MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Emergency Medical Assistance Team (PEMAT) treated 140 patients in earthquake-hit Myanmar on Saturday, the Office of the Civil Defence (OCD) said on Sunday.

In His Image International, a faith-based nonprofit medical organization based in Tulsa, is preparing a dedicated team to provide urgently needed medical assistance to Myanmar. The Southeast Asian ...

Surgical treatment for older adults with acute cholecystitis was associated with reduced readmissions and emergency ...

(AP Photo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan will send its second medical team to Myanmar on Saturday to meet increasing health care needs in the Southeast Asian country after a powerful earthquake last ...

The DOH on Tuesday deployed the Philippine Emergency Medical Assistance Team (PEMAT) from Eastern Visayas Medical Center to Myanmar to provide assistance to earthquake victims and their families.

The China International Search and Rescue Team continued to conduct medical outreach on Saturday in the urban area of Mandalay region, Myanmar. Through disease screening, consultations ...

While it is possible to experience appendicitis after a cholecystectomy, the two events are unlikely to be related. Although rare, a person can simultaneously experience problems with both the ...

As the UK Emergency Medical Team (UK-EMT) ends their 5-month deployment in Lebanon, the British Embassy held a workshop for local and international partners. Partners focused on exploring ...

Pope Francis was so ill at one point during his recent hospital stay that physicians considered halting treatment to allow him to die peacefully, the head of the medical team treating the ...

The Japanese government has decided to send a medical assistance team to quake-hit Myanmar. Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi told reporters on Tuesday that the 32-person group would include doctors ...

In the new interview, the doctor said it was the pope's personal nurse who, after the vomiting episode, instructed the medical team to keep going with treatment. "Try everything; don't give up ...

the head of the pope's medical team said on Tuesday. After a breathing crisis on February 28 that involved Francis nearly choking on his vomit, "there was a real risk he might not make it," said ...