By Kanya Said: Many of us try to lose weight but we find it very hard. We often lose some weight at the beginning. After that, we get very tired and we give in to the food offered, especially in the Kurdish culture where it is considered rude for a guest to say ‘no’ when…

By Kanya Said: Very often, when I listen to doctors practicing in Kurdistan, I get complaints about how much work they have to do and how the stress affects their work. The hospitals are overloaded and there aren’t enough doctors to give patients the proper help they need. When entering a hospital one can see…

By Dr. Helene A. Sairany: Lately, my Twitter and Facebook timeline has been plagued with reports of the two patients who have undergone incidents of anaphylactic shock in the capital of the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region of Iraq. Such unfortunate incidents were both due to one medication, Ceftriaxone, an antibiotic and a third- generation cephalosporin, which…

By Shakawan Ismaeel: Continuity of patient care means that the same medical team or doctor follows up the progress of a patient’s diagnosis and treatment over the period of their medical illness. There has been much medical research studying the benefits of continuity of care and the majority concluded that a patient’s overall outcome is better…

By Amina Shadab and Tara Fatehi: Anyone working in the healthcare sector should have a clear understanding of ethics and the part they play in medical diagnosis. 80 per cent of good medical practice derives from the ethics used which will then, in essence, lead to good patient care. Unfortunately, the quality of patient care…