Tag: malnourished
Up to every second patient is malnourished
Up to a quarter of all patients treated in hospital are malnourished.It can lead to death – but is treated with simple means. – It is serious. Compared to the…
21 million malnourished children in southern Africa due to drought | News in brief
The historically severe drought continues in southern Africa. Among the countries in the region, Lesotho, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Namibia have already declared a state of national emergency in the…
MSF stops treating 5,000 malnourished children due to lack of supplies
In Sudan, as fighting continues to rage in the town of El-Fasher, capital of North Darfur, Doctors Without Borders is sounding the alarm. 2 mins Located a few kilometers from…
More and more malnourished children in Yemen
share-arrowShare unsaveSave expand-left full screen A malnourished boy is weighed in a hospital in Hodeidah, Yemen. The picture is from October 2022. Photo: Hussam Al-Bakry/AP/TT Famine worsens in war-torn Yemen.…
Christer, 75, died severely malnourished in the nursing home
Jontes Olofsson’s father lost 20 kilos when he moved to a nursing home. In January, he died severely malnourished. Now the son directs sharp criticism towards the care for the…
Many children malnourished in Afghanistan of poverty
The lack of food and other necessities is great in Afghanistan, and many children suffer from malnutrition. At the Swedish Afghanistan Committee’s hospital, they try, among other things, to save…
4-year-old girl found severely malnourished – family home couple freed
Severely malnourished, a bruise and a fracture. For almost a year, the four-year-old girl was suspected of having been subjected to starvation – and also violence on at least one…
A Seine river milk whale has been transplanted – the badly malnourished animal is to be cared for in a seawater pool
An 800kg milk whale was spotted in the Seine River in France last week. It has apparently swum 130 kilometers along the English Channel. A milk whale that got lost…