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Nurse accused of breach of conduct and duty

...e slapping one patient on the head. She was also blamed for being dishonest in recording temperature and blood pressure readings on patients' charts....

Vaccines For Children: At What Cost?

... vaccines. The public health care bodies have been blamed for inadequate and inappropriate provision of vaccination and side effects related data. Taking into consideration, the trauma of the parents involved, it is high time that health authorities probe into the issue to resolve it amicably. ...

Indian Government: No Reason For Worry About Bird Flu

...d Fateh Khan, a small trader. The poultry trader blamed the central and state governments for not doing enough to allay the fears in the mind of the consumers after India's first confirmed case of the H5N1 case was reported. The situation was similar in other states. "Sales have gone down drastically ...

Chromium Exposure: Health Risk Of Workers Ignored

Manufacturers based at Washington have been blamed for not revealing vital data regarding the carcinogenic effects of chromium exposure to the Government. // The health risks to workers were largely under-reported. A paper submitted by George Washington University and Public Citizen highlighted th...

Elders in Scotland Inappropriately Charged For Free Food

...ee of cost. The thirteen councils that have been blamed for doing so are currently involved in discussion with the Scottish Executive, in an attempt to resolve the issue. A similar confusion that had taken place the previous year, in the Western Isles Council was settled by provision of refunds to the old...

Referral Schemes Blamed By GPs For Treatment Delay

The referral management centres have been blamed for interfering in the approach of referring patients for surgery. These centres that dictate the where and when// of patient surgery, serve as mediators between the hospitals and GPs. Officials belonging to the British Medical Association feel that ...

Bird Flu Confirmed in Sixth German State

...d. The spread of the disease in Germany has been blamed on migratory birds resting on their way from Asia. Edited IANS...

Obesity enveloping children like the many headed monster.

... front of computer or television screens have been blamed for the growing number of overweight children worldwide. North America, Europe and part of the Western Pacific have the highest prevalence of overweight children at about 20-30 percent. So this problem needs to be tackled with utmost urgency and a...

Aggression And Fatherly Behavior: Men Have It In Their Genes

... hormones, more specifically testosterone has been blamed for such behavior. It has now been found that sex chromosomes also have a significant role in dictating male behavior. Neuroscientists at the University of Virginia Health System have conducted experiments on mice models and have concluded that div...

NHS in Welsh under a huge debt of ￡70

...y and Denbighshire NHS Trust’s ￡4.8m debt has been blamed on the costs of new treatments and drugs according to Gren Kershaw, chief executive of the trust. As aired on BBC radio Wales and said by him, "If you talk to the NHS trusts and the local health boards they're being saddled with responsibilities fo...

Government taken to task for health sector problems by doctors!

In a retaliatory step, doctors in Jamshedpur have blamed the administration for the problems plaguing the doctors and patients//. As per the editor of the Journal of Indian Medical Association (IMA), Surendra Daga, and state secretary of the Indian Medical Association, Ajay Kumar Singh, and about 100 doc...

British fertility clinics have low success rates

...s have invested about ￡100,000 without success. He blamed the overall performance of British centres on poor training for scientists. Bill Ledger, professor of obstetrics and gynaecology at Sheffield University, who also runs an NHS IVF clinic said that the European clinics do better because they posses s...

Delay In Life-Saving Bowel Cancer Screening Programme In UK

... programme, launched by the UK Government has been blamed for putting lives at risk due to delay in the screening // process. The Department of Health had proposed to introduce a health programme in April, targeted at screening all 60 to 69 year olds. A significant delay has been caused in implementation ...

The Face Of Indian Health Care: A World Health Day Evaluation

...n which the baby was kept caught fire. The parents blamed the doctors stating that the incident had happened due to negligence of the hospital staff while the health workers argued that four other babies in the unit were saved due to prompt action of the medical staff who switched off the power supply. The ...

Britain's Bird Flu Contingency Plans Faces Criticism

A public health official blamed Britain's bird flu contingency plans as being too narrowly focused, ignoring the lessons learnt from the previous experiences// with dealing similar pandemics. However, the plans are too optimistic according to Dr. Hilary Pickles belonging to the Hil...

Measles Resurges Due To Drop In Immunization With MMR

... Mumps &Rubella) vaccine by their parents has been blamed for the resurgence of measles that has claimed the life of a 13-year-old boy. // In the first three months of 2006 alone it is found that there are more people infected than the whole of 2005. At least 30 children have caught measles in a single out...

Zimbabweans Will Need To Cough Up More on Health Costs

...ency and even water and electricity. This is being blamed on the poor management under President Robert Mugabe’s regime, which has affected Zimbabwe’s all round growth. According to the Consumer Council of Zimbabwe, an average family of five would need at least 35 million Zimbabwe dollars every month. In ...

Nicaraguan Doctors Strike To Be Continued For Five Months

...d officials. Medical Federation Leader Elio Artola blamed the failure on President Enrique Bolanos' attitude, but talks will continue Monday on the demand for an additional 13 percent raise. Artola says the government refuses to go beyond 30 percent given a few days ago - 16.75 percent added to the first ...

Chicken Farmers In Northern Nigeria Face Huge Losses

...y to report the presence of the H5N1 virus and has blamed illegal imports of poultry for the outbreak. Poultry smuggling is a huge business and now poses a new threat, of the H5N1 bird flu. The virus experts say survive even in frozen meat, feathers, bones and even cages, though cooking can kill it. Acco...

Depression and Anxiety Endemic in Britain

...s. Overwork and lack of proper relaxation is to be blamed for another 44%. About 1 in three who had consulted a therapist was suffering bereavement. Financial constraints remain the next single contributor of depression. The problem was seen to be prevalent among individuals of all ages. Exams, jobs, hou...

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