From Coolie Hinterland to Babu Stardom: An Interview with Tabish Khair

An interview with Tabish Hazir: Pneumonia: No. 1 killer of Pakistan's children.

Tabish Hazir is an associate professor of paediatrics at the Children’s Hospital, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) in Islamabad. He earned his medical degree at Allama Iqbal Medical College, Lahore in 1983, and then acquired his membership and fellowship in paediatrics from Pakistan’s College of Physicians and Surgeons. He is currently head of the department of paediatric infectiou...

Coolie Anæmia

tea estates, anaemia is one of the chief diseases to be contended with. It wholly or partially incapacitates the sufferer from work, and in itself not infrequently causes death; while at the same time it strongly predisposes to such diseases as dysentery which, in the ansemic coolie, runs always a severe and often a fatal coarse. Thus coolie anaemia comes to be a very serious condition, and any...

Dare to be prepared for a disaster nursing - An interview study with nursing students in Indonesia

Background: Indonesia is home to approximately 400 active volcanoes located on three different tectonic plates. Thus, the country frequently experiences natural disasters, and health care in emergencies and disasters is important. Therefore, the aim of this  study was to describe nursing students’ experiences of nursing education in disaster nursingat one university in Indonesia.  Materials an...

An Experiment in Coolie Line Sanitation

an interview with bernhard banaschewski

this interview, a co-operative eort of bernhard banaschewski and christopher gilmour, took place over a few days in december, 2016. it was nalised over coee and a shared slice of excellent cheesecake at the botanical tea garden, a small, home situated, tea garden in little mowbray, cape town.