The Lunar New Year is a very busy time of the year for health professionals in Vietnam, the ones taking place in Sydney are invariably mentioned and New South Wales Ambulance's paramedics don't have a minute to spare to enjoy the festivities.

In Mumbai, more than half of its inhabitants live in slums, the conditions create various public health problems; in Buenos Aires, ambulances refuse to enter the narrow streets of some of the capital's villas.

The roads of Thailand are considered to be among the deadliest on the planet, and with such a high number of victims, the paramedics of the city of Bangkok are on the alert.

Allahabad is home of the biggest religious gathering in the world; this causes challenges in terms of health care; more than 1,000 medical volunteers oversee the Procession of the Black Nazarene in the Philippines.

Osaka has more than 19 million inhabitants with a rising number of emergency calls due to the ageing population; Mexico City is home to 20 million inhabitants, same problem.

Israel's ambulance service Magen David Adom responds to medical emergencies that arise during Yom HaZikaron and Yom HaAtzmao; on July 21, Belgians cause an upsurge in medical emergencies.