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Dr Christopher Ng
GynaeMD Women's Rejuvenation Clinic
Camden Medical Centre #04-03A
1 Orchard Boulevard, S 248649
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Dr Christopher Ng is experienced in antenatal and gynaecological ultrasound scans, prenatal screening, antenatal risk assessment and care, natural childbirth, instrumental vaginal deliveries (vacuum and forceps) and caesarean section, colposcopy, cystoscopy and management of patients with menopausal and fertility problems. Apart from general gynaecological surgery, he is accredited in advanced laparoscopic surgery and has an interest in infertility treatment and surgery for urinary incontinence and uterovaginal prolapse. He is accredited in performing all aesthetic procedures and has obtained the Certificates of Competence as recognised by the Singapore Medical Council Aesthetic Practice Oversight Committee. Dr Ng believes in empowering his patients with up-to-date knowledge of advancements in medical care so that they are better able to participate in making informed decisions in achieving their overall well-being. He therefore strives to be at the forefront of new developments in obstetrics, gynaecology and aesthetic medicine, not only to provide the best for his patients but also to ensure their safety. In the spirit of community service, Dr Ng volunteers his time regularly to serve as a grass root leader to Queenstown Community Centre in Tanjong Pagar GRC. Aside from medicine, he is an avid golfer, a motoring enthusiast and is happily married with two adorable little girls. As a result, he has put his amateur golfing career on hold and instead of spending time at the race track, most of his motoring enthusiasm is now spent on chauffeuring his two young daughters around.
Dr Christopher Ng provides clinical services such as:
- Infertility Investigation & Treatment
- Women's Problems (General Gynaecology)
- Menstrual Problems & Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)
- Uterine Fibroids, Ovarian Cysts & Endometriosis
- Key hole surgery (Laparoscopy & Hysteroscopy)
- Ultrasound of the Female Organs
- Care & Delivery of Pregnant Women (Obstetrics)
- Aesthetics Services (Botox, Fillers, Lasers, IPL, RF treatments)
Dr Michele Lee Sook Ling
Michele Lee's Women
& Fertility Clinic
Mt. Alvernia Medical Centre
Blk D, #08-54
820 Thomson Road, S 574623
Lee Women's Clinic & Surgery Pte Ltd
#06-33 Lucky Plaza
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Dr Michele Lee Sook Ling is a MOH-accredited IVF Practitioner. Dr Michele Lee set up her private practice in 2008 in the heart of Ang Mo Kio suburb, known as "Michele Lee Women & Fertility Clinic", and has been assisting couples with infertility treatment, in addition to managing deliveries and women with gynaecologic conditions. In the years she ran her own practice, she practised good medicine and enjoyed the good rapport with her patients. She joined the Sincere Medical Specialist Center For Women in late 2011 so that she can further extend her quality care and service to both local and international patients through their pregnancies and especially to help her sub fertile patients enjoy the enriching experience of motherhood.
After spending more than 10 years in government restructured hospital, Dr Lee went into private practice in 2008 and pioneered the Thomson Women's Clinic (AMK Hub) in Ang Mo Kio, successfully providing obstetrics, gynaecology and fertility services, including IVF treatments. Dr Michele Lee took on bigger challenges in 2011 when she joined the Sincere Medical Specialist Center for Women and Sincere IVF Center in Novena. She was active in enhancing clinical practice, performing IVF programmes and surgery as part of the center's fertility treatments.
In mid 2014 , she started her own clinics situated at both the Mount Alvernia Medical Centre D and Lucky Plaza. The clinic at Mount Alvernia (Michele Lee Women & Fertility Clinic) is convenient for her patients who had seen her in the above two previous practices and continue seeking her for their medical consultations and treatment. Dr Lee's sincere and friendly approach is appreciated by her patients, who firmly believe in her.
Her other clinic is located at Lucky Plaza (Lee Women's Clinic and Surgery), which is next to Mount Elizabeth Fertility Center in Mount Elizabeth Orchard Hospital. It focuses more on gynaecology and fertility treatments. It was recently renovated to provide patients with a warm and friendly enclave in downtown Orchard Road. Being a registered colposcopist, Dr Michele Lee also performs colposcopy for abnormal pap smears in her lucky plaza clinic.The clinic has a treatment room for minor gynaecological procedures and colposcopy examination.
Dr Michele Lee provides medical services such as:
- Test tube baby (IVF) & IUI Treatment (MOH-Accredited IVF Practitioner)
- Male and Female Sexual Problems, including Vaginismus
- Laparoscopic Fertility Assessment
Dr Dharshini Gopalakrishnakone
Kierauniv International Clinic For Women
Mt Elizabeth Novena Specialist Centre
38 Irrawaddy Road #11-48
Lifescan Medical Centre (OUE)
6A Shenton Way #02-19/20
OUE Downtown Gallery Tower 2, (S)068815
There are no appointments available for this week.
Dr Dharshini Gopalakrishnakone is experienced in antenatal ultrasound as well as performing natural childbirth, assisted delivery (vacuum and forceps) and Caesarean Sections. She has extensively trained in gynaecological surgery (hysterectomies, myomectomies, cystectomies), laparoscopic (key-hole) procedures and has a keen interest in Hysteroscopic surgeries (a non-invasive procedure to surgically treat small masses within the womb).
A pro-life advocate, Dr Dharshini firmly believes that a woman's gynaecologist should be her trusted health advocate for life as she goes through the amazing phases of puberty, pregnancy and menopause.
Dr Dharshini is a strong advocate of regular women's health screening and preventive care involving early resolution of Fertility issues, HPV vaccines and routine pap smears to prevent Cervical Cancer; as well as Osteoporosis prevention and maintenance of cardiovascular health in menopausal patients.
A proud mother of three beautiful girls, Dr Dharshini knows of the immense joys that motherhood can bring. She exclusively breastfed all her babies (including her twins) for their first 6 months and strongly believes that a strong and positive support system can ensure that a mother enjoys a wonderful pregnancy, a natural childbirth and successful breastfeeding thereafter.
Dr Dharshini Gopalakrishnakone provides clinical services such as:
- Pregnancy Care and Delivery (Natural and Assisted methods)
- Menstrual Disorders management
- Abnormal Pap Smears management with Colposcopy
- Fertility management
- Pre-marriage health investigations and counselling
- Family planning and Contraception
- Sexually transmitted Infection screening and treatment
- Key-hole surgery: Ovarian Cysts, Fibroids and Womb removal
- Hysteroscopy and Hysteroscopic Resection
- Adolescent/Teenage Gynaecology
Dr Chee Jing Jye
Dr J J Chee Obstetrics & Gynaecology Centre Pte Ltd
3 Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre #12-02
Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre Singapore 228510
Dr Chee Jing Jye is an Obstetrician & Gynaecologist.
Dr Chee Jing Jye completed MBBS from the National University of Singapore. She was previously the Consultant and Head of the Peripartum Unit, Department of Maternal Fetal Medicine, KK Women's and Children's Hospital. She is also a member of the SMG Medical Board; O&G Society, Singapore; Perinatal Society of Singapore; International Society of Ultrasound in O&G and Society for Colposcopy & Cervical Pathology of Singapore.
Dr Chee Jing Jye is bilingual and speaks both English and Mandarin. She has received awards from KK Hospital for: Excellent Service Award Silver 2005, Silver, Excellent Service Award Gold 2008, Gold, Excellent Service Award Star 2009, Star. She is also accredited in several hospitals such as Gleneagles Hospital, Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital, and Parkway East Hospital.
Dr Chee Jing Jye works involves in Maternal Fetal Medicine with expertise in areas such as First Trimester Screening for Down Syndrome and high-risk pregnancy. She is accredited by the Fetal Medicine Foundation to do Nuchal Translucency Scan for First Trimester Screening for Down Syndrome and is accredited to perform Advanced Obstetric Ultrasound Scans by KK Hospital. Dr Chee's current practice includes general obstetrics and gynaecology, providing a wide range of obstetrical and gynaecological services for women of all ages, employing proven diagnostic and therapeutic techniques.
Dr Chee Jing Jye provides a wide range of obstetrical and gynaecological services such as:
* Consultation for both general gynae issues and pregnancy
* Nuchal Translucency Scan for First Trimester Screening for Down Syndrome
* Advanced Obstetric Ultrasound Scans
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Dr Cathryn Chan Weng Buen
Astra Women's Specialists
Mt Elizabeth Novena Specialist Centre #05-21/22
38 Irrawaddy Road, S 329563
The Women's Specialist Centre
Blk 684 #01-981
Hougang Ave 8 Singapore 530684
Dr Cathryn Chan Weng Buen is an Obstetrician & Gynaecologist practicing at Mount Elizabeth Novena Specialist Centre. Shehas a special interest in Reproductive Medicine and is an accredited IVF clinician and registered colposcopist. Dr Cathryn Chan Weng Buen completed her primary and secondary school education in Malaysia. She was one of the top students in Malaysia, with full distinctions. Her excellent GCE "O" level results and her illustrious extra curricular activities and leadership roles earned her the ASEAN Scholarship in 1979 to pursue her Pre-university at Hwa Chong Junior College in Singapore. Upon completion she was awarded the Local Merit Scholarship for Medical Studies at The National University Singapore. She graduated with Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery in 1986.
In 1991 she obtained her post-graduate specialist degree and became a Member of The Royal College of Obstetrician & Gynaecologist (London). She did her Advanced Subspecialty Training at Singapore General Hospital for 3 years. She was clinical tutor and has given lectures and published research papers both locally and internationally. In 1994, she was won the The Young Investigator Prize at The Annual Scientific Meeting, Singapore General Hospital. She was awarded The HMDP scholarship in 1994 which she declined due to family commitment. She commenced private practice in 1995.
Since then she has been providing quality maternity and gynaecological services to both local and international patients. Her ability to communicate in English, Mandarin, dialects and Malay / Indonesian and even Japanese is certainly an asset in helping her relate to her patients of varied ethnic background. She has a special interest in Reproductive Medicine and is an accredited IVF clinician.
Dr Cathryn Chan Weng Buen provides clinical services such as:
Dr Ting Hua Sieng
Dr Ting Women's Specialist Clinic
Parkway East Medical Centre #02-06
319 Joo Chiat Place, S 427989
Dr Ting Hua Sieng is an obstetrics and gynaecology (O&G) specialist practising at Parkway East Hospital, Singapore. Her special interests are in laparoscopic (keyhole) surgery for women's disorders.
Dr Ting Hua Sieng has almost 20 years of experience in O&G practice. She has Level III Gynae-laparoscopy Accreditation and has performed well over 1,000 cases of laparoscopic myomectomy, hysterectomy and cystectomy to remove fibroids, uterus and cysts respectively. She also regularly performs open surgery for cases that are not suitable for keyhole surgery.
Dr Ting Hua Sieng takes care of women during their pregnancy and handles their delivery. She also looks after women with non-pregnancy related conditions such as fibroids, ovarian cysts, menstruation problem, menopause, urinary incontinence, prolapse, screening for gynaecological cancers including Pap smears, ultrasound scans (trans-vaginal and trans-abdominal) and blood tests.
Dr Ting Hua Sieng provides clinical services such as:
- General gynaecology & obstetrics
- Gynae-laparoscopic surgery
- Myomectomy
- Cystectomy
- Hysterectomy
Dr Lim May Li
Ml Lim Women's Specialist Clinic & Surgery
Mount Elizabeth Novena Specialist Centre
Dr Lim May Li is an Obstetrician & Gynaecologist at Gynecology Consultants Clinic & Surgery in Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre.
