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Government Pulled up for Denying Pay to Striking Medicos

... period they had struck work in May to protest the hike in caste-based quotas in higher education. "In case any resident doctor and others who have neither worked nor applied for leave during this period, pay does not accrue and therefore pay cannot be disbursed to them," the circular said. Assailing ...

Anti-Obesity Groups Criticize Response of Medical Professionals

...ty Epidemic has gone one step further, demanding a hike in taxes on fatty and sugary foods to price these products off shop shelves. <br...

Medical Course in Kerala is Beyond the Reach of NRI's

The hike in fees for medical seats reserved for non-resident Indians (NRIs) in Kerala has made pursuing medicine beyond the reach of Keralites living abroad//, said a senior Congress leader here. Senior Congress legislator K.C. Joseph condemned the new bill...

Private Health Insurance Policy Holders on the Rise

...he Southern Cross Insurance policy in 2003, due to hike in the charges. Some of the members who retained t... the aged ones. Southern Cross announced a further hike due to an increase in the cost of surgery and the number of claim per member. Chief executive, Ian M...

Mercy Attempt Allowed for 12 KGMU Students

...n the Faculty Board has also approved a three-time hike in the exam fee of Diploma courses, Under-Graduate...-Graduate courses after a gap of 10 years. The fee hike was proposed to mete out expenditures of around 24 lakh by the university each year as against its r...

Fuel Price Hike Triggers Violent Protests In Nepal

...minister for industry, commerce and supplies. The hike was defended by Finance Minister Ram Sharan Mahat,...ies in the world. About three years ago, a similar hike resulted in widespread student unrest and the death of a student leader in police firing. The incide...

Medicare Premiums to be Higher Next Year

Medicare officials have announced a hike of 5.6 percent for basic Medicare coverage of seniors next year. Besides this premiums for the wealthier// beneficiaries will increase by 83 percent, because for the first time the federal government has required the affluent to pay more. Mark B. Mc...

Drug Prices Rising Faster Than Inflation

...ce hike; Pfizer's Atrovent Inhaler showing a price hike of 12 percent, Boehringer Ingelheim's Combivent, a bronchodilator aerosol, also with a rise of 12 percent; Adventis' Ambien 10 mg. with a 9.9 percent price hike; and GlaxoSmithKline's Wellbutrin, an antidepressant, 150 mg, having a 9.4 percent price ...

Brand Name Drug Prices Zoom

...h highest price rise is Aventis' Ambien 5mg with a hike of 13.3%.It is followed by Boehringer Ingelheim's Combivent (12%), Pfizer's Atrovent (12%), Ambien 10mg (9.9%) and Glaxo Smith Kline's Wellbutin (9.4%). The biggest average six month price rise has been reported in Aventis, up by 7.7% and the lowes...

Free Medicines, Health Insurance for Poor Soon: Paswan

...al and urban areas. "In addition to the proposed hike in health allocation, there is the Prime Minister's Relief Fund, the Health Minister's Relief Fund and other contingency funds that can be utilised to provide facilities for the poor," said Paswan. Another important step proposed by the ministry is...

Trail Users Twice as Likely to Get Enough Exercise

People who walk, bike or hike local trails at least once a week are twice as likely to get the recommended amount of daily exercise as those who rarely hit the trails, a new// study concludes. Yet nearly half of those who didn’t use the trails said they would be in favor of mor...

Alcohol Abuse Must be solved with Action

... Hewitt, Westminster's health secretary’s proposed hike in taxes on alcohol, particularly products like alcopops which are popular with young people. He said, "I agree with the point about cost." "These views have been aired last week by the Health Minister in the UK to the Treasury and I support thos...

Radiographers Pay Parity Disputes Still Unresolved

...is week. The doctors are to receive a 5.8 per cent hike in pay, in an agreement estimated to cost DHBs $10 million over 18 months. However another disruption of services is anticipated when more than 1200 medical laboratory workers go on strike for a week from November 29. The labs involved are the Ne...

Multinationals Exploit Groundwater Sources, and People Suffer

...unique -- it doesn't matter if you like to fish or hike or walk -- it is a really pristine watershed of mixed conifers with amazing wildlife -- some of which is threatened or endangered." The plant will also affect not just the McCloud River but an entire watershed, reducing stream flow to the McCloud R...

Now a Green Agenda for Mental Health

... Within this figure, there has been a 10 per cent hike in primary care prescribing of SSRIs (Serotonin Specific Reuptake Inhibitors) which include drugs such as Prozac, from 14,746,100 in 2005 to 16,227,100 in 2006. Depression can occur if some of the chemicals in your brain are not functioning effecti...

Life Insurers in India to Launch Health Insurance Policies

...hiked the premium in a new product. The rate of hike ranges between 10 per cent and 70 per cent depending on the age. Its new mediclaim policy has also increased the time frame for covering exclusions from second to third year of the policy, and has put a cap on the daily room rent at one per cent of t...

U.S President Defied-Senate Votes To Expand Child Health Insurance

A U.S Senate panel has voted to hike the taxes on tobacco in order to expand health insurance for children of low-income working families. The move came in the face of a threat from the President himself and had 6 of the 10 Republicans on the panel , join all 11 Democrats in supporti...

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