Doctors/Surgeons

AI-generated doctors in health ads must be labelled: South Korean watchdog

The move comes in response to a growing number of advertisements featuring realistic, AI-generated figures such as doctors.

Doctors in England begin six-day strike after rejecting government’s pay and workforce deal

The strike action during the Easter holiday period is due to run until the morning of April 13.

South Korean doctors on Manila-bound flight save passenger in midair emergency

The passenger fell seriously ill on a flight from South Korea to the Philippines on March 24.

Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro leaves hospital, starts house arrest: Doctor

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro arrives home to begin serving house arrest following authorization by Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, after Bolsonaro was convicted by a Supreme Court majority of plotting a coup to remain in power after losing the 2022 election, in Brasilia, Brazil March 27, 2026. REUTERS/Adriano Machado

Cuban doctors endure burnout, blackouts as once-vaunted healthcare declines

A doctor talks to a patient at a public hospital, as Cuba’s once-vaunted healthcare system, long hailed as a cornerstone of the 1959 revolution, has deteriorated amid years of economic crisis and U.S. sanctions, a decline that has accelerated this year with U.S. restrictions on oil supplies, in Havana, Cuba, March 18, 2026. REUTERS/Norlys Perez

Mexico president says will uphold Cuban doctor agreement

FILE PHOTO: Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum speaks during a press conference about the wave of violence in Mexico, following the killing of Mexican drug lord Nemesio Oseguera, known as 'El Mencho', in a military operation on Sunday, at Palacio Nacional, in Mexico City, Mexico, February 23, 2026. REUTERS/Raquel Cunha/File Photo

Brazil's Bolsonaro discharged from ICU

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro gestures accompanied by his son Jair Renan Bolsonaro after he arrived to his house from the hospital where he went to undergo a skin surgery procedure, authorized by Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, after being convicted by a Supreme Court majority of plotting a coup to remain in power after losing the 2022 election, in Brasilia, Brazil, September 14, 2025. REUTERS/Diego Herculano/File Photo

Forum: Singaporean of the Year had the conviction to do something for others

Forum: Clarity over doctor’s criminal prosecution would be useful

SMC opens formal inquiry into doctor who mistakenly cut woman’s arteries, causing her death

Urologist Fong Yan Kit was charged on March 12 with causing the death of a 63-year-old woman during a routine surgery.

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