She completed her MBBS in 1993 at the University of Queensland, Australia, MRCOG in 2000 at the Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists, London, UK and FRANZCOG in 2008 at the Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists, Australia.
Dr Lim May Li has been a specialist in Obstetrics & Gynaecology for more than 15 years. She is an experienced obstetrician. She has cared for and delivered many women with normal pregnancies. In addition, Dr Lim May Li has also managed high risk pregnancies where there are pregnancy problems such as cervical incompetence, fetal growth restriction, pre-eclampsia and / or medical issues such as diabetes, thyroid disorder, asthma, anti-phospholipid syndrome. She has delivered many babies via the different methods of delivery -normal vaginal delivery, assisted-vaginal delivery and caesarean section.
Dr Lim May Li is also an experienced general gynaecologist who manages and operates on women with gynaecological conditions. The procedures include insertion of intrauterine contraceptive device, hysteroscopy, laparoscopy, hysterectomy (removal of womb), pelvic floor repair, ovarian cyst removal, removal of ovary, cystoscopy, fibroid removal and laparoscopic tubal ligation. She also provides services such as contraception counselling and women health checks.
Dr Lim May Li's clinical expertise is complemented by additional qualities essential in a good doctor. She is empathetic and compassionate towards her patients. She is easy to talk to and strives to engage women in their clinical care, through clear and detailed explanation of management plans. Testimonial to this includes her appointment as Lead Facilitator for communication courses for O&G doctors in KK Women's & Children's Hospital between 2009 and 2012, her awards of "Outstanding Faculty for Advocacy" conferred by Duke-NUS Medical School in 2011 and 2012, awards of "Outstanding Educator" conferred by Duke-NUS Medical School in 2009 and 2010 and award of "Role Model Teacher" conferred by Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine in 2012.
Dr Lim May Li provides clinical services such as:
- Pre-pregnancy counselling/ health assessment
- Care of the pregnant mother (normal pregnancy; high risk pregnancy)
- Down's Syndrome counselling and risk assessment
- Pregnancy ultrasound scan
- Cervical Incompetence management (cervical cerclage insertion)
- Delivery of babies - normal, assisted and caesarean section
- Care of the mother after delivery (contraception, Pap smear, etc)
- Well women routine health screening
- Pap smear
- Family Planning – Contraception
- Urinary incontinence
- Polycystic ovary syndrome
- Endometriosis
- Menopause issues
- Management of Gynaecological problems (fibroid, menstrual disorder, ovarian cyst, pelvic pain, pelvic infection etc)
- Fibroid removal – myomectomy
- Womb removal – hysterectomy
- Ovarian cyst removal
- Hysteroscopy
- D&C
- Laparoscopy
- Pelvic floor repair
- Treatment of women's gynaecological conditions
- Surgery for women's gynaecological condition
Prof Ng Soon Chye
Sincere Medical Specialist Center
Novena Specialist Center #06-08/16/17/18/19
8 Sinaran Drive, S 307470
O & G Partners Clinic for Women
SC Ng's O & G Clinic Pte Ltd
Gleneagles Hospital Annexe Blk #03-32
6A Napier Road, S 258500
He graduated from the University of Singapore (NUS) in 1974, obtained the specialist degree in Obstetrics & Gynaecology and became a member of the Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists (RCOG) of London in 1981.
Professor Ng started his first in-vitro fertilization program in Singapore in 1982 which resulted in Asia's first test-tube (IVF) baby, delivered in May 1983. He went on to develop the first SUZI (sub-zona insemination) baby in the world in 1989. This was a revolutionary technique at that time, whereby weak sperm was injected directly under the shell (zona pellucida) of the egg, to enable fertilization. The baby born was the first in the World from a micro-injection technique. In 1993, he did the first ICSI baby in Asia, which was an extension of the SUZI technique, whereby the sperm is injected directly into the egg proper.
Professor Ng served in the NUS from 1977 to 2003 and concurrently in the National University Hospital (NUH) from 1986 to 2003 (from 1977 to 1985, he was in the University Unit of the old Kandang Kerbau Hospital). He obtained his professorship in December 1993, and from 1997 to 2001 became the Chairman of the Department of O&G in NUS and Chief of O&G in NUH. He was also Chairman of the Committee of O&G, Graduate School of Medical Studies in NUS from 2000 to 2002, during which period he was in charge of the O&G post-graduate training.
He holds special interest in infertility (including male infertility), gynaecological laparoscopy and hormonal disturbances. He serves as an advisor to the Ministry of Health when there are issues related especially to infertility. He holds an adjunct professorship in the Dept of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, NUS, and in the School of Biological Science, Nanyang Technological University, where he lectures Development Biology.
Professor Ng is very active in research work. From 1997 to 2003, he was the Director of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Clinical Collaborating Center for Research in Human Reproduction and the WHO Clinical Collaborating Center for Maternal-Child Health / Family Planning Service Research and Training.
Prof Ng Soon Chye provides clinical services such as:
- Male Infertility
- Test tube baby (IVF) & IUI Treatment
Dr Joachim Hii Hoi Chin
Hii Women's Clinic Pte Ltd
Blk 846 Yishun Ring Rd #01-3635
Dr Joachim Hii Hoi Chin has been in private practice since June 1990. He has a special interest in colposcopy.
Dr Joachim Hii Hoi Chin provides clinical services such as:
- General Obstetric services:
- Preconception health screening
- Antenatal care
- Intrapartum care
- Postnatal care
General Gynaecology services:
- Health screening
- Common gynaecological problems
- Termination of Pregnancy (TOP)
- Contraceptive services
- Management of menopause
- Colposcopy
Dr Foong Lian Cheun
Obstetrician and Gynaecologist
L C Foong O&G Clinic Pte Ltd
Gleneagles Hospital Annexe Block #03-32
Dr Foong Lian Cheun studied, trained and worked in London and Oxford, United Kingdom before re-locating to Singapore. Dr Foong has extensive training and clinical experience in sub-specialist skills in both Assisted Reproductive techniques (IVF) and laparoscopic surgery ("keyhole surgery").
Dr Foong Lian Cheun provides clinical services such as:
- IVF (Test tube baby)
- Laparoscopic surgery (Key hole surgery)
- General obstetrics
- General gynaecology
Dr Tracey Lim Li Wen
The Tow Yung Clinic
Tanglin Shopping Centre #05-01
19 Tanglin Road, S 247909
Gynae Consultancy Pte Ltd
Mt E Medical Centre #09-07
3 Mount Elizabeth, S 228510
Dr Tracey Lim Li-Wen is a consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist at The Tow Yung Clinic. She completed her undergraduate training at the National University of Singapore in 1994 and obtained her membership from the Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists in 2001 and her Master of Medicine in Obstetrics & Gynaecology (Singapore) in 2002. Dr Tracey Lim was admitted as a Fellow to the Academy of Medicine Singapore in 2005 and will be admitted to the Fellowship of the Royal College of O&G in September 2015.
Dr Tracey Lim's main practice is in Obstetrics and Gynaecology but her special interest is in abnormal Pap Smears, Colposcopy and Preinvasive Disease of Genital Tract. She was the Vice-President of the Society for Colposcopy & Cervical Pathology of Singapore (SCCPS) from 2008-2010 and held 3 terms as the President of the Society for Colposcopy & Cervical Pathology of Singapore (SCCPS) from 2010 to 2013. She also actively promotes public awareness with cervical screening and cervical cancer prevention.
In 2005, Dr Tracey Lim was awarded the EXSA (Excellent Service Award) and a certificate of appreciation for support and public service to the Singapore Cord Blood Bank for public cord blood banking. Dr Tracey Lim is trilingual and speaks English, Mandarin, and Bahasa. Dr Tracey Lim delivers her obstetric patients at Mount Alvernia Hospital, Gleneagles, Mount Elizabeth Hospitals and Thomson Medical Centre.
Dr Tracey Lim Li Wen provides services for her obstetric patients such as:
* General Gynaecology
* The First Trimester Screen (FTS)
* Fetal Anomaly Screen (FA) to blood investigations
* Antenatal care and delivery
* Subfertility, investigations and management Assistive Reproductive Techniques
* Contraception/Birth control
* Colposcopy
* Menopause
* Women's health screening including Pap Smear Test and HPV detection
* Pelvic/gynae ultrasound scans
* Obstetric ultrasound scans including Early Pregnancy, First Trimester Screen, Anomaly & Growth
* Gynaecological surgery including Minimally Invasive (Key-hole) surgery
Dr Daniel Lee Kim Kwong
Lee Women's Clinic & Surgery Pte Ltd
Lucky Plaza #06-33
304 Orchard Road, S 238863
Dr Daniel Lee Kim Kwong is an Obstetrician & Gynaecologist who does general obstetrics and general gynaecology. He graduated from the University of Adelaide in 1970 and completed MRCOG from the RCOG, the United Kingdom in 1977. Dr Daniel Lee is multilingual and speaks English, Hokkien and Mandarin.
Dr Daniel Lee Kim Kwong provides clinical services such as:
Fertility Check
Pre-Marital Package
Pre-Pregnancy
Telemedicine Consultation for O&G
Well Women Screening
Dr Jothi Kumar
J Kumar O & G Clinic Pte Ltd
O & G Partners Fertility Centre
Monday17 Jan 2022
Tuesday18 Jan 2022
Wednesday19 Jan 2022
Thursday20 Jan 2022
Friday21 Jan 2022
Dr. Kumar graduated from University of Singapore in 1977 and worked in Singapore General Hospital (SGH), Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) and Kandang Kerbau Hospital (KKH) during his housemanship year. After completing National Service in the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF), he undertook his postgraduate training as a trainee in the University Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, KKH, and obtained his specialist degrees in 1984. He subsequently joined the Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, University of Singapore (later called National University of Singapore), as an academic staff member and continued his career as a Lecturer, Senior Lecturer and Associate Professor in the department from 1984 - 2003.
In 1987, he was awarded the Overseas Postgraduate Research Scholarship by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) of Australia to pursue his PhD degree at Monash University , Melbourne , Australia . His thesis involved the study of the effects of exogenous gonadotrophins on oocyte maturation and subsequent fertility, using the goat-model.
Dr. Kumar has also undertaken sub-speciacility training in gynaecological hysteroscopy and laparoscopy at the Hysteroscopy Training Centre, Spaarne Hospital, Haarlem in the Netherlands, and at Polyclinique Gynecologie Obstetrique Medecine de la Reproduction, Universite Clermont Ferrand in France.
During his 20 year tenure with the Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, National University of Singapore (NUS) and National University Hospital (NUH), Dr. Kumar was actively involved in the teaching and training of undergraduate medical students and postgraduate doctors, and undertaking clinical and academic research, in addition to routine patient care and clinical work.
Dr. Kumar's sub-speciality interest is in Reproductive Medicine, and he has been involved in the field of Subfertility and Assisted Reproductive Techniques (ART) since 1991. He was the Clinical Coordinator of the Subfertility and ART programs, and Head of the Division of Reproductive Medicine at the National University Hospital (NUH) from 1997-2001. He was also a member of the successful NUH team that produced the world's first babies born after transfer of zona-softened blastocysts in both stimulated and natural ART cycles. Dr. Kumar was also responsible for introducing professional counseling for couples undergoing ART treatment. He has also been actively involved in the teaching and training of post-graduate doctors in the clinical management of subfertility and ART, both locally and regionally. His research interests included the use of Natural Cycle IVF, GnRH-antagonists in ART and use of metformin in the management of hyperinsulinaemia in Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)-related subfertility.
