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Health News Digest: Medical Ethics

Tina Carmillia | Lee Chwi Lynn

20-Nov-17 16:00

Health News Digest: Medical Ethics

We bring the latest in health news. This week, the ethical side of medicine: Robert Mugabe's appointment as a UN Goodwill Ambassador for Noncommunicable Diseases in Africa, the reusing of single-use devices in Malaysian government hospitals, and Melbourne's bid to introduce safe injecting sites. 

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0:00 - Intro

1:14 - Mugabe's WHO goodwill ambassador appointment (Source: BBC)

13:27 - Melbourne's safe injecting room (Source: ABC)

22:11 - Reuse of single use device (Source: Free Malaysia Today)

Produced by: Tina Carmillia

Presented by: Tina Carmillia and Lee Chwi Lynn


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