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NEW YORK (AP) — Too few U.S. kids with sickle cell anemia get a needed screening for stroke, according to
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\"Everybody on social media does just take everything for a joke.\" She said she did not get any useful information about her missing pet and is constantly at edge wondering if Peep is in pain or worse, dead.
\"Some people love materialistic things and they don't how to value life. I'm not looking for attention or fame, I just want my chicken back.\"
Khan said her mother has been a rock of support and even though she was at first sceptical about posting the missing poster on Facebook, she relented so that \"the person who took Peep will realise just how much that chicken is of value to me.\"
This newspaper decided to not use Khan's image to protect her from further trauma.
The soft-spoken woman was emotional and on the verge of tears as she recalled her time with Peep. She said her pet lived indoors, watched television, and was at her side for most of the day whenever she is at home.
[caption id=\"attachment_952299\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"480\"] The missing poster pleading for people to help find the missing chicken. -[/caption]
On April 24, she let Peep outside to mingle with her companions, Springs and Browns, two other layers she bought to keep her beloved chicken company. Sometime between noon and 3 pm, Peep went missing and led to a frantic search in the rural community where hunting is a vocation. She could not find any feathers or even a trail of blood in the days that followed but still clings on to hope that someone stole her chicken and may have her pet alive in captivity.
\"Even if she is not alive, I still want her,\" Khan said. She said the first day without Peep was the hardest as she could not eat or sleep.
Every time Khan goes home she is reminded of the emptiness and silence without the happy chirping of her pet.
Last April, Khan was diagnosed with covid19 which knocked her off her feet.
She said Peep helped her cope during the pandemic an
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President accused the DP of inciting the people against the government instead of helping him solve challenges. But Ruto said the people Uhuru assigned his roles had let him down.
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Young Thug, whose real name is Jefferey Lamar Williams, was arrested on Monday as part of a raid on his Atlanta, GA home. Prosecutors have alleged the the 30-year-old Grammy Award winning rapper was charged as part of a 56-count indictment, including racketeering, armed robbery, aggravated assault, and murder.
[Daily Trust] A former student at Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok, Borno State, Lydia Pogu, has delivered a moving speech during her convocation at Southeastern University, United States.
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A gynaecologist who was ordered a decade ago to compensate the husband of a woman who died while giving birth to her fourth child in 2003 has lost his appeal at the Privy Council.
On Monday, five Privy Council judges, Lords Hodge, Kitchin, Leggatt, Burrows and Dame Nicola Davies, dismissed the appeal of Dr Kong Sheik Achong Low, who was found negligent in the death of Karen Lezama and ordered by Justice Ricky Rahim in 2012 to compensate her widower, Brian, who filed the negligence lawsuit.
Achong Low appealed, but Justices of Appeal Nolan Bereaux, Rajendra Narine and Mark Mohammed dismissed his challenge in 2018.
Although Bereaux, who delivered the ruling, found errors in the judge’s original findings on negligence, he said in his own assessment of the evidence, Rahim “came to the correct conclusion.”
He also said the likely cause of Lezama’s death was massive post-partum haemorrhage (PPH) and Achong Low’s treatment of the patient fell below standard.
“Negligent treatment on a balance of probabilities, was the cause of the demise of Mrs Lezama and the appellant is liable in damages.”
Lezama, 41, died on April 6, 2003, at Stanley’s Nursing Home in St Clair after giving birth to her stillborn son, who was named Ryan. Her widower testified at the trial that his wife had gestational diabetes and was a “known bleeder.”
Achong Low said he was not aware of Karen’s condition and did not know of complications during her three other pregnancies. Lezama claimed Achong Low failed to do blood investigations on his wife and failed to have enough blood on hand at the clinic, considering his wife’s condition.
At the appeal in London, Achong Low’s attorneys contended the Appeal Court failed to properly analyse the evidence and expert opinion, and erred when it found the doctor did not properly diagnose her and its finding on the likely cause of Lezama’s death.
“We disagree. We are satisfied that the court carefully analysed the facts and the evidence of the experts and properly concluded on the evidence that the appellant was negligent in his treatment of Mrs Lezama…” the Privy Council ruled.
“There is nothing in this challenge… The findings made by the Court of Appeal were findings of fact and of negligence,” said Dame Nicola Davies, who delivered the ruling. She said Rahim and the Appeal Court were correct in their findings, since negligence was part of the original claim.
“The duty to treat Mrs Lezama was that of the appellant, the emergency was his as the treating clinician.”
The judgment said it was undisputed Lezama suffered PPH immediately after the stillbirth, which led to disseminated intra-vascular coagulopathy (DIC) – a rare and serious condition that disrupts blood flow – and death.
“The Court of Appeal, in approaching the issue of causation, rightly considered the evidence not only of the clinicians but also that of Mrs Lezama’s husband who graphically described the bleeding, the nature of and the amount of blood lost by his wife and the chaos in the delivery room,” the judgment said.
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