Dr. Kumar is currently in private practice at Gleneagles Hospital, where he continues his sub-specialty interest in the management of subfertile couples. Apart from practising general obstetrics and gynaecology, his other clinical interests include management of Male Infertility, Male and Female Sexual Problems, Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) and Gynaecological Laparoscopy and Hysteroscopy (key-hole surgery). He continues to be invited to speak at both local and regional meetings and to conduct training workshops related to infertility and Assisted Reproductive Techniques (ART).
Dr Jothi Kumar provides clinical services such as:
Dr Ho Kok Kee
K K Ho Clinic For Women
Mt. Elizabeth Medical Centre #17-15
Dr Ho Kok Kee practises obstetrics and gynaecology at Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre and Bishan and has many years of experience. He worked in a Government Hospital for ten years before he set up his own practice at Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre in 1998. Besides local patients, he has a large number of patients from Indonesia, Malaysia and the ASEAN region. In 1992, Dr Ho opened a branch clinic in Bishan to improve his service to his patients.
Dr Ho Kok Kee provides clinical services such as:
General Gynaecology:
- Women's Health Screening
- Pap Smear, Ultrasound, Breast Examination
- Contraception / Family Planning
- Abortion
- Menopause
- HRT (Hormonal Replacement Therapy)
- Urinary problems in women
General Obstetrics:
- Care of pregnant women
- Delivery & postnatal care
Dr Tan Poh Kok
PK Women's Specialist Clinic
2 Tai Thong Crescent
#01-12, Singapore 347836
Dr Tan Poh Kok is an obstetrician and gynaecologist with more than 15 years of experience. He was a Senior Consultant at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Singapore General Hospital until he left in late 2011 to set up his own practice.
Dr Tan provides care for pregnant women and general gynaecological services. In 2005, the Ministry of Health sent him on a scholarship to undergo training in Melbourne, Australia in the subspecialty of Urogynaecology, which is his special interest. This sub-specialty is dedicated to the treatment of women with female pelvic floor disorders such as post-natal (post-pregnancy) or post-menopausal womb prolapse and female urinary incontinence (involuntary urinary leakage).
Dr Tan has extensive experience in performing vaginal surgeries including vaginal hysterectomy for non-prolapse benign uterine conditions (such as uterine fibroids / adenomyosis) as well as pelvic floor reconstruction for womb prolapse. He is also well-versed in laparoscopic (key-hole) pelvic surgery for common gynaecological conditions (eg ovarian cysts and fibroids).
Dr Tan Poh Kok provides clinical services such as:
- Pregnancy care and delivery
- Termination of early pregnancy
- Family planning & contraception
- Women's health screening
- Laparoscopic (key-hole) Surgery
- Treatment & surgery for Female Urinary Incontinence
- Treatment & surgery for Genital Prolapse
Dr Cheng Jew Ping
Cheng Clinic For Women Pte Ltd
Mt Elizabeth Medical Centre #13-01
Dr Cheng Jew Ping is a very experienced Obstetrician and Gynaecologist who has in his practice in Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre. He had previously worked as a specialist in Kandang Kerbau Hospital, Toa Payoh Hospital, Alexandra Hospital and Singapore General Hospital.
Dr Cheng Jew Ping provides clinical services such as:
- Deliver babies
- Treat diseases of female reproduction organs
Dr Jonathan Wee Yeow Sherng
Irene & Jon Clinic For Women
Mt. Elizabeth Novena Specialist Centre
Dr Jonathan Wee is an Obstetrician & Gynaecologist at the Irene & Jon Clinic for Women in Mount Elizabeth Novena Specialist Centre.
He completed his MBBS in 2004 and MMed (O&G) in 2012 at the National University of Singapore and MRCOG in 2012 at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, UK.
Dr Jonathan Wee is a bilingual and speaks both English and Mandarin. His works involves such as Laparoscopic Surgery for Fibroids, Endometriosis, Ovarian Cysts and Subfertility, Pap Smear, Pre-conception Counseling, Family Planning and Birth Control and Gynecological Cancer Screening.
Dr Jonathan Wee has a special interest in Minimally Invasive Surgery. He has worked in all 3 Restructured Hospitals with Maternity Units in Singapore, namely KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore General Hospital and National University Hospital. Trained mainly in KK Hospital, Dr Jonathan Wee was a member of the Minimally Invasive Unit and is highly proficient in both endoscopic and open surgery for a multitude of gynaecological conditions. He is also a Specialist Obstetrician, having managed many low-risk and high-risk pregnancies over the years.
Dr Jonathan Wee also has a keen interest in teaching, education and research. He has participated and presented at numerous local and international workshops and congresses, and has also published papers in several journals. He was a member of the Faculty organizing local courses for the MRCOG examinations, and is also a member of the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine Clinical Faculty and has been a Clinical Tutor to medical students and Residents since 2012. Aside from numerous compliments and commendations from colleagues and patients alike, Dr Wee was also given the Outstanding Faculty Award for his contributions to teaching Residents for the year 2013 at the RiSE (Residency in Singhealth Excels!) Awards ceremony 2014.
Dr Jonathan Wee provides clinical services such as:
- Routine pregnancy antenatal check up
- Delivery
- Post natal care
- 3D Fetal Ultrasound Scanning
- First Trimester Combined Screening (OSCAR) – NT and maternal serum biochemistry
- General gynecological conditions (Pap smear, Menstrual disorders, Vaginal infection or lumps)
- Laparoscopic / hysteroscopic (Keyhole/minimally invasive) surgery for fibroids, endometriosis, ovarian cysts, subfertility
- Major & advanced pelvic gynecological surgery
- Well Woman / Gynecological cancer Screening, Cervical Cancer Vaccination
- Pre-conception counselling, Fertility Investigations
- Family Planning and Birth control
- Perimenopausal and Menopause management
Dr Gordon Tan Wee Teck
Joy Clinic for Women
Gleneagles Medical Centre
#08-03/04
6 Napier Road, S 258499
Dr Gordon Tan Wee Teck graduated with the degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery in 1980. As an undergraduate, he obtained distinctions in biochemistry and microbiology and was awarded the Beecham book prize in microbiology in 1978.
Dr Gordon Tan sat for his post-graduate medical examinations in 1985. In the Master of Medicine (Obstetrics & Gynaecology) examinations, he was awarded the Fourth Asean Congress of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Gold Medal.
After his higher degree, Dr Gordon Tan had a short attachment with the Royal Northern and Islington Hospitals in London. He was admitted as a member of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London in 1986. In 1989, he was made a member of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore.
Dr Gordon Tan has been in clinical practice since graduation and is currently a obstetrician and gynaecologist at the Gleneagles and Mount Elizabeth Hospitals, Singapore.
Dr Gordon Tan Wee Teck provides clinical services such as:
- Care & Delivery of Pregnant Women
- Women's Gynaecological Problems
Dr Yeong Cheng Toh
19 Tanglin Road, Singapore 247909
Dr Yeong Cheng Toh is a consultant gynaecologist and reproduction endocrinologist practicing in The Tow Yung Clinic in Singapore. He also holds the post of Medical Director at the Hanh Phuc IVF Centre in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. He is concurrently Head of Fertility Services with Kinder Medical Group in India, and is the Clinical Director of the Kinder Women Hospital and Fertility Centre in Cherthala, India and Kinder IVF Centre in Mangalore.
Prior to joining The Tow Yung Clinic, Dr Yeong was the Clinical Director of the egg donation and egg sharing service at Centre of Reproductive Medicine, CRM London.
Dr Yeong Cheng Toh provides clinic services such as:
* General Obstetrics
Fertility Services:
* Reproductive Endocrinology
* IVF Treatment (Test Tube Baby)
Dr Suresh Nair
Seed of Life Medical Centre
Mt. Elizabeth Novena Specialist Centre #06-41
Dr. Suresh Nair is a senior consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist currently in group private practice in the Gynecology Consultant's Clinic and Surgery at Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre, Unit #12-16, Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Singapore.
His areas of subspecialty interest are: minimally invasive laparoscopic and hytsteroscopic surgery, robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery, assisted reproductive technologies including ovarian tissue cryopreservation in oncological patients.
He was awarded the Singapore Government Training Programme where he spent 2 years training in endoscopic surgery from 1991 to 1993 in the United States of America, United Kingdom, France and Germany.
He was admitted by the Council of the University of New South Wales to the degree of Master of Reproductive Medicine of 17 August 2009. He is currently the Medical Director of the Parkway Fertility Centre, the assisted reproductive centre situated in Mount Elizabeth Hospital where about 500 fresh cycles are done per year. He is also a Visiting Consultant to the National University Hospital, KK Women's and Children's Hospital and Changi General Hospital. He had held the post as President of the Obstetrical and Gynaecological Society of Singapore from March 2009 to March 2011.
He has been invited as faculty to lecture and conduct training programmes in assisted reproduction and endoscopic surgery at regional and international meetings, and has contributed to peer-reviewed journals and written chapters in several authoritative books.
He has been a keen teacher and mentor to gynaecologists in Singapore and the region. He derives great joy and fulfilment in proctoring and guiding those who wish to improve their clinical skills but is ever willing to learn from both his senior and junior colleagues.
Dr Suresh Nair provides clinical services such as:
- Fertility Investigation & Treatment (Men & Women)
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- IVF (Test tube babies)
- Laparoscopy (Key hole) surgery
- Robotic Surgery
- ICSI (IntraCytoplasmic Sperm Injection)
- Cryopreservation of ovary tissues and eggs for cancer cases going through chemotherapy
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Ashley Busby eagerly awaited her 21st birthday so she could begin a job at Goodwill Industries.
Early Wednesday, as everyone in the house was sleeping, the Busby's home in Bloomingdale caught fire.
Ashley Busby, 20, who had cerebral palsy, died in the fire.
The Busby's three dogs and two cats were also trapped in the fire, which started about 1 a.m. in the 300 block of Maple Street.
"We lost Ashley and our house," Norman Busby said. "We lost everything we own."
Ashley, who graduated in 2006 from Groves High School, loved to vacation with family in the Florida Keys. She also loved to watch soap operas and episodes of "Law & Order'' with her sister, Amber.
Norman Busby, who runs a car rental business, said he and his wife broke a bedroom window to get out. Their daughter, Amber, escaped through a back door. An uncle who was asleep on the couch was also able to get out.
Bloomingdale Police Chief Thomas Gossett said Thursday the house was completely engulfed when crews got there.
"Some family members tried to get in, and two of our officers tried to get in, but were unable to," Gossett said.
The State Fire Marshal's Office is investigating, Gossett said.
On Thursday, Norman Busby rummaged through the debris of his home for his wife's wedding ring and whatever else he could salvage.
Among the ruins, he found Ashley's class ring.
"Ashley went through so much," he said.
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Q: Summation of an Infinite Series involving Trigonometry I came across this summation problem the other day and I am not quite sure how to approach it
$$S=\sum_{n=0}^{n=\infty}\frac{2^{n-1}}{3^{2n-2}}\sin\left(\frac{\pi}{3.2^{n-1}}\right)$$
My approach involved complex numbers where I assumed
$$z=\cos{\frac{2\pi}{3}}+i\sin{\frac{2\pi}{3}}$$ and so the sum reduced to
$$\frac{4S}{3}=\sum_{n=0}^{n=\infty}\left(\frac{2}{9}\right)^{n}z^{\frac{1}{2^n}}$$
However I am not able to reduce this any further because it is neither an AP nor a GP.
Help would be much appreciated. Thanks
P.S - I am expected to find a closed-form solution to the above sum.

