All posts tagged "deaths"

  • A nurse wearing a protective suit works at a negative pressure isolation sickroom at National Medical Center in Seoul on June 19, 2015, to take care of a patient suffering from Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS). (Yonhap)
    S. Korea’s MERS death toll rises to 27

    SEJONG, June 22 (Yonhap) — South Korea reported two more deaths from Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) Monday, with three new cases, bringing the total number of people diagnosed with the disease here to 169. The new...

    • Posted June 22, 2015
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  • The waiting room at a children's hospital in Seoul is empty, Thursday, as people are reluctant to visit medical facilities after many patients with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) were infected while staying at them. (Yonhap)
    MERS S. Korean death toll rises to three; 1,600 quarantined

    By Kim Se-jeong A third individual in South Korea has died from Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), according to health authorities Thursday. The male patient was the first death from a tertiary infection, and brings the number...

    • Posted June 4, 2015
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  • South Korea MERS Virus
    S. Korea reports first two MERS-related deaths

    SEOUL/SEJONG, June 2 (Yonhap) — South Korea reported the country’s first two deaths from Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) on Tuesday, saying a suspected patient was confirmed to have the virus after death and another confirmed patient...

    • Posted June 1, 2015
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  • Relatives mourn the death of women who died after undergoing sterilization surgeries, at a village near Bilaspur, in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014. Eight Indian women have died and more than a dozen others in critical condition Tuesday after undergoing sterilization surgeries in a free government-run program to help slow the country's population growth. A total of 83 women, all poor villagers under the age of 32, had the operations Saturday in a hospital outside Bilaspur city. Each of the women had received a payment of 600 rupees, or about $10, to participate in the program, said the state's chief medical officer, Dr. S.K. Mandal. (AP Photo/Press Trust of India)
    Sterilization drive leaves 11 Indian women dead

    NEW DELHI (AP) — 11 Indian women have died and 20 others were in critical condition Tuesday after undergoing sterilization surgeries in a free government-run program to help slow the country’s population growth. A total of 83...

    • Posted November 11, 2014
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