münster District Government

(Oona Zenda/KFF Health News) “My son was diagnosed with congenital CMV, a virus that can cause hearing loss. As part of this diagnosis, he will be required to have routine hearing tests every few months until he is 10 years old. I reached out to you because I wanted to know why my son’s hearing

In the early weeks of the pandemic, before coronavirus cases crushed hospitals in New York and spiked in other states, Dr. Rebecca Shadowen asked her friends a question on Facebook."If you could save the life of another person without harming your own, would you?" Shadowen, an infectious disease specialist in Kentucky, posted on March 13.From…

The scene of the incident. Anaesthetist Dr Abdulhay Munshi was reportedly shot dead in Johannesburg on Wednesday. Munshi and paediatric surgeon Dr Peter Beale are accused of culpable homicide for the death of 10-year-old Zayyan Sayed shortly after an operation last year.The police were investigating a case of murder after a 57-year-old man was shot and…

A KZN doctor has been arrested. Getty Images/Gallo Images A 51-year-old doctor has been arrested in connection with Sassa fraud, after being on the run for two years.In the same case, seven people were arrested in 2018 for allegedly processing fraudulent disability grants.Some have been linked to the murder of a Sassa employee tasked with…