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UK Uneasy Over Involvement of Doctors in Terror Attacks, but Not Panicking Over Non European Medics

...ld expect an employer to ask a doctor who is being appointed from overseas to bring their own evidence of police clearance in their home country." NHS Employers would only advise that hospital trusts should repeat their criminal bureau checks on all junior doctors every three years....

Rapid Response Teams Formed in Madhya Pradesh to Fight Diseases

...nce committees were constituted and nodal officers appointed at district levels. The training of auxiliary nurse midwives (ANM), Vishnoi said, is underway and 6,095 ANMs have been already trained. Plus, 267 lab technicians and 339 lab assistants have been trained. The minister also said that action was i...

Defective HIV Testing Kits Poses Serious Health Risks

... Saha, the researcher based in Columbus, Ohio, was appointed by the World Bank to investigate allegations of sub-standard HIV testing kits being distributed in India. Now he is all set to expose the scam after having obtained permission from the bank to go public with the findings about "the bogus HIV testin...

Gender Equality, the Key Factor to Curb Foeticide: Dr. Ramadoss

...on Territories through the Appropriate Authorities appointed under the Act at State, District as well as at Sub-district levels. The violators of the Act are punishable with imprisonment up to 5 years and fine up to Rs.1 lakh, along with cancellation of registration of the license. Under the Act, units using U...

Asia Must Overcome HIV Stigma, Say Research Chiefs

...of HIV cases, has slashed infection rates since it appointed a cabinet-level anti-AIDS coordinator to oversee prevention efforts. It is also pushing international drugmakers over access to generic versions of newer and more expensive HIV medications that are needed to treat patients who have become resistant...

Government Expels Superintendent for Not Informing Newborn Deaths

...rn," the minister said. The government has also appointed a five-member panel of senior doctors to look into the matter and submit a report in three weeks time. Another three-member committee has also been set up to oversee the Rs.10 million modernization of the Sree Avittam Tirunal Hospital. People belo...

Tainted Pet Food a Health Risk for Human?

...iod of time,' said Dr. David Acheson, who had been appointed earlier in the day to the newly created position of FDA assistant commissioner for food protection. Two FDA investigators are in China and a third was en route working with the Chinese government's General Administration for Quality Supervision, Insp...

Indian Doctor Based in California Bags NECO Award

...r-Es-Salaam, Tanzania, in 1980. In 1988, Eapen was appointed Philippines' health advisor by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. In 1990, Eapen was appointed director of research and public heath programmes at the International Health Services, Mountain View...

Kerala Health Minister Charged for Infant Deaths in a Hospital

... handle around 60 births a day. The government has appointed a five-member panel of senior doctors to look into the matter and submit a report in three weeks. Another three-member committee has been set up to oversee the Rs.10 million modernisation of the hospital. People from the lower and middle classes v...

Court Seeks Explanation from Hospital for Childs Amputation

...ical negligence meted out to Jai. The court also appointed Jubeda Begum, an advocate, to assist the court in the matter. According to a preliminary report submitted to the court, the child's leg was plastered so tightly that a sensitive nerve got pressed, leading to insufficient blood supply in the limb. ...

Army Training Regimen Brutal in US, Needs Overhauling

...al investigations are under way; the president has appointed a special committee, and his 2008 budget increases VA health spending by 9 percent. But the problem is far more deep rooted to be tackled with such tentative efforts, it is pointed out. Perhaps the trainers have to be trained first, it is felt....

Brickbats And Bouquets For U.S Prison Healthcare In-Charge

...the state. U.S. District Judge Thelton Henderson appointed Sillen, 64, after Henderson concluded the state was incapable of fixing prison medical care on its own. He has been on the job a year and earns an annual salary and compensation package totaling $650,000. Lawyers for inmates initially hailed his ap...

Warrior Culture in Los Angeles Police Force

...high-ranking officers after the incident. He was appointed in 2002 to steer the LAPD after a rogue anti-gang unit scandalized the department by assaulting and framing people in the tough Rampart district. Dozens of criminal convictions were tossed out as a result of the scandal. The anti-gang unit, known a...

Doctor of Indian Origin Honored by California

...ecently, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed Mahal to the board of trustees of the Health Professions Educational Foundation. He is a founding member and past president of the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin of Northern California. Mahal's wife, Surjit, is a family physici...

Fortis to Inject Rs.300 Mn into Escorts Hospital

...tors," he said. The Escorts hospital, meanwhile, appointed senior cardiologist T.S. Kler as new executive director of cardiac science. Anil Karlekar has been appointed head of anaesthesia and critical care - the post held by Yatin Mehta before he left Escorts along wi...

American Patriots Treated To Toxic Water

...he safety limits of toxic substances according to appointed health investigators. The government disclosed these sordid details after many families gave accounts of various forms of cancers and other illnesses among them, which they claim are linked to the water they drank when based at Camp Lejeune. Amo...

Kerala Health Minister Charged for Infant Deaths in a Hospital

... handle around 60 births a day. The government has appointed a five-member panel of senior doctors to look into the matter and submit a report in three weeks. Another three-member committee has been set up to oversee the Rs.10 million modernisation of the hospital. People from the lower and middle classes v...

Indian Doctor Based in California Bags NECO Award

...r-Es-Salaam, Tanzania, in 1980. In 1988, Eapen was appointed Philippines' health advisor by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. In 1990, Eapen was appointed director of research and public heath programmes at the International Health Services, Mountain View...

Tainted Pet Food a Health Risk for Human?

...iod of time,' said Dr. David Acheson, who had been appointed earlier in the day to the newly created position of FDA assistant commissioner for food protection. Two FDA investigators are in China and a third was en route working with the Chinese government's General Administration for Quality Supervision, Insp...

Government Expels Superintendent for Not Informing Newborn Deaths

...rn," the minister said. The government has also appointed a five-member panel of senior doctors to look into the matter and submit a report in three weeks time. Another three-member committee has also been set up to oversee the Rs.10 million modernization of the Sree Avittam Tirunal Hospital. People belo...

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