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Debate Rages over firing of HIV infected health care workers

...e U.S.A. a curious case is being played out in the courts where a HIV infected health care worker is contesting his firing from work due to his HIV positive sero status. In 1997, dental hygienist Spencer Waddell's physician informed his employer of his seropositive HIV status. The employer, Dr. Eugene Witki...

Parke-Davis (India) runs into rough weather – Court orders attachment of asset

...e vacation court of the Ranga Reddy district civil courts has ordered attachment of plant and machinery of Parke-Davis (India) following a petition filed by former employees. The management of the company have also approached the same court and pleaded for grant of stay order on the attachment proceedings....

A case for euthanasia

... substantial doubts, our society, our laws and our courts should have a presumption in favor of life" said President George W. Bush. <BR...

Terri Schiavo is no more, but the question of Mercy killing is unresolved…

... lasted seven years and made it way from the state courts to the supreme court., and back again, several times. The death of Terri Schiavo has given rise to a National debate over whether she should have been reconnected to the food tube that provided her with nourishment and hydration. “Today, million...

DNA Directory Under Construction For Indian Criminals !

...eation of such a database and its admissibility in courts as evidence is ready and is likely to be tabled in parliament this year. The first draft of the bill is being circulated among ministries of law, home affairs and science. The final draft will be presented to the cabinet before it is tabled in the ...

Medical community worried that new curriculum will 'Promote Quackery'

.... "Moreover, the Supreme Court and various other courts of the country have repeatedly opined that one doctor of one pathy (system) cannot practice another pathy," Agarwal said. The association also countered the health minister's claim that the medical curriculum was age-old. The curriculum in fact had ...

Organ Scandals Compensation And The Aftermath

...counsels and the array of high profile hearings in courts there is a moot question which arises is of ethics and preventions of recurrences of such incidents It is profoundly distressing that in a country like the UK if such scandals breaking at regular intervals less said about the developing world wh...

Gutka Baron To Be Jailed

...d innocence and said he would appeal to the higher courts against the sentence. Dhariwal and Joshi are also involved in a case registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation for their alleged links with the underworld. Both men are non-resident Indians (NRIs) and were business partners in the early 1990s...

GlaxoSmithKline Agrees To Settle Paxil Claims For $14 million

...xon, Missouri Attorney General said, "GSK used the courts to hold onto a monopoly for a popular drug and the end result was that consumers - including Medicaid - paid more than they should have." The settlement of $14 million will go towards covering Paxil purchases by Medicaid, the state and federally fund...

Drug Courts In Europe Extended For Three More Years

The specialist courts created to deal with crimes committed by drug addi...d to continue for another three years, before such courts would be started all across the country. // The drug courts were set up in Glasgow in 2001 and Fife ...

Doctor Grilled In Court For False Report About Vioxx Health Risk

...trials that were taken up in the state and federal courts had ended up in favor of Merck. Rayburn was peppered with questions about studies and articles that demonstrated an increased risk of heart attack in those who used Vioxx. This however was not included in the doctor’s testimony that was submitted i...

Drug Trial Lawyer Given the Cold Shoulder

...e from these companies, and is all set to move the courts to get them to respond. Martin day said,"These guys have faced a terrible ordeal and the most significant thing for them is what their future is. So we were keen to get as much information as we could." Mr Day, of Leigh Day Solicitors, sent commun...

Women Win Legal Battle Over Treatment Of Breast Cancer

...ght against the cancer of breast the ruling by the courts has opened means of treatment. Three senior Court of Appeal judges said // yesterday that the policy adopted by the Swindon NHS Primary Care Trust, of funding treatment with the drug Herceptin only in "exceptional circumstances", was irrational becau...

Fad Diet for Fat Australians

...yzed a range of common lunch options found in food courts around the nation. Most of us will be stunned at the high amount of fat, salt and sugar in many dishes and drinks – even those we think of as relatively healthy! What We're Really Eating! A serve of hot chips (~300g) provides 45% of your recommen...

Court Dismisses 143-Crore Claim Against Hospital In Kolkata For Alleged Negligence In Treatment

...gement while dismissing the case observed that the courts or the consumer forum could not sit in an appeal a...known, but he questioned the need for the consumer courts when the decision of the medical council is considered unbreakable....

Consumer Court Dismisses India’s Biggest Ever Medical Error Clai

... judgement while dismissing the case: "Whether the courts or the consumer fora can sit in appeal against the decision taken by the expert doctors with regard to administration of a particular dose of medicine? Answer would be - No.' 'It is to be judged in the light of particular circumstance of each case....

Seizure of Low Quantity of Heroin is No Ground for Bail: HC

...n, //Justice Badar Durrez Ahmed directed the trial courts to invoke the criteria of "proportionality" of a sentence period while granting bail in cases concerning the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS) Act. The ruling comes in the wake of the recent heroin-cocaine consumption controve...

Recycling Boxes Are Too Heavy And Could Cause Injuries

... are concerned. The HSE carries a lot of weight in courts and tribunals," said Lee Marshall, the chairman of the Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committees. The Health and Safety Laboratory, which conducted the new study says that the boxes are at least 55 litre capacity models, which weigh more than 2...

Arrested Drug Offenders Offered Faster Help

...ts. The good work begins in police cells or in courts where drug rehabilitation workers provide the necessary information regarding the services, and assess the suitability of the candidate for treatment. Attempts are then carried out to secure a good treatment place. An independent assessment reveal...

French Ship docks in Alang, Gujarat

...pointed a finger at the pressure tactics which the courts have succumbed to, making the consent for such a scrapping exercise in India possible. It was only in February that the French government after much deliberation had recalled the decommissioned aircraft carrier Clemenceau which was on its way to A...

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