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Police Raids Hospitals and Labs in Orissa

...n regarding the case. The identity of sweepers and attendants who are engaged in disposal works are being verified. Moreover, ultrasound machines used for gender verification are also being verified and three ultrasound machines have been seized," said Tariq Ahmad, Inspector In-charge of Nayagarh Police Statio...

Indian Engineer Sentenced for Groping Women During Flight

... her between her legs. He also attacked the flight attendants who tried to restrain him. Eventually he was overpowered. For the rest of his flight he remained strapped to his seat, during which time he kept screaming obscenities. But his misadventures did not end there. When he was first produced before a mag...

Stem Cell Treatment Offers Hope for Paralysis Patients

...encased in braces and moved with the assistance of attendants and a metal contrivance. Srinivas has regained bladder control and is able to feel sensations in the lower part of his abdomen. In spite of preferring younger patients "who will heal quicker and better," Raj Kumar's treatment has worked wonders ...

Patna Junior Doctors Refuse to Withdraw Strike

...ght following an alleged attack on some of them by attendants of a patient. While Health Minister Chandra Mohan Rai gave an assurance to fulfil their demands, Vinod Kumar, one of the striking doctors, told reporters: "We will not withdraw the strike until the government provides us security, particularly for t...

People Exposed To Lead Likely To Die From Brain Cancer

...exposure) to three (high exposure). Gas station attendants from the 1970s and early 1980s, for example, were estimated to have a high probability of exposure, but only medium intensity of exposure because their direct contact with leaded gasoline was not as great as the potential for contact. The jobs with t...

UN Bodies Launch Action Plan To Check Pregnancy Related Death

.... The programme seeks to increase skilled health attendants in target countries besides improving health of pregnmant women and newborn babies. "We are faced with an urgent need to increase investment in sexual and reproductive health to ensure access to quality reproductive health services, including youth...

Mass Leave By Doctors Leaves Patients Helpless

...ons but when I brought her to Safdarjung Hospital, attendants in the OPD told me to come tomorrow as doctors were on strike," said Shankar Gupta, a resident. "I don't know why the government is not doing anything to help poor people get proper treatment," Gupta, 43, added. In Lok Nayak Jai Prakash (LNJP) H...

Sexual Harassment A Cause Of Deteriorating Health Among Female Flight Attendants.

A study was conducted on 2000 female flight attendants working for a National European Airline from 1965 ...or their poor health. Double the number of fight attendants who are not satisfied with their job give a poor rating to their health and triple the number if the...

Ayurveda Spas are hot in San Francisco

... huge new steam room and sauna. Full-time bathing attendants are in the communal baths to provide complimentary bowls of sea salts, cucumber and lemon slices on ice and chilled face cloths as well as free herbal teas and waters. The company also expanded the massage service, once limited to the Japanese shiat...

WHO acts to reduce the maternal death toll

...eds are wide-ranging - from training skilled birth attendants who can help a woman give birth safely, to the very basic issue of recording the cause of a woman's death. WHO estimates that maternal deaths are under-reported by as much as 50% because deaths are not classified correctly, or more often, not counted...

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