A video showing medical staff shielding their patient as a powerful earthquake struck southern Japan during surgery has gone viral.
Kumamoto General Hospital said the operation was completed safely, and the hospital has since resumed outpatient services.
In Memoriam: Professor M. Gazi Yaşargil (1925-2025)
The world of neurosurgery mourns the passing of Professor Mahmut Gazi Yaşargil, who died today at the age of 99, just one month before what would have been his 100th birthday celebration.
Born on July 6, 1925, in Turkey, Professor Yaşargil’s journey from a young medical student to becoming “Man of the Century 1950-1999” represents one of medicine’s most remarkable careers. Hailed as the “Neurosurgeon of the Century (1950–2000)” by the journal Neurosurgery in 1999, his innovations revolutionised surgical approaches to conditions that were previously considered inoperable.
On behalf of the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS), we remember Professor M. Gazi Yaşargil not with sadness for what we have lost, but with gratitude for what he gave to the world.
We celebrate a life that fundamentally transformed neurosurgery and improved the lives of countless patients worldwide. His vision of precise, anatomically-informed microsurgery established principles that will guide neurosurgeons for generations to come. While his physical presence is no longer with us, his intellectual legacy lives on in every microsurgical procedure performed, every life saved through techniques he pioneered, and every neurosurgeon inspired by his example of excellence.
Rest in peace.
Read the full obituary here https://t.co/ZKwBpd7FLh
Analysis: ‘We are prepared to take appropriate legal measures’: #Ethiopian health workers issue ten-day ultimatum to Ministry https://t.co/DjTdPkjtUN
In yet another plea to draw attention to rising health worker’s plight, the Ethiopian Health Professionals Movement has issued a 10-day ultimatum to the Ministry of Health, demanding, once again, urgent reform, fair compensation, and dignified working conditions for the country’s neglected health professionals.
This comes in the heels of a recent campaign across Ethiopia by health professionals raising their voices under the hashtags #HealthWorkersMatter, #PayHealthWorkersFairly, and #HealthForAll.
A letter signed over the weekend on behalf of health workers nationwide lays bare the dire conditions they endure: low wages, no housing, minimal medical coverage, and a life “below human dignity.” The letter says the call is not political, but a fundamental demand for justice, fairness, and survival.
One of the most striking parts of the letter recounts the tragic reality health workers are facing in today’s Ethiopia. “It has become a common reality to see health professionals die due to lack of treatment, not to mention the increasing number of professionals who go out to beg in public saying, ‘Treat us,’ due to lack of money.”
“Because we are health professionals, we have been forced to bow our heads and live a life below human dignity.”