A: Ratio test:
$$R=\frac{\bigg(\frac29\bigg)^{n+1}z^{\frac{1}{2^{n+2}}}} {\bigg(\frac29\bigg)^{n} z^{\frac{1}{2^n}}}=\frac 29 z^{\frac 14}$$
$|R|<1$ implies convergence

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Brad Heim and Kosali Simon coauthored an article in Demography: "The Impact of the Affordable Care Act Young Adult Provision on Childbearing: Evidence From Tax Data." The researchers examined tax data to determine the impact of the ACA on childbearing. The impact is theoretically ambiguous: Gaining insurance may increase access to contraceptive services while also reducing the out-of-pocket costs of childbirth. Their results suggest that the ACA young adult provision led to a modest decrease in childbearing.
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Kim Novick co-authored an article in Agricultural and Forest Meteorology: "Water balance of pine forests: Synthesis of new and published results." Novick and seven other researchers analyzed the water budgets of pine forests worldwide. They found that forests have a limited capacity to respond to significant changes in precipitation. The U.S. Forest Service supported the research because the forest hydrologic cycle is expected to have important feedback responses to climate change, impacting processes ranging from local water supply and primary productivity to global water and energy cycles.
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Maureen Pirog edited a special issue of Contemporary Economic Policy published by the Western Economics Association International. For "The Economics and Policy Ramifications of an Aging Population," Pirog selected ten articles from U.S. and international scholars. Topics include the effects of official retirement rates on suicides in the U.S., labor market participation of women in urban China, and the fiscal sustainability of the social welfare state in Finland. Pirog wrote the special edition is timely because the world's aging population is increasing, giving rise to numerous policy issues in the arenas of health, social welfare, and economic growth.
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The global economic crisis that commenced in 2008 has had devastating effects across rich and poor nations. But the impact on growth, employment and incomes has not been uniform across countries. Economic performance has depended critically on the policy response adopted by governments. Other authors writing for this Column have made a convincing case for an income led growth strategy in response to the recession. At least one country has clearly demonstrated the benefits of this approach.
Australia is often referred to as the "lucky country". The recent economic performance of this resource rich nation has helped reinforce this notion. Indeed recent economic achievements down-under may be partly due to the good fortune of rebounding commodity prices and expanding Asian markets. But the terms of trade actually moved against Australia in the last eighteen months and net exports detracted significantly from economic growth in 2009. Economic recovery is actually the result of public policies that boosted the disposable incomes of low and middle income families when aggregate demand was plummeting.
The Australian economy has performed better than any other advanced economy since the onset of the global financial crisis. Real GDP increased by 1.1 % in 2008-09 in year-average terms. The economy remained resilient and recorded moderate growth when most other advanced economies were experiencing a deep recession. Looking ahead (in early November 2009) the Australian Treasury was forecasting economic growth of 1.5% in 2009-10, 2.75% in 2010-11 and projected growth of 4% over the period 2011-12 to 2014-15 before returning to trend growth of 3% in 2015-16.
The Australian labour market is rebounding strongly. Employment increased in the latter months of last year, creating 95,000 additional jobs between September and December 2009. There are now grounds for optimism that the unemployment rate, may have peaked. As of December 2009 the national unemployment rate stood at 5.5%, having declined 0.3 percentage points since October. If unemployment has peaked at this relatively moderate level this will be a remarkable achievement. Back in May 2009, when the National Budget for 2009-10 was announced, the Government had projected that unemployment could peak at around 10% without any stimulus measures. But because of the actions taken by the Government the unemployment rate was expected to reach a high point of 8.5% in 2010. This forecast was cut to 6.75% in early November 2009. Since this last projection was released conditions have again improved across the economy and in the labour market in particular with the recovery gaining significant traction. All indicators now suggest that the jobs market has stabilised – 136,000 jobs have been created since the labour market upturn began in August 2009. A significant proportion of these new jobs (60/40) are full-time and average working hours have recovered from a recent trough. This is important because much of the contraction in labour demand in 2008-09 had taken the form of declines in average working hours rather than increases in open unemployment. These trends and other partial indicators have prompted several independent economic observers to suggest that the labour market has passed a turning point and consequently incomes, consumption expenditure and aggregate demand may strengthen more than anticipated in the official Government forecasts of November 2009.
The Australian Government introduced fiscal stimulus measures in three stages: in October 2008, February 2009 and May 2009. The total package contained a variety of measures which can be summarised under three headings: first, increased transfer payments to low and middle income groups which were rapidly disbursed and had an almost immediate impact on consumption expenditure, retail sales and economic growth; second, relatively rapid investments in social infrastructure including schools, health and housing; and third major new investments in economic infrastructure which are more medium term in nature. The stimulus measures adopted were broadly consistent with proposals made by the Australian Council of Trade Unions.
A striking feature of the Australian response to the crisis, compared to most other countries, has been the emphasis placed on increasing the disposable incomes of low and middle income groups with a high marginal propensity to consume. This approach is in complete conformity with the key aspects of the ILO Global Jobs Pact with its emphasis on income led growth and improvements in the social floor.
The initial substantive fiscal response to the global financial crisis was a 10.4 billion Australian dollar package of measures announced on the 14 October 2008. This package was tightly targeted at sectors of the economy showing particular weakness in the early stages of the downturn - household consumption and dwelling investment. In the second quarter of 2008 household consumption expenditure had recorded its first decline in 15 years. This package included one-off additional payments to pensioners of $A1400 for singles and $A2100 for couples. (Australia has a universal pension scheme with flat rate benefits funded by general taxation. This is supplemented by private contributory pensions or what is called "superannuation"). The package also included additional payments of A$1000 to eligible persons providing care to the aged or disabled and for each child in families receiving the Family Tax Benefit (which is a means tested transfer payment received by low and middle income families).
This package of measures generated significant multiplier effects as the payments were timed to be received by credit constrained families in the lead-up to the year-end holiday period, thus limiting the leakages expected through increased savings. In Australia, like other advanced economies, consumption expenditure comprises around 60 % of GDP and has important implications for other areas of expenditure, including private investment. At the time of its announcement the Government projected that the above Strategy would boost real GDP growth by between 0.5% and 1% over a period of several quarters.
In early February 2009 the Government announced a second 42 billion Australian dollar fiscal stimulus package. This included over 12 billion Australian dollars to fund a range of additional one-off transfer payments targeted at a variety low and middle income groups. Well over half the population of Australia received payments of just under a thousand dollars as part of this initiative. These one-off increases in transfer payments were supplemented by major revisions to the aged pension system and other social security benefits in May 2009. These reforms have resulted in substantial permanent increases in welfare payments. The net impact of these revisions will be to increase expenditure on pensions and related social security payments by A$14.4 billion over the next 4 years.
The above mentioned increases in transfer payments, along with reduced interest rates resulting from monetary easing, helped retail sales remain buoyant in Australia when economic and employment growth were at their weakest. In November 2009, retail turnover was 7.3% higher than in the pre-stimulus levels of November 2008, having remained largely flat throughout 2008. The contrast in retail spending trends between Australia and other advanced economies is depicted below.
The stimulus measures, and in particular the direct payments to low and middle income households, have also had a significant impact on business and consumer confidence. Consumer confidence is now around 40% higher than the pre- stimulus levels of October 2008, while business confidence is at its strongest level in over seven years.
The effects of the first stage of the stimulus packages, involving increased transfers, are now abating. But the second and third phases of the stimulus - involving significant investments in what was colloquially referred to as "shovel ready" social infrastructure projects and longer term national building projects like roads, rail networks and energy conservation, are now underway. One critical aspect of the social infrastructure projects involved a A$14.7 billion investment in school infrastructure and maintenance. This was part of the February 2009 stimulus package and included resources to: build or upgraded libraries and halls in every primary school and special school in the country; to significantly expand the number of schools with science laboratories and language learning centres; and to ensure every Australian school has resources to maintain and renew its buildings. Further substantial investments in universities and tertiary education were provided in the May 2009 measures, thus furthering the education revolution in Australia.
Deep economic contractions can permanently reduce an economy's growth prospects through the erosion of skills and capital. The public investments in education plus other social and physical infrastructure were designed to mitigate these effects and position Australia for economic recovery by raising productivity and expanding the supply side potential. Fortunately, with the downturn now expected to be shallower and the labour market recovering rapidly the long term output loss should be mild and the economy should return to capacity sooner than expected.
Australia is in the vanguard of the economic recovery among advanced economies because it took swift and concerted action to boost the disposable incomes of working families and welfare recipients, who spent rather the saved these payments and thus sparked recovery. Australia has demonstrated the potential of an income led growth strategy as advocated by the ILO. It pays to be lucky and also adopt the right strategies.
Bob Kyloh is a Senior Economic Advisor in the Integration Department of the ILO. He has previously worked for the Bureau of Workers Activities in the ILO and the Australian Government.
As I have been away from Australia for a while I sent the above 'Blog' to a colleague Ted Murphy, from the NTEU, to get his opinion. I think his 'quibbles' provide some important detail and balance with regard to Australia's handling of the financial crisis. I quote him below (with permission, of course).
The stimulus packages were significant and reasonably well targeted. Pensioners, careers etc, got more money, but the unemployed lucked out in comparison - a example of how Keynesian policies can be tailored to electoral prejudices. The quality of the spending also suffered from the rush to deliver the stimulus e.g schools being told that the money available was for the purpose of a new school hall even though they were happy with the existing hall and wanted something else, and sometimes funds were simply redirected, e.g taken away from a program to increase the number of secondary schools with language labs to deliver primary school halls. Much of the building industry stimulus was generated by grants to new home buyers despite the evidence that the result is that the grant is factored in the price charged by the developers or builder, thereby decreasing housing affordability.
Significant subsidies were provided for roof insulation companies which led to the proliferation of new companies with barely trained staff and to dangerous, shoddy insulation and ongoing electrocution risks and fire hazards for house occupants. 37,OOO houses now need a safety inspection. The decline in retail spending to date this year indicates that spending was brought forward by the stimulus.


