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SARS make Air India cut flights

...Mumbai) to Hong Kong to two per week.// It earlier cancelled one flight and two more are to be suspended from 11 April. Air India says it had to cancel flights due to a sharp decline in the number of passengers travelling on the route. They take precautionary measures like pre-check-in health check of all pa...

Skin Cancer “Reflection” Detectin

...u could see how these layers are being deformed or cancelled out. So, we expect a layer here and we don't see that layer. Well, we know there's cancer being formed there," they say. Researchers says it will be at least five years before the technique is perfected and tested in clinical trials....

Dental appointment fear: is it gender specific?

...iting dentists. However 1.5million people may have cancelled or avoided a dental appointment in their lifetime in Canada. One of the reasons for avoiding a dentist appointment might be pain, as 12.4% wanted painless tooth extraction or treatment and 42.3% wanted cheaper ways to opt for anesthesia. Reference: ...

Doctor Training Undermined In Britain Due To Shortage Of Cadavers

... to the Department of Health, two courses had been cancelled this year because of a lack of cadavers and experts said more would be hit if the // fall in body donations were not reversed. The government has blamed rising medical student numbers, TV shows and the Alder Hey scandal for the problem. In the last...

British medical education suffers shortage of bodies

... to the Department of Health, two courses had been cancelled this year because of a lack of cadavers and // experts said more would be hit if the fall in body donations was not reversed. In the last five years, the number of bodies being donated has fallen from 670 to 600 across England and Wales. If this ...

Bill Gates Takes Personal Interest in AIDS Program

.... The scheduled Chennai visit, if it doesn't get cancelled because of floods, will also see him interact with government and NGOs to review the progress on efforts to curb the spread of HIV/AIDS. "Microsoft India is not just the fastest growing subsidiary for Microsoft, but it is one of the few subsidiaries...

Cancer Patient Denied Vital Drug

...University Hospitals NHS Trust is reported to have cancelled the first course of the anti-cancer drug Velcade for him. A single course of the drug costs ￡15,000, and this appears to beyond the reach of Jago. The reason given by the hospital for denying him the course was that there was not sufficient evidence ...

Government taken to task for health sector problems by doctors!

... such a bad shape that their affiliation might get cancelled any day,” said Mr. Singh....

Rajasthan Plans To Run Christian Institutions

...ate. The state government earlier this month had cancelled the registration of the society and arrested its chief Samuel Thomas on charges of distributing the book Haqeeqat, which allegedly insulted Hindu deities and gods. The decision was taken at a meeting chaired by Rajasthan's Social Welfare Minister M...

China Issues New Legislation To Ban Human Organ Trade

...nregistered hospitals. The registration would be cancelled under two circumstances. One, if transplanted patients fail to survive for certain number of years. Second, if the registered medical facilities fail to qualify to pre-defined criteria. Additionally, those responsible would be punished. The medical...

Bird Flu Deters Hunters in Russia

...revalent among south East Asian countries they had cancelled the event as a precautionary step. In the bird hunt the local hunters usually shoot hundreds of geese and thousands of ducks. There are three areas in Russia which experienced outbreaks of bird flu in the month of July. And as a result, more th...

Doctor Caught Red-Handed For Conducting Sex-Determination Test

...g that licences of 114 ultrasound centres had been cancelled or suspended for violation of the PNDT Act. At least 23 cases are pending against doctors for conducting such tests. --Edited IANS...

Fear Of Malaria Outbreak Grips Tripura

... prevent a malaria outbreak in Tripura. 'We have cancelled leave of all field staff of the health department. Doctors and paramedics have fanned out to the interior areas to take preventive steps,' a health official said. Health workers were spraying disinfectants in vulnerable areas, besides collecting bl...

Delhi Hospitals Cancel Holidays And Recalls Doctors

...ike. To keep the momentum of our hospital, we have cancelled all the leave applications and recalled the doctors and consultants on leave," said a top administrator of the AIIMS. "Junior doctors play a vital role in the normal functioning of the wards but the ongoing strike is certainly affecting the work. W...

BHU Hospital Doctors Continue Hunger Strike

...rom remote and rural areas. The authorities have cancelled the leave of all senior doctors and asked them to resume duties to tide over the shortage of doctors at the hospital, sources said adding the medical and health facilities in the premier hospital was running normally. Source: PTI News...

UK Decision To Cancel PLAB Test To Benefit Jobless NRI Doctors

The British government has cancelled examinations for recruitment of overseas doctors a...RI doctors in the UK. 'Due to low demand, we have cancelled all PLAB (Professional and Lingusitic Assessment Board) Part 1 exams outside the UK after the sittin...

Indonesian Tourism on Downward Trend After Java Quake

... the effects of quake. "Last month 15 tours were cancelled because of Merapi and 30 more have gone because of the quake. But what can we do against nature?" While Culture and Tourism Minister Jero Wacik estimated the city had experienced a 60 percent drop in tourists, he tried to assuage fears about the pr...

'Humiliated' Dean Contemplates Leaving AIIMS

...id he was so disturbed by the developments that he cancelled his trip to Russia this week. He had been invited as a guest speaker to the annual session of the International Academy of Otorhinolaryngology (ENT) at St. Petersburg. It seems the AIIMS has not learnt from the exodus of top doctors. Since 2003,...

Another Senior Doctor From AIIMS Contemplates Leaving Due to Infighting

...d he became so disturbed by the events that he had cancelled his trip to Russia this week. The doctor explained that he had been invited as a guest speaker at the annual session of the International Academy of Otorhinolaryngology (ENT) at St. Petersburg. Reports have showed that there has been an exodus of t...

Cancer Patients Discriminated Against By Insurance Industry

...he 70 percent who were eligible. One in 10 of them cancelled their trip, while one in 20 traveled without insurance. "Traveling without cover for cancer can be a huge personal risk," said Joanne Rule, Cancerbackup's chief executive. "We know anecdotally that if you need to claim for any illness at all, there...

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