By Midhun Mohan This case report outlines an extremely important treatable global health issue: childhood blindness. Access to essential paediatric eye surgery in the developing world: a case of congenital cataracts left untreated Untreated childhood cataracts remain prevalent especially in developing countries. They are a major health burden, not only affecting the individual’s quality of […]
Month: July 2015
The Devastating Effects of a Fire Burn in a Child
By Manasi Jiwrajka Background I recently completed a surgical placement with a Burns Unit, and was drawn to a recent case report on Global Health describing the appalling effects of severe paediatric burns. The Devastating Effects of a Fire Burn in a Child (1) is about a 2-year old boy with 40% burns to his head […]
Safer prescribing by empowering patients?
By Kristian Dye For this post, I have chosen to write about a Case Report that comes from the United Kingdom. It’s about a patient with a complex set of management challenges, however none of them are rare – and the United Kingdom is almost certainly one of the best places in the world to […]