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The Maggot Touch

Tiny white “slivers”, hardly visible to the human eye are introduced and the wound is dressed. Just 48 hours later, there is a transformation. When the dressing is stripped off, fat maggots tumble out and the wound’s yellow stuff is no more……..the healing process has begun.

A/HINI is back: Mothers to-be, take care

Sneezing, sniffling and coughing, the flu seems everywhere. As the second wave of A/H1N1 virus takes on the pattern of a seasonal flu, health officials while urging the public not to panic stressed that vulnerable groups should be extra-cautious.
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