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California doctor Mark Chavez was sentenced to eight months of home confinement for supplying ketamine to Friends star Matthew Perry in the months before the actor’s 2023 death, a California court ruled. Chavez, 55, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to supply the drug. He ran a ketamine infusion clinic near San Diego and must also complete 300 hours of community service, according to the court’s order. Prosecutors said Perry was buying ketamine for up to $2,000 a vial in the weeks before he was found dead in the hot…

A young Guinean doctor, Dr. Ousmane Touré, originally from Guinea, lost his life in a building collapse after the 7.2 magnitude earthquake that struck Haiti on August 14. He was a specialist in public health crises and was commissioned by the WHO. as reported from Conakry, Mouctar BahWHO Director - General Tedros Adhanom…

Several unions for public health care workers are demanding a new mobilization day, Tuesday 8 December. Hundreds of doctors gathered in Tunis on Friday. This protest movement after the death of a young colleague this week in the hospital. It is the death of a 27-year-old doctor that causes this anger. On Thursday, he fell…

Despite President Tshisekedi's decision to suspend the installation of Minembwe municipality, this issue continues to provoke strong reactions in Congolese society. Report at Panzi hospital in Bukavu. With our special correspondent in Bukavu, Sonia RolleyThis municipality located in the highlands of the southern Kivu was…