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Prevalence and associated risk factors of ante-partum hemorrhage among Arab women in an economically fast growing society
A Bener1, NM Saleh2, MT Yousafzai3
1 Department of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Hamad General Hospital, Public Health and Medical Education, Weill Cornell Medical College, Qatar; Evidence for Population Health Unit, School of Epidemiology and Health Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
2 Obstetrics and Gynecology, Women's Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar
3 Department of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Hamad General Hospital, Public Health and Medical Education, Weill Cornell Medical College, Qatar
A Bener
Department of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, Hamad Medical Corporation,Department of Public Health, Weill Cornell Medical College, PO Box 3050, Doha State of Qatar
Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and associated risk factors of antepartum hemorrhage (APH) in the third trimester of Arab women residing in Qatar and their neonatal outcome.
Design and Setting: A prospective hospital-based study was conducted in the Women's Hospital and Maternity Clinics.
Materials and Methods: The study was based on pregnant women in the third trimester from the first week of January 2010 to April 2011. A total of 2,056 pregnant women, who had any kind of maternal complications, were approached and 1,608 women (78.2%) expressed their consent to participate in the study. The questionnaire covered variables related to socio-demographic factors, family history, medical history, maternal complications and neonatal outcome. Multiple logistic regressions were used to describe the association between socio-demographic factors and APH.
Results: The overall prevalence of APH among Arab women residing in Qatar was 15.3% with 6.7% among Qatari's and 8.6% among non-Qatari Arab women; the difference in ethnicities was not significant. Among maternal socio-demographic characteristics, lower education (primary or below AOR 1.72; 95%CI 1.22-2.43, and intermediate education AOR 1.41; 95%CI 0.88-2.26; P=0.005) compared to university education was significantly associated with APH. As for maternal biological characteristics, family history of G6PD (AOR 1.87; 95% CI 1.18-2.95; P=0.007) and family history of Down's Syndrome (AOR 1.88; 95%CI 1.35-2.62; P=<0.001) were significantly associated with APH at the multivariable level; family history of hypertension (OR 1.78; 95%CI 1.30-2.44; P<0.001) was significant at the univariate level. Neonatal outcomes as a result of APH included increased risk of Apgar score at 1 minutes <7 (AOR 1.44; 95%CI 1.12-2.02; P=0.04) and minor congenital anomaly (AOR 2.82; 95%CI 1.39-5.71; P=0.004).
Conclusion: Qatar has a high prevalence of APH. Poor education, family history of hypertension, G6PD and Down's syndrome were found to be significantly associated with increased risk of APH in Qatar. Neonates of APH are at significantly increased risk of adverse outcome. Thus it is essential that obstetricians are alerted to these risk factors for early detection and to decrease the negative effects of APH.
Keywords: Ante-partum hemorrhage, Arabs, bleeding, prevalence, Qatar
Bener A, Saleh N M, Yousafzai M T. Prevalence and associated risk factors of ante-partum hemorrhage among Arab women in an economically fast growing society. Niger J Clin Pract 2012;15:185-9
Bener A, Saleh N M, Yousafzai M T. Prevalence and associated risk factors of ante-partum hemorrhage among Arab women in an economically fast growing society. Niger J Clin Pract [serial online] 2012 [cited 2022 Jan 19];15:185-9. Available from: https://www.njcponline.com/text.asp?2012/15/2/185/97315
Antepartum hemorrhage is a serious condition which accounts for a high percentage of maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality. [1] It is defined as hemorrhage from the birth canal after the 24 th week of gestation at any time until the second stage of labor is complete and has a reported incidence of 3.5% which varies with socio-demographic variables. [2],[3] The four main causes of APH include placenta previa, placental abruption, uterine rupture and unknown etiology. [4] While a number of studies have been conducted on these separate conditions, very few have measured the prevalence and socio-demographic factors related to APH as a whole. This is in spite of the fact that the main outcome of APH, irrespective of cause, is preterm birth and low birth weight. [5],[6]
In general, the international literature has found associations between chronic maternal hypertension; [7],[8] pre-eclampsia, [2],[9] multiparity, [10] maternal smoking [2],[11],[12] and placental abruption. On the other hand maternal smoking was found to be less frequent in mothers with placenta previa in some studies [5] or to have a weak association in others. [13] In addition, history of previous cesarean birth [6],[14] and increased maternal age [15] were noted to be associated with placenta previa.
It is particularly important to investigate the risk factors associated with APH in Qatar, as Qatar is currently undergoing rapid economic development. It now boasts one of the highest per capita incomes in the world, yet to date; the risk factors for APH have not been documented. Thus the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and associated risk factors of antepartum hemorrhage (APH) in the third trimester of Arab women residing in Qatar and their neonatal outcome.
This is a prospective hospital-based study which was conducted among the Arab pregnant women residing in Qatar in the third trimester over a period from January 2010 to April 2011. The study was based on the registry of the Women's hospital which registers all the pregnant women visiting antenatal clinics of the Women's hospital of the Hamad Medical Corporation. The Research Assistants screened the outpatient register of Women's hospital during the study period and prepared a list of 2,056 Arab pregnant women above 24 weeks who came to the outpatient clinic with a complication in their pregnancy. A series of pregnant women with complications were taken consecutively from the register and included in the study sample. Only participants who agreed to participate were included in the study. A total of 2,056 pregnant women, who had any kind of maternal complications, were approached and sought their informed consent. A total of 448 of them were excluded either because of incomplete questionnaires or because they did not want to respond to the questionnaire due to lack of time resulting in 1,608 women (78.2%) for final analysis. Research assistants screened medical files of the subjects for any queries about the pregnancy and neonatal complications. Women with maternal complication reporting directly to emergency department were not included in the study.
During the study period, there were total of 16,188 deliveries in the Women's hospital. Our study sample included 1,608 pregnant women which is 9.9% of the mothers who delivered. The study was approved by the both IRB at the Weill Cornell Medical College and Hamad Medical Corporation prior to commencing data collection. Each participant was provided with brief information about the study and was assured of strict confidentiality.
In the State of Qatar, cost-free health care is offered to all pregnant women in maternity clinics at the Primary Health Care (PHC) Center and Women's Hospitals. Practically all pregnant women attend these clinics.
Antepartum hemorrhage was defined as bleeding into and or from the genital tract after the 24 th week of gestation at any time until the second stage of labor is complete, irrespective of cause (placental abruption, placenta previa or unknown etiology). Information on APH was ascertained through information on bleeding collected by patient recall during face-to-face interviews. Details on the timing and severity of bleeding episodes were not available. Age was considered as a continuous variable and categorized into <30, 30-34, 35-39, and 40-45 years.
Face-to-face interview was conducted by qualified nurses using a validated self-administered questionnaire in the local language (Arabic). The questionnaire covered socio-demographic characteristics of the pregnant women, family and medical history, type of maternal complication and the pregnancy and neonatal outcome. A translated Arabic version of the questionnaire was revised by a bilingual consultant. The survey instrument was then tested on 100 randomly selected pregnant women from the list for the validity of the questionnaire. The investigators had made the necessary corrections and modifications after considering the minor differences and discrepancies that had been found during the pilot study.
Statistical analyses were performed using SPSS Version 18.0 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL). Fisher's exact test and Chi-square analysis were performed to test for differences in the proportions of categorical variables between two or more groups. Student's t-test (two-tailed) was used to determine the significance of difference between two continuous variables and confirmed by nonparametric Mann-Whitney test. Multiple logistic regression analysis using the forward inclusion and backward deletion method was used to assess the relationship between dependent and independent variables and to adjust for potential confounders and orders the importance of risk factors (determinant) for APH. The level P<0.05 was considered as the cut-off value for significance. Model adequacy was assessed through Hosmer and Lemeshow goodness of fit test. The insignificant P value of Hosmer and Lemeshow revealed that the model was good fit.
[Table 1] shows the socio-demographic and other characteristics of pregnant women visiting the Women's Hospital. [Table 2] presents the biological risk factors of APH among pregnant women visiting the Women's Hospital using univariate logistic regression analysis. The overall prevalence of APH among Arab women residing in Qatar was 15.3% with 6.7% among Qatari's and 8.6% among non-Qatari Arab women; the difference in ethnicities was not significant. Results of univariate logistic regression showed that poor level of education, family history of hypertension, Down's syndrome, G6PD deficiency, malpresentation, minor congenital anomaly among neonates and Apgar score of <7 at 1 minute were significantly associated with APH.
Table 1: Socio-demographic and other characteristics of pregnant women visiting women hospital (N=1608)
Table 2: Prevalence and biological risk factors of antepartum hemorrhage among pregnant women visiting women hospital (N=1608)
Maternal family history of G6PD deficiency (OR 1.98; 95%CI 1.28-3.07; P=0.002), Down Syndrome (OR 1.62; 95%CI 1.17-2.24; P=0.003) and hypertension (OR 1.78; 95%CI 1.30-2.44; P=0.001) were significantly associated with APH. In addition, malpresentation of fetus (OR 6.60; 95% CI 3.44-12.68, P<0.001), minor congenital anomaly among neonates (OR 2.87; 95% CI 1.45-5.66; P=0.002) and Apgar score at 1 minute <7 (P=0.044) were significantly associated with APH.
[Table 3] presents results of multivariable analysis for predictors of Antepartum hemorrhage in Qatar. All of the significant variables at the univariate level were predictors of APH at the multivariable level except for family history of hypertension.
Table 3: Multivariable analysis for predictors of antepartum hemorrhage in Qatar (N=1608)
