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Hike in drug licence fee could hit several SSI units in TN

The recent hike in the drug manufacturing licence fee and product ...adu. According to industry sources here, the steep hike in the licensing fees has come at a time when the industry in the state is reeling under tight marke...

Minister Defends Hike in AIIMS Treatment Charges

...rvices. This is incidentally the first time that a hike is taking place at the institution since 1995. The budget of the AIIMS is at Rs. 420 crores while the revenue generated by it is only between Rs.12 to Rs.25 crores. Ramdoss heads the governing body of the AIIMS. The increase in rates are being crit...

Doctors Resign from Hospital for Bhopal Gas Victims

... against them. "The question is not only about a hike in salaries. The private patients are treated nicely while gas victims are ill-treated in the hospital. So we resigned collectively," said a junior doctor. The junior doctors had struck work in September during which period two gas victims undergoin...

Happiness Is Not Attained By A Wealthy Life But By A Healthy One.

...ness levels over the last 50 years, despite a huge hike in income. Out of several reasons citied by the author, one could be the peer pressure, because of which people don't experience wealth unless they compare it with others, and once they satisfy one set of their aspirations, the other emerges. "As...

Smoking Ban To Be Soon Implemented In South East Asian Bars

...ignated non-smoking areas. The ministry plans to hike tobacco taxes by another 13 percent this year. In 2004, the government launched a $27-million, five-year anti-smoking drive dubbed 'Tak Nak' or 'Don't Want It', but it is facing tough resistance from Malaysian puffers, who account for five million of...

Valentine Day Becoming Popular In India

...ong to the unbranded sector, thus allowing them to hike prices to unprecedented levels. "Prices of flowers, especially roses go up to even five times the normal levels as people are willing to part with money. We hoard supplies for sometime to meet with the demand," admitted a florist who wanted to rema...

Puff Out Teen Smoking In Full Steam

...rrently on the legislator’s desk, that proposes to hike the rate of cigarettes, is due to be out. The advocates of this bill have elaborated on the effects of tobacco that lead to decline in worker productivity and cost $7.18 in health care. This would cost Hawaii $526 million in lost productivity. So, Ha...

Children Of Smoking Parents Face Increased Risk Of Bacterial Infection

...a, sinusitis and meningitis. Nothing, not even a hike in the cigarette price, ban on smoking seems to help people quit smoking. Let us hope that this study at least helps people quit smoking. The results of this interesting study can be found in the latest issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases. Childr...

Psychologists to Get a Hike

...Association said that the government should give a hike (six times) in their salary for them to go and work in the rural areas. ...

MoH Considering Hiking Fees, Private Institutes Are Worried

...ned with the proposal of the Ministry of Health to hike the fees for various medical services in the count... Department at the ministry. The ministry wants to hike the fees for some services that it provides like issuing medical certificates, laboratory analysis r...

Andhra Junior Doctors Call Off Strike Partially; To Attend Emergency cases

.... They are protesting the government's decision to hike the in-house quota for Post Graduate medical seats in Andhra Pradesh. They contend that senior doctors get the luxury of grace marks as well as he advantage of 30 to 50 per cent reservation in PG exams. This strike is affecting patients who are unabl...

BMA Scotland Blasts 'Sensational Headlines' Over GPs Pay

BMA Scotland has defended the hike in salaries offered to GPs after negative publicity over the move resulted in a backlash with critics claiming //that the wage hikes were responsible for NHS deficits. The new GP contracts were introduced in 2004 and since then salaries have increa...

Uproar against the Government’s Proposed Quot

...ts to support for their cause against the proposed hike in the OBC quotas. Student representative of the youth for equality Shubham Garg said they are seeking that support of the students of Class XI and XII in the agitation as they too be would be affected in the near future. The student population pa...

Nationwide Strike on May 2nd by Medicos on Reservation Issue

...//. The stir is against a government proposal to hike reservation seats started on the 27th April. The mere assurance of that the matter will be considered by after the assembly poll in five states was not enough for the students. The strike on May 2 will be a ‘‘show of strength’’ and send the message...

Medical Education Becomes Dearer In Scotland

...nts in Scotland to voice their opinion against the hike in their fees. British students held demonstrations //outside the Scottish Parliament to show their disapproval. The students said that the fees of up to ￡2,700 were very much close to the top-up fees. But ministers and Scottish Executive say that th...

Private Hospitals, Clinics, Nursing Homes Observe Strike

...mmorow demanding implementation of the reservation hike as soon as possible. Elaborate security arrangements have been made to maintain the law and order sitution in this city and other parts of the district, police sources said. Source:PTI News...

Private Doctors To Join Anti-Quota Agitation In Rajkot

... the association's ongoing agitation against quota hike for OBCs // , and have decided to close their hospitals and clinics on May 30. The Indian Dental Association, Rajkot, have also extended its support to anti-quota agitators, Dr Amita Hapani, IMA district president said in a release here. At least ...

Medicos In Punjab, Haryana Contemplating 'Drastic Steps'

... Haryana and Chandigarh, who are agitating against hike in quotas in elite educational institutions // , said they were contemplating 'drastic steps' to draw the Centre's attention to the issue, as health services in the region today remained crippled causing immense hardships to patients. 'Something dra...

Neither Management Nor Students Happy With New Fee Structure

...ourt had on Thursday announced in Mumbai a 10% fee hike for the 29 private unaided medical// and dental colleges across the state. VJ Kulkarni the committee spokesperson explained that the fee structure was fixed after taking into account the total expenditure incurred by the colleges. The managements ...

Maharashtra Medical And Dental Colleges Decide To Fix Own Fees

...Shikshan Shulka Samiti has announced a 7.5 percent hike in fees from last year on an ad hoc basis. That meant that medical fees were Rs 2.5 lakh and dental fees was Rs 1.5 lakh. This was unacceptable to the colleges, which normally charge anything between Rs 4 lakh to Rs 4.80 lakh per year for a medical s...

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