Healthcare

Planning life around pain: the silent suffering of Maldivian women battling endometriosis

Symptoms are dismissed and diagnosis takes years.

Thalassemia patients still waiting for results of “quick corrective action”

Thalassemia patients report ongoing medicine shortages and delays despite promised reforms.

Fact-check: essential medicine sourcing falls short of promises

Pharmacies unable to wholesale from STO despite official claims.

"No stock": Maldives grapples with severe medicine shortage

Maldivians seek life-saving medicines overseas as pharmacies run dry.

Grieving community protests alleged negligence in death of mother and newborn

Welcome to our inaugural morning briefing, a digest of the top news story that dominated headlines on the previous day.

Healthcare remains top purpose of travel

But the proportion of Maldivians travelling for medical treatment is declining.

Maldives resort tycoons draw fire with endorsement of president

Support for the president’s economic policy came during a much-publicised panel discussion on state TV.

Hefty bill for accident victim revives healthcare debate

A young man injured in a motorbike crash was billed MVR350,000 (US$22,700) by the private Tree Top hospital.

Aasandha: Begging for your life

Aasandha is the Maldives’ universal health care system.

Foreign currency reserves decline amid dollar shortage

Reserves at the Maldives Monetary Authority readily available for use in the foreign currency exchange market declined by US$1.5 million in July as the central bank took steps to alleviate a dollar shortage.

‘Failed system’ blamed for death of Milandhoo heart-attack patient

A 57-year-old victim of a heart attack from the island of Milandhoo in Shaviyani atoll died yesterday before boarding a plane to the capital after an oxygen tank ran out. “We are all destined to die someday. Some naturally and some by others’ fault. My mother died because of a failed system,” her son said.

Four bilateral agreements signed with Pakistan

Kulhudhuffushi protests over “comatose” regional health service

Government trials expansion of Aasandha to Maldivians in Sri Lanka, India

Rising religious fundamentalism, conservative thinking impacting women: Department of National Planning

ADK hospital extends lease, signals US$23 million expansion

Maldives no longer “tolerable” for foreign doctors, expatriate medical officer claims

Q&A: Former CEO of IGMH Cathy waters

The price of healthcare in the south

President Nasheed says improving tertiary education essential for country’s future