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Business Wire
6 days ago
- Business
- Business Wire
Pediatrica Health Group Acquires Coconut Creek Pediatrics
MIAMI & COCONUT CREEK, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Miami-based Pediatrica Health Group, a multi-site, pediatric primary care organization dedicated to providing equitable access to innovative care for kids, today announced the completed acquisition of Coconut Creek Pediatrics, owned and operated by Dr. Arif Wajid. With this acquisition, Pediatrica expands into South Florida, making significant progress on its commitment to provide comprehensive pediatric primary care to families across the state and beyond. '…when providers go beyond the basics, we can create long-term positive impacts for generations to come…' Dr. Wajid and his team have established lasting relationships with the families in their community – the countless positive reviews speak for themselves. More than top-notch support staff and a friendly bedside manner, Dr. Wajid takes a holistic approach to care. He has exceeded standards by offering services such as new parent education and support for patients and parents to address issues that impede school and social development. Plus, he has dedicated time and expertise to advancing healthy outcomes through participation in pediatric-focused clinical research. 'Dr. Wajid's approach to care mirrors Pediatrica's Next Generation Care SM model,' notes Pediatrica founder and CEO Roberto Palenzuela, 'When providers go beyond the basics, we can create long-term positive impacts for generations to come. Our alignment on this made Coconut Creek Pediatrics an attractive target for acquisition.' Growing to meet the needs of the community... Pediatrica is already taking steps to continue building on the foundation of meaningful work Dr. Wajid has established. In addition to a full back-office to support administrative work, the team has also welcomed a new pediatric care provider, Shauvron Langrin, APRN. A parent herself, Shauvron knows first-hand the never-ending worry that comes with the territory. With compassion, she is skilled at putting parents at ease by partnering with these families to support care. Adding more resources and providers to the practice means expanding accessibility to care to the community, including families on Medicaid. Watch for more updates on the growth and development of Pediatrica Health Group soon. Learn more about how the company is quickly becoming a formative presence in pediatric care and creating change- for-good by visiting About Pediatrica Health Group Pediatrica Health Group is a multi-site, pediatric primary care organization actively creating better outcomes and brighter futures for patient families and providers alike - providing Next Generation Care for the Next Generation SM. Dedicated to providing equitable access to innovative pediatric primary care, Pediatrica Health Group empowers and supports providers and health care teams with modern technologies and the resources needed to provide exemplary, tailored patient care. Focused pediatric care for families with children from birth to 18 years of age. Learn more at
Indian Express
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Indian Express
Writer's Corner: Bengaluru-based Andaleeb Wajid on embracing multiple genres, coping with loss, and how routine helps an author
Romance, horror, mystery, young adult literature – works in these genres usually form a solid chunk of any good bookstore's collection. But for Bengaluru-based writer Andaleeb Wajid, this is a brief description of the genres she has written in, adding up to dozens of books over the years. In her works, Bengaluru often makes its presence felt to readers who know the city. Speaking to The Indian Express, Wajid said, 'Almost all my books have a Bangalore connection, barring one or two. I have lived here all my life. I wanted to be authentic in what I write…so it made sense for me to write about Bangalore in that way.' Wajid added that she wrote on and off throughout her school and college years, getting more seriously into it in her twenties while writing short stories for the Deccan Herald's youth supplement Open Sesame. 'Then I got into writing short stories for adults, and a full-fledged novel, Kite Strings, which was published in 2009,' she said. While Wajid has authored several romance books and series, they sit alongside other works aimed at younger audiences, and even horror novels. Another set of books, the Aunty Millennial series, has Wajid's character Iqra as one of the newer entrants to Bengaluru's eclectic collection of detectives and mystery-solvers. 'I don't want to be restricted to one genre….experimenting in different genres helps me as a writer since otherwise it is very easy to become complacent in what you know is your forte. I enjoy the process of doing something that is outside my comfort zone.' Interestingly, the character Iqra first appeared in a romance series by Wajid before making it into another series as an amateur detective. More recently, she has come out with a memoir, Learning to Make Tea for One. 'My husband and mother-in-law passed away during the second wave of the pandemic due to post-Covid complications. My memoir was a way of making sense of the world as it was,' Wajid said. The book was officially released on Saturday. As far as her writing habits go, Wajid has a routine, which might explain how she has managed to come out with so many published works. She said, 'If I have a plan to write something on a particular day, I sit down after breakfast and try and write as much as I can. The process is about building a routine. I try not to stop unless something really important comes up. As soon as one book is done, I want to move to the next and keep writing.' When it comes to reading, however, her tastes are slightly different. Andaleeb Wajid is a fan of crime procedurals, though they are not something she feels equipped to tackle as a writer. At least not yet. She notes that reading, in general, should always be a writer's habit, noting, 'My advice to writers all over is to read a lot and write every day. It is the sort of thing that needs practice. You can't suddenly decide to write a book one day… I like to compare it to a tap that you don't use. The water will not flow as smoothly. You can't also say I don't want to read, I just want to write.'
