Pattern of Suicidal Deaths by Hanging at Tertiary Health Care Centre During COVID Pandemic

Common Factors Associated With Child Deaths, at a Tertiary Care Centre in Irbid Government, Jordan

Background: Understanding causes of death among children is crucial to decrease mortality rate. Identifying specific causes of under-five mortality help in developing possible prioritize preventive interventions. This study aimed to identify rates and common causes associated with child deaths in a Tertiary Care Centre in North Jordan. Materials and Methods: At a retrospective study, death regi...

Suicidal Hanging: Deaths from the Secondary Effects

a prisoner in the Cuttack Jail quarrelled with the female convict warder. In consequence of this quarrel she, on the evening of the 6th September 1902, made an attempt to hang herself. Making a rope by tearing up her cotton saree, she threw a noose round her neck, fastened the ends of the rope to the top bar of an Alipore pattern cubicle, in which she was confined, and sat down. An alarm was ra...

Peruvian Guideline to Care the Mental Health of Health Providers During COVID-19 Pandemic

Health Inequalities during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Pandemics are associated with significant and destructive national and global impacts on health, economy, society, and security. COVID-19 pandemic has imposed adverse economic consequences on the whole population. This is while the elderly and those with comorbidities, the economically disadvantaged and ethnic minorities were at increased risk of viral infection. Moreover, the mortality rate an...

Pattern of inpatient referrals to dermatology at a tertiary care centre of South Rajasthan

BACKGROUND Dermatologists besides providing service to patients in the outdoors, also play a vital role in the care of inpatients admitted to dermatology unit and other departments. AIMS The aim of this study was to evaluate the pattern of referrals sent to the dermatology department by other departments. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study included all inpatients referred to dermatology depart...