Mark Salter

Nov 20, 2024 | colombotelegraph.com | Mark Salter

By Mark Salter –Tisaranee Gunasekara’s usually excellent writings are informed by a strong moral compass. In her recent examination of the Arugam Bay controversy (Daily FT, 6 Nov. 2024), however, that compass wobbles to the point of fracture. Some preliminaries. Her account of the often gruesome atrocities meted out by the Israeli IDF to civilians in Gaza, and now Lebanon, is both accurate and sobering.

Oct 10, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | James L Mallows |Mark Salter |Mitchell Chapman |Mitchell Chapman BICT

There is a small but statistically significant difference in TOC performance data supplied by ambulance compared to TOC measured using data from the ED information system data. Patients requiring an acute care bed suffered substantial ambulance offload delays, compared to those requiring either the resuscitation or ambulatory areas, and were likely to be older and requiring admission to hospital.

Oct 9, 2024 | thelancet.com | Jonathan Pimm |Mark Salter |Udani Samarasekera |Niall Boyce

Self-harm is when someone hurts themselves on purpose, regardless of the reasons for doing this. Often, shame and stigma stop people from seeking help. Self-harming behaviour increases the risk of death by suicide, and it is a common cause of disability in young people. Currently, people attending health services only represent the tip of the iceberg; the proportion of teenagers self-harming has increased over the past 20 years—this is particularly so for young women and girls.

Oct 29, 2023 | groundviews.org | Mark Salter

Photo courtesy of TimeIn Israel/Palestine these are dark, terrible times with no obvious end in sight to the mounting bloodshed and destruction. It is also a time that gives rise to difficult but necessary con­versations: no more so than between friends, as is the case with myself and Ruwanthie de Chic­kera.