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Call To Increase Family Physicians

...goes further to claim the nation is experiencing a dire shortage of family physicians specifically. The report asserts that unless the U.S. health care system changes soon, the shortage will become even more severe within the next 10 years as the American population continues to age and the need for healt...

Approval imminent for Herceptin in Alberta

...erceptin is available to those patients who are in dire need of the drug, suffering advanced stages of cancer....

Flying Eye Hospital Brings Hope for Eye Patients in Africa

...nclude that it was money well spent. Ghana is in dire need of the specialised services provided by the flying eye hospital. Many Ghanaians are in danger of going blind and according to the Ghana Health Service about 200,000 out of a 20 million population are already blind. "Cataract blindness accounts...

A Princely Assistance to the Nepal Heritage

... the architectural heritage of Nepal// which is in dire need of measures to get back the lost splendour. The Prince of Wales hosted a charity luncheon at Clarence House, his London residence, to launch an international campaign to restore the Patan royal palace complex in Kathmandu Valley, a chain of pal...

Flesh, blood and a few dollars more

...ransplant organ is life saving for many who are in dire need of organs and do not get them at the appropriate time. Activists are keen to push the cause of an open market for transplant organs, to augment the short supply of organ donations. Transplant surgeries have an uplifted status in today’s medical...

Depleting stock of antiretroviral drugs in Uganda raises concern

... are extremely apprehensive of its fallout and the dire implication to lives. ...

Nurses Face Unemployment

...failed to forward plan, or we would not be in this dire situation. It is immoral and unethical to have allowed these students to devote three years of their time, energy and dedication to become nurses, only to find there is no job at the end of it. The current shortage of jobs is being fuelled by financi...

Pharmac Blamed Of Depriving People of Lifesaving Drug

... the access of statins to the patients who were in dire need of the drug. This has increased the number of people suffering from heart problems due to inaccessibility of the drug. Hence the cardiologists accuse the agency of patient neglect and public deceit. The statins are very efficient in lowering ...

Depression Could Quickly Grow Into UK’s Biggest Proble

..., which is an account that has resulted due to the dire consequences of ignoring the epidemic. Professor Richard Layard, the report's author, while summarising his findings said: ‘the government should implement guidelines set out by the National Institute for Healthcare and Clinical Excellence, training ...

The Government’s Balancing Act on Reservatio

...RD Ministry points out that school education is in dire need of reform as a total of 79.25 per cent of the scheduled tribe and 73 per cent scheduled caste students drop out at Class 10 because of economic exigencies. The latest plan – popularly known as Mandal II -- to increase the number of seats by ov...

Myanmar To Lift Ban On Poultry As Bird Flu Under Control

...nt chief Thawat Suntrajarn said that Myanmar is in dire need of help now, as their health system isn't enough to fight the outbreaks. Thailand, Japan and U.N. agencies have sent experts, equipment and vaccines to the former Burma since the first outbreak was announced on March 13 and more is on the way. T...

Life-Saving Cancer Drug, Herceptin Will be Available Free for Breast Cancer Patients in Wales

...s will be sponsoring the drug for women who are in dire need of the medicine to fight against cancer. A spokeswoman for Shropshire and Staffordshire Strategic Health Authority said: "The routine use of Herceptin will be introduced when and if Nice guidance is published. But a clinician may ask a PCT to a...

Courting HIV through Marriage or Partnership

...e dictates of law is another; the latter threatens dire consequences in the absence of toeing with legal procedures. So where is the threshold for privacy matters in such cases? The California court, is now mulling over one such case of an AIDS infected couple, where the woman has claimed that her husb...

Poverty Claims Valuable Lives Of Children In Orissa

...uangs (about 25,000) in the district live below in dire poverty. Lack of basic infrastructure makes existing healthcare services inaccessible to many. As a result, out of 22,958 newborn, 2,276 weighed less than 2.5 kg. "Even if the child is healthy, not enough emphasis is given to growth promotion," said...

Inhospitable Response Curtail Growth Of Specialty Hospitals: United States

...in the United States, the Health Care System is in dire need of a shot in the arm.//Specialty Hospitals thought of as an answer to the ills of prevailing healthcare systems, was nipped in the bud, owing to vested interests and inadequate support. Wilson, in an opinion write-up in The Wall Street Journal, ...

U.S. Hospitals may help Spread Bird Flu Pandemic

...U.S. economy $675 billion, adds to an increasingly dire picture of the impact of an bird flu pandemic in the U.S. A report from the National Center for Policy Analysis predicted that unless hospitals tighten procedures quickly, they could contribute to the spread of H5N1. U.S. officials continue to ur...

Youth Becoming Sexually Active At A Younger Age

...to discuss their problems with others. There is a dire need to address such issues and work out the solutions. Considering the need to educate people about this grim scenario, CMCH is conducting a seminar on Adolescent Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS, for the teachers and heads of high and senior second...

British medical education suffers shortage of bodies

...ortage of bodies. If nothing is done we will be in dire difficulties. "I would like anybody who thinks that they would like to donate their body to medical research to contact their local medical school for information, or they can come to our website." The British Medical Association said the declini...

Diligence Of Chennai Doctors Appreciated: Anbumani

...the city post-rains, the hospital in itself was in dire need of upgradation. The CDH has treated a total of 41 cases of cholera from November 1 and as on date there are still 25 cholera-afflicted patients in the hospital, the hospital director, Dr B Janardanan, said today. Most of these case...

Survey finds that discussion with family very crucial in organ donation decision

...ncouraged to share their stories, highlighting the dire need for organ donation and transplantation in the black community....

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