Pathology Symposium , Fiji 2015

15/02/2016

What are the odds ?

Larvicide, heavy metals in the drinking water, other neurotoxins, genetically modified mosquitoes ....

Do these babies stand a chance. ?

Whatever happened to ebola. ?

While the link between the mosquito-borne virus and microcephaly has yet to be scientifically proven, Argentinian and Brazilian doctors have suggested

13/02/2016

Speculations?

Doctors in Barcelona, Spain believe they have found the cure to HIV – the AIDS-causing virus that affects the lives of more than 34 million people worldwide, according to WHO. By using blood transplants…

10/02/2016

Health Workers driving the message home.

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28/01/2016

WHO on Zika.

28/01/2016

..'Brazil struggles with deformed babies..'

More than 3000 cases of microcephalies in Brazil alone since the beginning of the outbreak from last year.

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Angela Rocha, a pediatrician in northeastern Brazil, measures the head of a child born with microcephaly, a tragic neurological complication linked to Zika, the mosquito-borne virus sparking a health scare across the Americas.

27/01/2016

Zika virus , first discovered in Uganda in the 1940 s is now here in the reagion, with confirmed cases in Samoa and in Tonga .

From the family of Flaviviridae virus. , Zika virus is transmitted by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, the same vectors for dengue and chikungunya.

Though fatalities are rare, cases of Guillain Barre syndrome have been reported following suspected Zika virus infection.

More distressing though are the cases of microcephalies seen in the neonates of zika infected mothers. Cases are surging and Brazil is still reeling from this epidemic.

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US President Barack Obama has called for faster research on the quick-moving Zika virus, which is spread by mosquitoes and has been linked to a...

24/01/2016

Mr. Jitend Nath.
Gone but not forgotten.
RIP brother.

Photo credit : Keshvi Lal

24/01/2016

With deepest sorrow.

Mr. Jitend Nath ( Pathology Department, CWM Hospital)

May Your Soul Rest In Peace.

19/11/2015

PATHOLOGY DAY CELEBRATION at CWM Hospital and FNU (18th Nov ).

Completion of the Cervical cancer and registration training yesterday; and it's a wrap for the Pathology Day Celebration!

Photo courtesy : Dr Filipina

# Happy Pathology Day from the department.

19/11/2015

PATHOLOGY DAY CELEBRATION at Lautoka Hospital.

Thanks Team West!

Photo Courtesy : Mr Reddy

17/11/2015

Happy International Pathology Day!

Cervical cancer and Cancer Registration Training at FNU facilitated by international specialists from Korea, courtesy of WHO.

2nd day running.

16/11/2015

Beginning of the International Pathology Week Celebration.

The Goodies from RCPA are finally here.