Antepartum hemorrhage (APH) which complicates approximately 3.5% of pregnancies [2] was associated with a number of maternal socio-demographic and biological risk factors and adverse neonatal outcomes. The prevalence rate of APH in our study was 15.3% with 6.7% among Qatari's and 8.6% among non-Qatari Arab women. This is a dramatically higher rate than what was mentioned in the literature, but there may be several reasons for this. [16],[17] Rates reported by other studies which were undertaken 5-35 years ago, were all smaller than the present study. The true rate may therefore have been under-reported or the rate may be increasing.
Maternal characteristics associated with lower socio-demographic status, namely lower education, were the main variable associated with APH in our study. While, to date, no previous study has investigated the socio-demographic characteristics associated with APH, a number of studies have investigated socio-economic factors and placenta previa or placental abruption. For instance, a study conducted in Peru found no association between placental abruption and socio-economic status, [9] although this study was conducted among lower SES women. On the other hand a study conducted in the USA found that women on Medicaid support were more likely to have placental abruption. [11] In general the literature has noted an effect of socio-demographic characteristics on placental abruption but not on placenta previa. [2]
While the association between family history of hypertension and APH was significant at the univariate level it was not significant at the multivariable level. This may be due to the fact that we measured for all causes of APH. Other studies have noted associations between family history of hypertension and placental abruption. [7],[8],[13],[18] Maternal cigarette smoking has also been consistently noted as a risk factor for placental abruption in a number of populations. [8],[11] However, in our study due to the low frequency of smoking, this variable was not a risk factor.
Family history of G6PD deficiency was one of the main maternal biological predictors of APH in our study. This is a particularly important finding as G6PD deficiency is highly prevalent in the Arabian Gulf region. [19],[20],[21] Our study is one of the first studies to note this association with APH. The only blood disorder noted in the literature to be related to placental abruption is iron deficiency anemia. [11] In addition, this study also found significant association between APH and maternal family history of Down syndrome. Most likely justification for this association could be the result of higher prevalence of Down syndrome (19.5 per 10,000 live births) [22] and consanguineous marriages (54%) [23] among the Qatari population. To the best of our knowledge none of the studies have reported this association before.
Ethnicity was not found to be significantly associated with APH in our study. However, a previous study conducted in the USA found that Blacks were more likely to experience placental abruption even after adjusting for SES. [24] A larger study with more specific nationalities and comparison needs to be conducted in order to determine the relationship between ethnicity and APH.
Our study confirmed the established finding that those with APH were more likely to have adverse neonatal outcome [5],[25] such as low Apgar score at 1 minute and congenital anomalies. Similar to our study a previous study conducted in Croatia found that an Apgar score of <7 at 1 minute and at 5 minutes among those neonates whose mother experienced APH as a result of placenta previa [6] In addition, another study found that mothers who had placental abruption were more likely to give birth to a neonate with congenital anomaly. [26] Tikannen [18] noted that this was mainly due to preterm birth of most neonates whose mothers suffer from APH.
In conclusion, Qatar has a high prevalence of APH. Lower education and family history of hypertension, G6PD, and Down's syndrome were found to be significantly associated with increased risk of APH in Qatar. Neonates of APH are at significantly increased risk of low Apgar score at 1 minute and congenital anomalies. Thus it is essential that obstetricians are alerted to these risk factors for early detection and to decrease the negative effects of APH.
This work was generously supported and funded by Qatar Foundation grant no. UREP 08-046-3-010. We would also like to thank the Hamad Medical Corporation research committee (HMC Research Protocol no. 10145/10) and the Weill Cornell Medical College-Qatar Institutional Review Board (IRB# 2010-0022) for their ethical approval to this study.
1. Kainer F, Hasbargen U. Emergencies associated with pregnancy and delivery: Peripartum hemorrhage. Dtsch Arztebl Int 2008;105:629-38.
2. Mukherjee S, Bhide A. Antepartum haemorrhage. Obstet Gynaecol Reprod Med 2008;18:335-9.
3. El-Mowafi D. Bleeding in late pregnancy (Antepartum Hemorrhage), Geneva: Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research; 2008.
4. Ngeh N, Bhide A. Antepartum haemorrhage. Curr Obstet Gynaecol 2006;16:79-83.
5. Lam CM, Wong SF. Risk factors for preterm delivery in women with placenta praevia and Antepartum hemorrhage: Retrospective study. Hong Kong Med J 2002;8:163-6.
6. Tuzovic L, Djelmis J, Ilijic M. Obstetric risk factors associated with placenta previa development: Case-control study. Croat Med J 2003;44:728-33.
7. Ananth CV, Peltier MR, Kinzler WL, Smulian JC, Vintzileos AM. Chronic hypertension and risk of placental abruption: Is the association modified by ischemic placental disease? Am J Obstet Gynecol 2007;197:273.e1-7.
8. Ananth CV, Smulian JC, Vintzelios AM. Incidence of placental abruption in relation to cigarette smoking and hypertensive disorders during pregnancy: A meta-analysis of observational studies. Obstet Gynecol 1999;93:622-8.
9. Sanchez SE, Pacora PN, Farfan JH, Fernandez A, Qiu C, Ananth CV, et al. Risk factors of abruption placentae among Peruvian Women. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2006;194:225-30.
10. Geidam AD, Audu BM, Oummate Z. Pregnancy outcome among grand multiparous women at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital: A case control study. J Obstet Gynaecol 2011;31:404-8.
11. Arnold DL, Williams MA, Miller RS, Qiu C, Sorensen TK. Iron deficiency anemia, cigarette smoking and risk of abruption placentae. J Obstet Gynaecol Res 2009;35:446-52.
12. Andres RL. The association of cigarette smoking with placenta previa and abruptio placentae. Semin Perinatol 1996;20:154-9.
13. Ananth CV, Savitz DA, Luther ER. Maternal cigarette smoking as a risk factor for placental abruption, placenta previa, and uterine bleeding in pregnancy. Am J Epidemiol 1996;144:881-9.
14. Yang Q, Wen SW, Oppenheimer L, Chen XK, Black D, Gao J, et al. Association of caesarean delivery for first birth with placenta praevia and placental abruption in second pregnancy. BJOG 2007;114:609-13.
15. Ananth CV, Wilcox AJ, Savitz DA, Bowes WA Jr, Luther ER. Effect of maternal age and parity on the risk of uteroplacental bleeding disorders in pregnancy. Obstet Gynecol 1996;88:511-6.
16. Rahman S, Salameh K, Bener A, El Ansari W. Socioeconomic associations of improved maternal, neonatal, and perinatal survival in Qatar. Int J Womens Health 2010;2:311-8.
17. Bener A, Al-Nufal M, Vachhani PJ, Ali AI, Samson N, Saleh MN. Maternal complications with Neonatal Outcome Among Arab Women in a fast developing country. Minerva Ginecol 2011. [In Press]
18. Tikkanen M. Placental abruption: Epidemiology, risk factors and consequences. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 2011;90:140-9.
19. Al Arrayed S, Al Hajeri A. Public awareness of sickle cell disease in Bahrain. Ann Saudi Med 2010;30:284-8.
20. Memish ZA, Saeedi MY. Six year outcome of the national premarital screening and genetic counseling program for sickle cell disease and β-thalassemia in Saudi Arabia. Ann Saudi Med 2011;31:229-35.
21. Al-Aama JY. Attitudes towards mandatory national premarital screening for hereditary hemolytic disorders. Health Policy 2010;97:32-7.
22. Wahab AA, Bener A, Sandridge AL, Hoffmann GF. The pattern of Down syndrome among children in Qatar: A population-based study. Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol 2006;76:609-12.
23. Bener A, Alali KA. Consanguineous marriage in newly developed country:  The Qatari population. J Biosoc Sci 2006;38:239-46.
24. Shen TT, DeFranco EA, Stamilio DM, Chang JJ, Muglia LJ. A population-based study of race-specific risk for placental Abruption. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 2008;8:43.
25. Ananth CV, Berkowitz GS, Savitz DA, Lapinski RH. Placental abruption and adverse perinatal outcomes. JAMA 1999;282:1646-51.
26. Raymond EG, Mills JL. Placental abruption. Maternal risk factors and associated fetal conditions. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 1993;72:633-9.
1 Safety and efficacy of low-dose aspirin in ischemic stroke patients with different G6PD conditions
Yicong Chen,Jianle Li,Zilin Ou,Yusheng Zhang,Zhijian Liang,Weisheng Deng,Weixian Huang,Zhengdong Wu,Haihong Jiang,Qinghua Liu,Fubing Ouyang,Shihui Xing,Jinsheng Zeng
International Journal of Stroke. 2021; 16(4): 411
2 Adverse Neonatal Outcome are More Common among Babies Born by Cesarean Section than Naturally Born Babies at Public Hospitals in Eastern Ethiopia: A Comparative Prospective Follow-Up Study at Eastern Ethiopia
Maleda Tefera, Nega Assefa, Kedir Teji Roba, Letta Gedefa
Global Pediatric Health. 2021; 8: 2333794X21
3 Challenges Faced by an Obstetrician while Dealing with Obstetric Emergency in Cases of Placenta Previa
Riddhi J. Vaghani,Krishna Rabar,Nimish C. Pandya
4 Organ-saving operation in utero-placental apoplexy.
Meerim Omurbekova
Journal of Clinical Medicine of Kazakhstan. 2018; 2(48): 56
5 Frequency, Risk Factors, and Adverse Fetomaternal Outcomes of Placenta Previa in Northern Tanzania
Elizabeth Eliet Senkoro,Amasha H. Mwanamsangu,Fransisca Seraphin Chuwa,Sia Emmanuel Msuya,Oresta Peter Mnali,Benjamin G. Brown,Michael Johnson Mahande
Journal of Pregnancy. 2017; 2017: 1
6 Late ?ntepartum ?emorrhage and Neonatal Outcome: A Retrospective Study
Panagiotis Tsikouras,Zacharoula Koukouli,Anastasios Liberis,Bachar Manav,Constantinos Bouschanetzis,Panagiotis Naoumis,Marina Dimitraki,Georgios Galazios
Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2016; 06(02): 107
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Ghaheh, H.S. and Feizi, A. and Mousavi, M. and Sohrabi, D. and Mesghari, L. and Hosseini, Z.
Journal of Research in Medical Sciences. 2013; 18(5): 422-426
8 Ante-partum bleeding: Is determination of its risk factors clinically significant?
Matsubara, S.
Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice. 2013; 16(3): 405
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A simple, selective, precise high performance thin layer chromatography (HPTLC) method with densitometry at λ= 205 nm was developed and validated for simultaneous determination of Pregabalin and Amitryptyline Hydrochloride in pharmaceutical dosage form. Chromatographic separation of the drugs were performed on aluminum plates precoated with silica gel 60 F254 used as stationary phase and the chromatogram was developed using Toluene: Methanol: Formic acid (7: 2.5: 0.5 v/v/v) and 20 ml of mobile phase was used per chromatography run. The system was found to give a compact band for Pregabalin (Rf =0.27±0.03) and Amitryptyline Hydrochloride (Rf =0.68±0.03). The validated lowest limit of detection was 45.097ng/spot and 12.614ng/spot wherenas lowest limit of quantification was 136.659ng/spot and 38.224ng/spot for Pregabalin and Amitryptyline Hydrochloride respectively. The percentage recovery for Pregabalin was found to be 99.91 (at 50%), 99.39 (at 100%), 99.27(at 150%) and 100.42 (at 50%), 100.63 (at 100%), 100.97(at 150%) for Amitryptyline Hydrochloride. Statistical analysis proved that the method is selective, precise and accurate for the estimation of Pregabalin and Amitryptyline Hydrochloride.
Keywords: Pregabalin (PRGB), Amitryptyline Hydrochloride (AMTR), HPTLC, Pharmaceutical formulation.