Herald Sun
08-05-2025
- Politics
- Herald Sun
Pakistan and India accuse each other of waves of drone attacks
India and Pakistan accused each other Thursday of carrying out waves of drone attacks, as deadly confrontations between the nuclear-armed foes drew global calls for calm. Pakistan's army said it shot down 25 Indian drones, while New Delhi accused Islamabad of launching overnight raids with "drones and missiles", and claimed it destroyed an air defence system in Lahore. The fighting comes two weeks after New Delhi blamed Islamabad for backing an attack on the Indian-run side of disputed Kashmir, which Pakistan denied. The South Asian neighbours have fought multiple wars over the divided territory since they were carved out of the sub-continent at the end of British rule in 1947. At least 45 deaths have been reported from both sides following a sharp escalation on Wednesday, when India launched missiles it said targeted "terrorist camps", and Pakistan retaliated with a barrage of artillery strikes. "Pakistan attempted to engage a number of military targets... using drones and missiles," India's defence ministry said in a statement Thursday, adding that "these were neutralised". The defence ministry said earlier its military had "targeted air defence radars and systems at a number of locations in Pakistan", adding it had been "reliably learnt that an air defence system at Lahore has been neutralised". - Blasts heard in Lahore - Residents reported hearing the sound of blasts from the city, and aviation authorities briefly shut down operations at the main airport there and in the capital, Islamabad. Karachi airport was also closed and remained so on Thursday evening. Earlier, Pakistan's military said in a statement that it had "shot down 25 Israeli-made Harop drones" at multiple locations across the country. "Last night, India showed another act of aggression by sending drones to multiple locations," Pakistan's military spokesman Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said from the army's headquarters in Rawalpindi, where a drone was downed. Crowds gathered at crash sites, some close to army installations, to gaze at the debris. Emergency responders who were called by the public to the scene in Rawalpindi urged the public "not to panic". "Let the authorities take care of it. Stay inside," said one emergency worker, 32-year-old Wajid, who only gave one name. Speaking after the Wednesday missile strike, India's Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said New Delhi had a "right to respond" following the attack on tourists in Pahalgam in Kashmir last month, when gunmen killed 26 people, mainly Hindu men. New Delhi blamed the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba -- a UN-designated terrorist organisation for the Pahalgam shooting, and the nations traded days of threats and diplomatic measures. Pakistan has denied any involvement and called for an independent investigation into the April 22 attack. - Global pressure - Pakistan's military said on Wednesday that five Indian jets had been downed across the border, but New Delhi has not responded to the claims. An Indian senior security source, who asked not to be named, said three of its fighter jets had crashed on home territory. Diplomats and world leaders have pressured both countries to step back from the brink. "I want to see them stop," US President Donald Trump said Wednesday. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Thursday in New Delhi, days after visiting Pakistan, as Tehran seeks to mediate. In Poonch, a town in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir that was bombarded on Wednesday, and bore the brunt of shelling by Pakistan, Madasar Choudhary said his sister saw two children killed by shells. "She saw two children running out of her neighbour's house and screamed for them to get back inside," said Choudhary, 29. "But shrapnel hit the children -- and they eventually died." Based on past conflicts, analyst Happymon Jacob -- director of the New Delhi-based Council for Strategic and Defence Research, said the latest would "likely end in a