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Talks Between Striking Polish Nurses and Government to Open

...unger strike unless the government gives in to its demands for a massive pay hike. Health service salaries are very low in Poland, with a nurse earning around 290 to 340 euros (390 to 457 dollars) a month and a hospital doctor 395 euros (530 dollars), not counting overtime....

Timberlake's Tour Demands Include 'anti-gas Tablets'!

...ult to get in Europe. "Justin had a long list of demands including anti-wind tablets. Beanos are difficult to get in Europe," the Sun quoted the source, as saying The 'Sexyback' singer has also asked for two dressing rooms with a temperature set at 22 degree Celsius. The long list has also mentioned un...

Street-protesting Polish Nurses Threaten to Stay Put

...unger strike unless the government gives in to its demands for a massive pay hike. Medical workers also protested elsewhere in Poland Monday. In the southern city of Krakow, several hundred doctors and nurses held a street demonstration before handing regional governor Maciej Klima a petition for Kaczyns...

BMA Scotland Publishes Plan to Tackle Scotland's Drink Problem

...plan to tackle Scotlands alcohol problem. The five demands where highlighted in a new paper published by BMA Scotland on the opening day of the BMAs annual UK conference in Torquay. Alcohol kills six people every day in Scotland and doctors report an increase in the number of young people presenting to th...

Talks Break Down in Polish Nurses' Pay Protest

...ke next week unless the government gives in to its demands for a massive pay hike. Poland's state-employed medical workers are notoriously overworked and underpaid, like their counterparts across former the communist bloc. Nurses earn the local equivalent of 290-340 euros (390-450 dollars) a month, while t...

Gay Pride Attracts Tens of Thousands in Rome

...he participants of the Gay Pride ... because their demands are positive. They bring up problems and questions which concern all Italians," Social Solidarity Minister Paolo Ferrero said. Prodi's government proposed allowing civil unions, called DICO in Italy, in February. The planned law, which would also giv...

FDA Approves First Artificial Cervical Disc

...ile still allowing for movement. Because of the demands put on the disc, it sometimes can 'herniate' or wear down causing pain. If treatments, such as rest, medications, physical therapy and activity modification are not successful, the standard surgical treatment is to remove the disc and then use a gr...

Polish Nurses to End Street Camp Protest

...s office for almost a month to publicise their pay demands on Friday said they would call off the fruitless protest . Poland's state-employed medical workers are notoriously overworked and underpaid, like their counterparts across most of the former communist bloc. Dorota Gardias, head of the OZZPP natio...

Two Week Wait Rule Not Working With Breast Cancer Patients

...s have increased in the face of increasing service demands from the dramatically increased number of patients referred under the two week rule, over 90% of whom have benign disease. Despite increasing numbers of referrals, waiting times for the 2 week wait group were always well maintained say the authors....

Snacking While Driving Doubles Accident Rates

...ention. "The evidence suggests that the physical demands of eating and drinking while driving can increase ...equiring an emergency response, when the increased demands mean drivers are less able to cope. "Our results suggest that eating and drinking at the wheel is ...

Violence at Croatian Gay Pride March

... the annual Gay Pride march through Zagreb to back demands for gay rights. The marchers were protected by almost as many police as they made their way through the city centre, jeered and taunted by around 20 youths. The leaders of the city's gay and lesbian association said they faced rejection, discrimi...

Trade Unionists Join Polish Nurses' Protest

...o force the government to give in to their union's demands for a massive pay hike. The average monthly pay packet for Polish hospital doctors is 395 euros a month, not counting overtime. Union representatives say that even domestic cleaners get a better hourly rate. Financial problems have driven thous...

Arnold Schwarzenegger Blamed for Backtracking in the Fight Against Carbon Emission

...sions cuts copied by 10 other states 2006 law AB32 demands cut in emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 $3bn programme to install solar panels on a million roofs Power generators must source 20% from renewable sources by 2010 Power firms rewarded if customers decrease energy use State suing six car makers for dam...

Furore Over Spa Planned on Active Philippines Volcano

...tal requirements. Unless the company fulfils the demands by Thursday its environmental clearance certificate (ECC) will be withdrawn, Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Angelo Reyes said in a statement. Company spokesmen could not be reached for comment. Jung Ang bought a six-hectare (15-acre)...

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