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Health Checks on Workers Dismantling Blue Lady in Gujarat

...p," said Dharmendra Yadav, a worker. The medical authorities conducted a general check-up of all the employees working at the shipbreaking yard. "The atmosphere is considered hazardous for the workers. So a government sponsored team has come here to do a medical check up of the workers," said G.B. Makwana, a...

Indian Born Dr. Death Claims All Charges Against Him are Dropped

...hter and five of causing grievous bodily harm, and authorities are working to extradite him from the US. The AAP report also quoted Premier Beattie as saying that Dr. Patel would be returned, the "law willing". "If Jayant Patel is really serious about defending himself then what he should do is get on an airpl...

Twenty-two Chikungunya Cases Confirmed in Maharashtra

...dius of the affected villages," she said. Health authorities are also monitoring patients complaining of fever with arthritis in Sangli, Solapur and Latur districts. "There are reports of 25 suspected cases of the deadly viral fever in neighbouring Sangli district and we have sent their blood samples to the ...

Child Seeks Compensation for Medical Negligence

...i High Court has asked the government and hospital authorities to state reasons why compensation should not be pa... The petition has also sought a direction to the authorities to release Rs.35,000 immediately to the parents for providing an artificial leg to the child. The ...

Paris is Out of the Medical Ward and Back in the Slammer

...treatment with the facilitys medical ward. Jail authorities said that the hotel heiress condition is stable after her stay in the Twin Towers Correctional Facility for less than a week. The Simple Life star, who is serving a 45 day jail sentence for violating terms of probation, was taken to the Century Reg...

Drug Surveillance System Needs to Be Fixed

...ulatory authorities. Alternatively, the regulatory authorities may require further (phase IV) trials after approval, but these are often not completed in a timely manner, he says. This results in a fractured regulatory process, where postmarketing surveillance falls short of the standards the agencies set for ...

Doctor Advises Caution Over Flu Drug

...lu). His concern follows advice by the Japanese authorities in March 2007 against prescribing oseltamivir to adolescents after the separate suicides of two 14 year olds who jumped to their deaths while taking the drug. So far, oseltamivir has been thought to be well tolerated and safe, but the recent events...

Now Sex Determination of Fetuses in Six Weeks in UK

...aught in the act, the IMA had warned. The Indian authorities are wrestling with the problem, and here comes a report that such tests are being sold on the internet, essentially targeting the western parents. Forget the agonizing 20-week wait for an ultrasound scan, in just six weeks you can know the sex of t...

NRI Threatens to Move US Congress for Justice in India

...obilise US congressmen and senators against Indian authorities denying him information// under the Right to Information (RTI) Act in a case relating to his crusade against the corrupt healthcare system here. Kunal Saha, whose wife died of alleged wrongful treatment in India in May 1988, said: "I am going to a...

High Court Warns Medical Staff Against Misuse of Ambulance

...edical equipment and registered with the transport authorities as an ambulance would be used only to carry patien...ch higher costs. The court had earlier asked the authorities to state the reasons behind the insufficient number of ambulances in hospitals and the Centralised A...

Malaria Claims 25 Lives in Assam

...ming an estimated 500 lives annually. Government authorities are worried the disease might spread among hundreds of Indian troops deployed along the Indo-Bhutan border for counter-insurgency operations. "We are providing soldiers with specially designed medicated mosquito nets and insect repellents as a prec...

Satraplatin Benefits Hormone Refractory Prostate Cancer Patients

...ety or effectiveness. Only the relevant regulatory authorities can determine whether Satraplatin is safe and effective for the use(s) being investigated. Taxotere? (docetaxel) is a registered trademark of Aventis Pharma S.A. For Further information contact: GPC Biotech at www.gpc-biotech.com. /...

Tiny Lives Snuffed Out Due To Bad Plumbing

...the hospital closed the ward in December 2005 that authorities discovered that the bacterium was breeding in the ward's sinks, which were not draining properly. Sainte-Justine officials claim they are renovating the hospital's neonatal ward currently, and have changed procedures since the discovery so that no ...

Cocaine at Daycare Centre in US

... are deliberating how to protect toddlers. Texan authorities are appalled over reports that a two-year girl at ...said the child never had the cocaine in her mouth, authorities could not say for sure whether cocaine was found in the girl’s system. "They did everything that a...

Number of TB Cases in Malta Increasing in Part Because of Immigration

... of tuberculosis cases in Malta is increasing, and authorities report that most new cases are being diagnosed among immigrants, the// Malta Independent reports. The Public Health Department reported 11 new cases of TB between January and February, compared with three cases recorded during the same time period...

Fugitive Who Ditched His Ailing Son Arrested After a Year

... made headlines last year when he gave the slip to authorities after being released from prison in order to donate a kidney to his// ailing son. He has now been captured, along with his girlfriend Leen Ann Howard, after a relentless chase by the in Puerto Vallarta on Mexico's Pacific coast, said Deputy U.S. Ma...

Cadbury Indicted on Salmonella Scare

...tatement said: “We have fully co-operated with the authorities throughout their inquiries and we will examine the charges that have been brought. As there is now legal action pending, it would be inappropriate for us to comment further” IN...

Fault the School System in US for Massacres, Say Sociologists

...n linked to harassment from peers. Complaints to authorities rarely lead to any reaction. They would not do anything to challenge the social structure that gives rise to horrid bullying sometimes, critics say.Rampant moral hypocrisy that promotes the most two-faced, mean and shallow students to the top of the ...

Thailand Directs Pharma Companies to Declare Production Cost of Drugs

...n unnamed source with the health ministry. Thai authorities might receive some cooperation from international organizations to negotiate the price of Aluvia to ensure it will be affordable for people living with HIV/AIDS in the country, the source said. The generic version of Aluvia costs about 4,000 baht, or...

Shimla Faces Water Crisis

...is running short of water supply pushing the civic authorities to ration it. // While the hill station with a 250,000 population needs eight million gallons of water daily, it has only six million for distribution, according to the Shimla Municipal Corporation. Civic officials said that starting Thursday, wat...

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