The Sanur Village Festival was held for the sixth time this year 19 – 23 November 2011.  This year, the event was held at Matahari Terbit Beach in Sanur. The timing and larger location was ...

This year’s Rock n’ Run marks the events eleventh consecutive year. The proceeds of this year’s charity event were donated to the Smile Foundation.  The funds are designated to help children in ...

BIMC Hospital is delighted to announce the addition of the new Echocardiography facility performed by our cardiologist commencing November 2011. An echocardiogram often is referred to in the ...

Chickenpox, also known as varicella, is a highly contagious and self-limited infection that most commonly affects children between 5-10 years of age. The disease has a worldwide distribution and ...

The carpal tunnel syndrome is compression of the median nerve which passes through the carpal tunnel in the wrist. This is a very common syndrome mostly complained by women aged 30 to 50. The ...

BIMC Hospital continues to support the annual Food Festival which is one of the biggest events in Bali. This year the set up of Food Festival was a bit different from previous years. The Food ...

Helicobacter pylori, also known as H. pylori, are a bacterium that is commonly found in the stomach. It is present in approximately one-half of the world’s population. H. pylori are ...

Appendicitis is acute inflammation of the vermiform appendix. The appendix is a small ‘dead end’ pouch, like a little tube, that comes off the caecum. The caecum is the first part of ...

Herpes simplex is a common infection caused by the herpes simplex virus (HSV) which can cause a vesicular rash anywhere on the skin or mucous membranes. There are two major strains, HSV-1 and ...

On 21 of September 2011, BIMC Hospital received a visit from Sunrise school. 14 children aged from 5 years old arrived at BIMC Hospital at 10 am and were very excited to see the hospital. Dr. ...

WILL YOU WALK WITH US ON 22nd OCTOBER 2011 IN NUSA DUA?     Pink Ribbon Fever is spreading like wildfire through Bali, as momentum builds up for the third annual Pink Ribbon Walk at Nusa Dua on ...

Electrical injury occurs when an electric current runs through a portion of the body, usually from either a man-made source or lightning.  The outside of the person’s body may appear to have only ...

Diarrhoea is defined as the abrupt onset of abnormally high fluid content in the stool: more than the normal value of approximately 10 mL/kg/d in the infant and young child, and more than 200 g/d ...

Human exposure to toxoplasmosis is common wherever cats are found.  About 20 to 40% of healthy adults in the US are sero-positive, these are people who are evidently found infected but have no ...

Nose bleeding is a very common symptom that can happen to anyone from children to the elderly. The medical term is epistaxis. One out of every seven people will develop a nosebleed at some time ...

BIMC hospital was officially opened on 27th July 1998. This year, BIMC Hospital celebrated 13 years of service. To celebrate the 13th anniversary, BIMC Hospital organized several activities and ...

With the success of the 1st Bali Ocean Swim, a 2nd Bali Ocean Swim was held on Sunday 10th July 2011 at Kuta Beach.  This fundraising event was organized by Bali Sports Foundation. The swim ...

The human body is an amazing “machine” with an amazing “filter” organ, the kidneys. Unused metabolites will be transported through the blood stream and filtered by the kidneys, then excreted in ...

 Ever since the first bacterium of Salmonella was found in 1894, scientists have identified over 2300 Salmonella organisms. Salmonella typhi is one most important species in travel medicine as ...

Atik, that is what her friends call her, is an 11 year old girl born with a bone deficiency. As an underprivileged family living in Mataram, Lombok, her mother Ibu Isah, sought assistance from ...