States Urged By NHRC To Rehabilitate Cured Mental Patients
...ilitation seriously. The cured patients hamper the admission of new patients as the seats are limited," said another official. The NHRC monitors the functioning of the RINPAS on the directive of the Supreme Court. --Edited IANS...Yellow Oleander Plants Fuels Suicide Rates In Sri Lanka
...hink we have to do something to reduce the rate of admission to the hospital." Eddleston recommends a government campaign to get people to cut down their yellow oleander trees....Patients In A.P Inconvenienced As Doctors Go On Strike
...h provides concession to the in-service doctors in admission to the PG medical courses in the state. They had earlier on Tuesday warned that if the demands not met they would boycott the emergency services on Wednesday. The contention of the association was that the government order gives undue advantage to t...Aging in Place Concept Helps People Age Gracefully
...lly can sometimes be a problem especially when the admission to nursing homes or assisted living facilities looms large. //Marilyn Rantz, nursing researchers at the University of Missouri-Columbia calls this as a slippery slope and says that there is a way to prevent elderly people from getting onto this slope...Health Authorities Take Step to Control MRSA Infection
...s on the patient's own health, reason for hospital admission and the type of treatment they are receiving. Welsh health minister Dr Brian Gibbons asked the NHS to take all the necessary steps to reduce all possible hospital infections....A Boy Undergoing Treatment For Cancer Gets AIDS At AIIMS
... victim, who was nine years old at the time of his admission to the hospital in July 2000 for treatment of cancer, supposedly has contracted HIV due to transfusion of contaminated blood. His father in 2001 filed a writ petition in the High Court seeking compensation of Rs 25 lakh for the grave mistake. The aut...Supreme Court Quashed Reservation Quotas For PG Medical Courses
...e was that contrary to this judgement, this year's admission bulletin stated that quota for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes candidates would be calculated on the 50 percent seats available after deducting the 50 percent all-India quota. --Edited IANS...Controversy over Fees Structure in Private Medical Colleges
...eneral category students. It also said that the admission and fees would be supervised by the government appointed committee. It said that for a medical seat a total of Rs 3.5 lakh to Rs 4.6 lakh should be collected from the student. In reply the President, Private Medical Colleges Organisation S Shivashank...Students Divided over OBC Reservation
...0 per cent, exemption from mandatory interview for admission to technical institution in addition to the reservation for the OBC in medical and technical institutions....Jaipur Girl’s Rare Feat: The Youngest To Pass Class 12 At The Age Of 1
...s with 53.50 percent marks, after which she sought admission in Mangalam Vidhyapeeth School as a regular student in class 11, " said her father Dhanpat Singh Saini. According to him, Akansha has never gone to any primary school. She first cleared the Class 5 half-yearly exam in Muradabad district of Uttar Pr...Hospitalized patients better of with help from Pharmacists
...iders review with the patient the drugs taken from admission through discharge to ensure appropriateness. The reconciliation also helps a patient understand costs, conveniences and other factors that might affect the intended use of the medication. For patients with dementia, health illiteracy or other probl...Spacers Score Over Nebulizers in Childhood Asthma Treatment
...ing asthma attacks, in terms of need for inpatient admission and the number of days in the hospital. However,...ter ease of use of spacers, together with hospital admission rates with spacers that are at best 60 percent lower than nebulizers and at worst 6 percent higher’ ...Quota System: Diverting Attention From The Real Problem
...nder quota, nor of course do those who fail to get admission despite being "merited" students for the reasons given below. One of the significant reasons for IITs being institutions of excellence is the fact that they are able to attract the best and the brightest. Another factor of equal importance is their...Indian Students in Qatar Opts For Distance Education
...the thought of the hardships involved in procuring admission for their children back home in India has made them look at correspondence courses. The admission process for the various courses will start this month. Over 130,000 Indians live in Qatar and dist...Orissa Villagers Jubilant as Girl Cleared Class X Examination
... She wants to pursue higher studies and is seeking admission at a college in a nearby village. Her father said:...f pursuing his post-graduation and has applied for admission in a city college. (Source: IANS)...UP Government Fixes Work Schedules for Provincial Medical Service Doctors
...ries, pathology tests, ultra-sound, X-rays, indoor admission and plasters that have to be done each day. The or.... The order also makes it mandatory for the indoor admission to be not less than 100 patients at the CHC and at least 30 patients at the PHC every month. It also...Victoria Hospital In Bangalore is Lacking Beds In Emergency wards
...ave been times when they had been forced to refuse admission of patients because no bed was available. He also explained that some times they were forced to shift older patients who were currently receiving treatment in the emergency wards had to be shifted out so that they could accommodate new patients who w...MBBS Aspirants Get 90 Days To Submit Caste Validity Certificate
...time and medical colleges are not allowed to grant admission (in SC/ST/OBC quotas) in the absence of CVCs. Her lawyer Ramchandra Mendadkar pointed out that in case of Engineering colleges, students are given ninety days to submit caste validity certificates, and till then they are given provisional admissions...COPD Patients In US Are Not Receiving 'Ideal Care'
...g, one of the ten most common reasons for hospital admission among adults in US and it accounts for over $18 billion in annual healthcare costs. The researchers analysed the data from nearly 70,000 patients hospitalised because of and attack of COPD in US in 2001, so as to determine the percentage of patients ....... The education department has laid down norms for admission to BE/B Arch courses insist that foreign students should produce an attested AIDS-free medical certificate. They should get a letter from the Karnataka State AIDS Prevention Society. When asked about the rule the Karnataka State AIDS Prevention So...