Checking up the Mountains

Professor Khoo Suan Phaik, Oral Physician

12-Nov-13 16:00

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One of the most deficient areasof adequate medical care in the remote north Indian Himalayan region of Ladakh is that of women's health. Countless women suffer needlessly from preventable and curable maladies such as cervical cancer, infections and injuries from difficult childbirth. Professor Khoo Suan Phaik, oral physician tells us about her recent experience in Ladakh and about the medical care there.

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