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Indian Doctor In Britain Warned For Refusing Treatment

...nt who turned up at his clinic// because he was an asylum seeker in Britain. Mahesh Chandra, the general p... witness reported that on that particular day, the asylum seeker was "practically collapsing" at the clinic. Rebecca Harris, for the GMC, said: "Dr Chandra...

Child Abuse a Plausible Reason for Schizophrenia

...ering from schizophrenia or admitted in the mental asylum should be approached keeping in mind the new finding rater than giving mood-altering drugs. Hammersley said that genes may also play an important role in schizophrenia. Through research so far only Alzheimer's disease was found to be associated with...

Healthcare Inadequate at Yarl’s Wood Immigration Cente

...g concerns raised over the treatment of two female asylum seekers from Uganda. Although Owers praised the ...t medical opinion sought or adhered to." The two asylum seekers, Sophie Odogo and Enid Ruhango, had been at Yarl's Wood for nearly a year and were part of a...

Mental Health of Kashmiris Needs Urgent Attention: Survey

...ocial support in Kashmir. There is only one mental asylum at Rainawari in Srinagar to cater to the needs of the entire state. The findings of the survey reveal a bleak picture of the mental health of people in the conflict-afflicted region and raise important questions about the government's failure to a...

Suicide Bids Tripled Among Denmark Asylum Seekers Since 2001

The number of suicide attempts among asylum seekers in Denmark has proportionally tripled sinc...ding to a study published Thursday . Sixty-seven asylum seekers of the 10,797 refugees living in camps -- or 0.6 percent of the total -- tried to end their ...

TB Patients in Marginalised Groups Need Social Support for Effective Medical Treatment

...red with a family doctor, 13 per cent were seeking asylum and 16 per cent did not speak English as their first language. * More than a third anticipated problems taking their medicine and 30 per cent had no-one to remind them, suggesting a lack of social support. * 48 per cent were admitted to hospital ...

Children of Asylum Seekers Dont Get Adequate Medical Care in Australia

... out that in Australia hundreds of children of the asylum seekers are denied treatment. The Royal Austral...iminate when it comes to the health needs of young asylum seekers. At the moment their visa category makes them ineligible for Medicare coverage. The Col...

Violent Videogames Attract Criticism Again

... amnesiac scientist and a psychotic killer from an asylum and their subsequent epic killing spree. As more violent games become available for the Wii, the debate about their participatory nature is intensifying. Researchers who have been critical of first-person shooter games -- in which the player pushes...

Gays and Lesbians can Obtain asylum in US on Grounds of Harassment and Abuse

...ng from Kosovo and now settled in US. He won his asylum case on the ground that as a gay he was being pers...ecoming increasingly accepted as grounds for legal asylum in the United States, even at a time of conservative judicial activism, fear about HIV/AIDS transmis...

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