Shouldn't your place of employment – your bread and butter, where you spend more hours than at home – be a safe environment? Yes. It should be, but unfortunately it isn't always the case.
According to CompSource, there are ten common workplace injuries that happen on a regular basis. Some of these accidents could be prevented if certain safety measures came into play.
Overexertion. This is consistently the #1 injury reported in the workplace. Pushing, pulling, holding, carrying and a variety of other activities have caused serious injury.
Fall on same level surfaces. This can happen on wet and slippery floors, running into objects that are in the aisles and a variety of other mishaps that cause one to trip and fall.
Fall on lower level surfaces. Falling off a ladder, stairway or roof onto a lower level can cause serious injury and death.
Bodily reaction. Injuries can occur when a person reacts to try and prevent falling.
Struck by objects. Objects that are not secure above your head can fall from shelves or other people dropping them. This can result in serious injury, including brain injury and death.
Struck against an object. This is when a person is hurt from running into something such as a door, shelf or other object that can cause harm.
Highway incident. An automobile accident that takes place in a company car or truck is considered a work accident.
Caught in/compressed by. This usually occurs when very large machinery is in use and a person is ran over, struck by or caught between. This can be a very dangerous situation.
Repetitive motion. Serious discomfort and injury can occur when a person uses the same parts of the body over and over until there is pain and injury involved.
Assaults and violent acts. People at work who can't handle their frustrations and act out in violence may cause harm to their coworkers.
If you or a close family member has suffered from a personal injury while on the job and the employer is not being fair regarding workers' compensation benefits, you may need to consult with a work injury attorney in your area to guide you in how to handle this difficult situation.


