A health authority has ordered an urgent recall of three batches of a popular kelp supplement after tests found each capsule contained 17 times the iodine stated on its label. The company says the capsules reached pharmacies and health shops across New Zealand, but officials had received no reports of serious illness by Tuesday afternoon.
A new Punjab law making mobility aids and rehabilitation free at public hospitals has turned a limited pilot into a province-wide service, with thousands seeking appointments on its first day. Officials say the surge is larger than expected but that a fresh funding pool and extra clinic hours should keep the rollout on track.
A study published Sunday says a new law requiring certified medical refrigerators at clinics and pharmacies was followed by insulin stockouts affecting an estimated 41,000 patients. The researchers say a rush to buy costly equipment left some local dispensaries unable to keep supplies on their shelves.
A lawsuit filed in Fiji has turned a months-long shortage of dialysis supplies into an urgent test of who gets a vote in the Pacific’s shared medical reserve. Patients say clinics in three island nations have stocks for as little as 11 days, while the reserve’s next shipment is nearly three weeks away.
A volunteer project selling misshapen produce cheaply has helped hundreds of Accra households, but testing commissioned after residents queried its supplies found faecal bacteria in eight of 30 samples. The results point to unsafe washing and weak checks—not to blemishes themselves—as the health concern.
A burst of rainwater at an Ankara hospital led inspectors to equipment that had been recording sterilisation cycles as safe when two machines were running far below temperature. The audit says instruments from those machines were used in 1,760 procedures, and the hospital group faces a possible 42 million lira fine.
A newly published study of emergency departments in three Mexican cities found that an automated triage system initially rated 1,276 urgent cases as low priority. The findings appeared after a court ordered the federal health ministry to release its safety evaluation before renewing the system’s contract.
A new €18 million (about $21 million) clinic in Naples opened on Tuesday to a queue of patients and a booking system that had assigned hundreds of people nowhere to go. The regional health chief declared the launch a triumph, then accused critics of “selling panic” as doctors and patients described empty treatment rooms.
Taipei hospitals treated 31 people after footage circulated online showing a celebrity receiving an unapproved injection at a private aesthetics clinic. Authorities have closed the clinic, seized dozens of vials and opened a criminal health-safety probe.
A surprise victory for an anti‑development slate in Finnmark has led to the release of health records that local doctors say were altered to hide a sharp rise in cancers near a coastal chemical plant. The council says ministers and the company behind a planned flotation must explain why warnings never reached residents.
The director of the National Institute for Public Wellbeing quit suddenly on Tuesday after admitting he had authorised expedited access to millions of patient records for a foreign AI company. Nurses, patient groups and opposition parties demanded immediate action and warned of strikes and legal complaints.
A chance discovery by a hospital visitor has prompted an urgent national review after discarded boxes revealed expired and relabelled single‑use medical kits linked to contracts with public hospitals. Workers say cost‑cutting and low pay at a private supplier led to instructions to rewrap and re‑date products that should have been destroyed.