few iterations of exchange of long-range gunfire or missiles into each other's territory". But in an editorial on Thursday, the Indian Express wrote "there is no reason to believe that the Pakistan Army has been chastened by the Indian airstrikes". "India must be prepared for escalatory action" by Pakistan, it said. In a late Wednesday TV address to the nation, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif warned they would "avenge" those killed by Indian air strikes. "We make this pledge, that we will avenge each drop of the blood of these martyrs," he said. Indian Foreign Minister Jaishankar warned Thursday that any Pakistan military action would be met with "a very, very firm response". burs-fox/stu Originally published as Pakistan and India accuse each other of waves of drone attacks
Hindustan Times
23-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Hindustan Times
Author Andaleeb Wajid's upcoming memoir to explore love, loss, and healing
New Delhi, Author Andaleeb Wajid's upcoming memoir "Learning to Make Tea for One: Reflections on Love, Loss and Healing" navigates through grief and the many paths to living and growing with it. The book, scheduled to release in May, is published by Speaking Tiger Books. The author of the young adult novel, "The Henna Start-up", lost her mother-in-law and her husband Mansoor to COVID-19 in 2021. "Writing 'Learning to Make Tea for One' was not just about catharsis. It was also about remembering one of the worst periods of my life and reminding myself that healing/grieving is not the end, but a constant process. "I lost two very important people and I wanted to remember them, their quirks, the ordinariness of them that nevertheless completed my family. I wanted to celebrate them but also talk about my life as it is now," Wajid, who has published nearly 50 novels in the past 15 years, said in a statement. In the cruel summer of 2021, when India was throttled by the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, Wajid lost her mother-in-law, and then just five days later, her husband, even as she was hospitalised with COVID herself. Wajid's grief struggled to find words as she returned to a home that was shorn of the love that had once inhabited it and was now empty, but for her two children. She finally turned to her writing to make sense of it all. She found herself wanting to tell the story of her life and her loss. In the memoir, according to the publisher, Wajid chronicles her family life, of growing up as a cherished daughter of a father whom she lost too early, her marriage, the happy companionship that marked it, and described the incredible joys and the unbearable pain of motherhood too. "In 'Learning to Make Tea for One', Wajid delves into the ways in which loss and grief can shape a life. She meditates on dealing with losing loved ones, coping with intense grief, and finding meaning in bleak times. Her book is as much the story of a brave woman of today, as it is that of a writer who seeks comfort in writing," said Sudeshna Shome Ghosh, executive publisher at Speaking Tiger. Wajid's novel "Asmara's Summer" has been adapted for screen as "Dil, Dosti, Dilemma" on Amazon Prime. The book, priced at ₹499, is currently available for pre-order online.
Yahoo
29-01-2025
- Yahoo
Chicago man killed in fiery crash in rural Plymouth County
PLYMOUTH COUNTY, Iowa (KCAU) — A Chicago man was killed in a fiery crash at around noon Tuesday. According to a crash report from the Iowa State Patrol, at around 12:42 p.m., Mohammed Wajid, 28, of Chicago, was driving a Freightliner north on K18 when he approached the intersection of K18 and C12 near Chatsworth. Plymouth County grass fire reminds Siouxlanders to use caution during dry, windy conditions Officials said that Wajid failed to stop at the stop sign at the intersection and hit a grain trailer that was being pulled by a Kenworth driven by Timothy Wilken, 49, of Akron. Wajid was taken to a local hospital after the crash where he later died. Officials said that the crash caused a fire to spark up in nearby fields. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