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Q: How to get twitteR PIN code during R oauth authentication? I'm trying to use the twitteR package .
I use this code to register my credentials:
requestURL <-  "https://api.twitter.com/oauth/request_token"
accessURL =    "https://api.twitter.com/oauth/access_token"
authURL =      "https://api.twitter.com/oauth/authorize"
consumerKey =   "------------"
consumerSecret = "-----------"
twitCred <- OAuthFactory$new(consumerKey=consumerKey,
                         consumerSecret=consumerSecret,
                         requestURL=requestURL,
                         accessURL=accessURL,
                         authURL=authURL)

download.file(url="http://curl.haxx.se/ca/cacert.pem",
          destfile="cacert.pem")

twitCred$handshake(cainfo="cacert.pem")

I then get the link to twitter:
To enable the connection, please direct your web browser to: http://api.twitter.com/oauth/authorize?oauth_token=xxxx
but it returns an "Error 403" page.
So I try to edit the URL to https:// instead of http://, I follow the link and within the twitter page,
and then click on the "Authorize app" button.This sends me back to the site I listed as the callback URL.
I don't see the PIN number I was expecting anywhere.
Hoping somebody could help me.

A: It may be the https, see if this code works as it does for me:
### 1. Register your Twitter app here https://apps.twitter.com/app/new
### 2. Get your api_key and api_secret, fill in below
### 3. Source this file, copy the Twitter Authentication URL
### 4. Input the PIN every session you need access to Twitter API

require(twitteR)

api_key    = "XXXXX"
api_secret = "XXXXX"

TwitterOAuth<-function(){
  reqURL   <- "https://api.twitter.com/oauth/request_token"
  accessURL<- "https://api.twitter.com/oauth/access_token"
  authURL  <- "https://api.twitter.com/oauth/authorize"
  twitCred <- OAuthFactory$new(consumerKey=api_key,
                               consumerSecret=api_secret,
                               requestURL=reqURL,
                               accessURL=accessURL,
                               authURL=authURL)

  options(RCurlOptions = list(cainfo = system.file("CurlSSL",
                              "cacert.pem",
                              package = "RCurl")))

  twitCred$handshake()

  registerTwitterOAuth(twitCred)
}

TwitterOAuth()

I did a post on it here.


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namespace PropertyPrivately\SecurityBundle\Validator;

use Symfony\Component\Security\Core\Encoder\EncoderFactoryInterface;
use PropertyPrivately\SecurityBundle\Entity\User;

/**
 * User Validator
 */
class UserValidator
{
    /**
     * @var EncoderFactoryInterface
     */
    private $encoderFactory;

    /**
     * Constructor
     *
     * @param EncoderFactoryInterface $encodeFactory
     */
    public function __construct(EncoderFactoryInterface $encoderFactory)
    {
        $this->encoderFactory = $encoderFactory;
    }

    /**
     * Validate user credentials
     *
     * @param  User   $user
     * @param  string $username
     * @param  string $password
     * @return boolean
     */
    public function validate(User $user, $username, $password)
    {
        $encoder = $this->encoderFactory->getEncoder($user);

        return ($user->getUsername() === $username
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    }
}

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Q: I can't get an image sent by the user on WhatsApp using Twilio I've done plenty and this is one of the last things to get the chatbot working. I'm trying to receive an image (a selfie) from the user on my WhatsApp chatbot with no success. I'm using Python with Django.
@twilio_view
def visita_selfie(request):
    print('VISITA SELFIE')

    message_sid = request.POST.get('MessageSid', '')
    from_number = request.POST.get('From', '')
    num_media = int(request.POST.get('NumMedia', 0))

    media_files = [(request.POST.get("MediaUrl{}".format(i), ''),
                    request.POST.get("MediaContentType{}".format(i), ''))
                   for i in range(0, num_media)]

    print('media files')
    print(media_files)

    memory = json.loads(request.POST.get('Memory'))

    print('Memory= ',memory)

    return HttpResponse(status=200)

At first I tried something like:
{
  "actions": [
    {
      "say": "Please send me the selfie."
    },
    {
      "listen": true
    },
    {
      "redirect" : "my webhook"
    }
  ]
}

but that didn't work.
I got nothing on my logs and the Twilio Debugger showed me:
Request Inspector
- Collapse All
POST
https://channels.autopilot.twilio.com/v1/AC0de44f5c63d50ab672ae85bef67ff3bc/UA313a4235eb1ee7cc39ce2ec1781d911a/twilio-messaging/whatsapp
2019-11-12 17:54:05 UTC
400
Request
URL

https://channels.autopilot.twilio.com/v1/AC0de44f5c63d50ab672ae85bef67ff3bc/UA313a4235eb1ee7cc39ce2ec1781d911a/twilio-messaging/whatsapp

Parameters
Show Raw
ApiVersion
    "2010-04-01"
MediaUrl0
    "https://api.twilio.com/2010-04-01/Accounts/AC0de44f5c63d50ab672ae85bef67ff3bc/Messages/MMd9aa12480e0bebd90ace8a8d5e46cca9/Media/MEaf6ae55ca8c5b27defdef15698a182f8"
SmsSid
    "MMd9aa12480e0bebd90ace8a8d5e46cca9"
SmsStatus
    "received"
SmsMessageSid
    "MMd9aa12480e0bebd90ace8a8d5e46cca9"
NumSegments
    "1"
From
    "whatsapp:+553584311599"
To
    "whatsapp:+14155238886"
MessageSid
    "MMd9aa12480e0bebd90ace8a8d5e46cca9"
Body
    ""
AccountSid
    "AC0de44f5c63d50ab672ae85bef67ff3bc"
NumMedia
    "1"
MediaContentType0
    "image/jpeg"
Message Text
Show Raw
Msg
    "Bad Request"
sourceComponent
    "14100"
ErrorCode
    "11200"
EmailNotification
    "false"
httpResponse
    "400"
LogLevel
    "ERROR"
url
    "https://channels.autopilot.twilio.com/v1/AC0de44f5c63d50ab672ae85bef67ff3bc/UA313a4235eb1ee7cc39ce2ec1781d911a/twilio-messaging/whatsapp"
Response
Headers
X-Cache MISS from Twilio-Cache
X-Cache-Lookup MISS from Twilio-Cache:3128
X-Twilio-WebhookAttempt 1
X-Twilio-WebhookRetriable false
Content-Length 66
Date Tue, 12 Nov 2019 17:54:06 GMT
Content-Type application/json
Body
Show Raw

{
    "code": 20001,
    "status": 400,
    "message": "Missing/Invalid Parameters"
}

Then I tried with Collect:
{
    "actions": [
        {
            "collect": {
                "name": "collect-selfie",
                "questions": [
                    {
                        "question": "Para que possamos identificá-lo, poderia nos enviar uma foto do rosto? (selfie)\n",
                        "name": "selfie"
                    }
                ],
                "on_complete": {
                    "redirect": {
                        "method": "POST",
                        "uri": "https://dimep.herokuapp.com/selfie/"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    ]
}

I didn't work either, my log only showed me the 'VISITA SELFIE' (meaning it got to the function) when I typed in text with the collect, but the media_files was empty [].
What am I doing wrong?

A: Twilio developer evangelist here.
I'm afraid Twilio Autopilot doesn't support media right now, so you won't be able to pick up the image from the webhook like this.


LONDON, United Kingdom, 11th December 2014.- The Mexico Market Focus: Rights Forum took place concentrating on Mexico as the foreign country invited to the London Book Fair (LBF) in 2015, in the framework of the Year of Mexico in the United Kingdom and the Year of the UK in Mexico.
From 14th to 16th April 2015 will take place a series of parallel events in which, besides CONACULTA, the National Chamber of the Mexican Publishing Industry (CANIEM), the Economic Culture Fund (FCE) as well as Mexican publishers Planeta and Sexto Piso will intervene.
Among these is the "Mexico 20" initiative derived from the participation of Mexico in the International Book Fair in London 2015 (Market Focus), in which 20 Mexican writers under 40 years old were selected to be promoted in the British Editorial Market through English translations, published by Pushkin Press.
With the presence of Alejandro Estivill, Deputy Head of Mission of the Embassy of Mexico, the poet and editor Julio Trujillo participated in the roundtables where the current cultural and literary scene was analysed, as well as the details of the purchase rights, which also involved Cortina Butler of the British Council, Amy Webster, of the London Book Fair, and Roberto Banchik of Penguin Random House Mexico.
Such representatives of public and private institutions in Mexico and the United Kingdom agreed on pointing out the growth of the publishing industry in Mexico and its relevance in the market for books in Spanish, in the city of London.
Over 43 years, the London Book Fair brings together authors, editors, publishers, advertisers, marketers, distributors and other professionals in the publishing industry from 110 countries and more than 1,500 exhibitors from over 60 nations.


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Crimson Creative's expertise in the web goes well beyond creating sites that leave a lasting impression. It is about the client's brand, the client's return on investment, and the web user's experience.
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