Solving the world’s growing population
very July 11 is celebrated as World Population Day to highlight the importance of addressing and finding solutions to population issues. World Population Day is an international level awareness campaign to raise awareness for our exploding population year by year. Overpopulation is the root cause of almost all global issues challenging the world. It continues to affect the economic and social aspects of our world. World Population Day comes along each year to remind us how our present rate of population growth is unsustainable and the present social and logistical issues we are experiencing to meet the demand of that population will only get worse if we don’t do something. Unless something is done soon, global conditions will just deteriorate further.
From Mr Razeen Ashique Sharjah
So many tests!
E ven for a common flu, laboratory tests are sometimes recommended (‘70% of UAE physician’s diagnoses dependent on lab results’, Gulf News, July 7)! It always seems like another way to make money. In the past, the doctor would do a check-up and recommended a medicine. Now it’s necessary to go through a number of tests and then they say it’s only a minor fever. From Ms Mala Anil Dubai Facebook comment
Better safe than sorry
W hen you visit the hospital having a headache, it is likely you will undergo several blood tests, then you are sent home to go and wait for the results, which might take around five days. It helps to know upcoming illnesses that might be lingering. From Ms Agnes M. Kathambi Dubai
Methods to investigate
I nvestigations are clinical diagnosis needed based to on confirm history and physical examination as well as to exclude possible differential diagnosis. Technology is now available and doctors are exploiting it. When an MRI was not available, didn’t doctors diagnose and treat spinal cord lesions? From Mr D. Robin UAE Facebook comment
Car seat dilemma
I ’m not against this idea, but what if someone has three children (‘All Dubai taxis and limos must provide child seats’, Gulf News, July 7)? Will the taxi have three car seats in the back? I doubt there will be space to even store the car seats when not in use. What about hygiene? I would want my children in car seats in a taxi (they have always been in car seats), but not in one that a thousand other children have used in the taxi. From Ms Chrissie Pretorius UAE Facebook comment
Parent’s responsibility
A t the end of the day, Ms Chrissie Pretorius, your children are your responsibility. If you have three children in an age category where they all need a car seat, this is something you’re going to need to sort out. I’m sure if you called for a taxi enough in advance, they should be able to accommodate a couple of car seats. As for not wanting to use their car seats that they are kind enough to offer to customers, that is your prerogative! From Ms Chelsey Long UAE Facebook comment
Powerful and aggressive
W ill the US attack North Korea as a retaliation against their intercontinental ballistic missile test (‘Accepting the North Korean reality’, Gulf News, July 8)? It is a moot point. US President Donald Trump said he is considering a “pretty severe” response to North Korea’s nuclear test. The US ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley warned that the US is prepared to use the full range of their capabilities to defend itself and its allies. She blasted China and Russia for not taking any action against the regime. It is only talk and nothing will be done, because if a war breaks out, it will be the end of everything. From Mr Sunny Joseph Mala, India
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