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Contaminated Water Hits Thousands In Pakistan City

...al government for an investigation. 'The federal minister (for water and power) Liaqat Jatoi has taken notice of the incident and has ordered an inquiry,' Nawaz told IANS. He said the main reason behind the contamination is the old supply line. 'We will replace it and see the results before taking actio...

Ramadoss Examines Patients At AIIMS, Warns Striking Doctors

.... Appealing to the doctors to return to work, the minister said 'poor patients are coming here from different parts of the country; I appeal to the doctors to join work. It is our duty to save life and not to take it.' Ramadoss said a number of doctors have returned to work at AIIMS and the Government has as...

Indians in Gulf to Get More Education Facilities

...ill cease to be a problem very soon,' the visiting minister told the Aligarh Muslim University Old Boys' Assoc...ccording to an official release issued here. The minister also assured the AMUOBA that the minority character of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) would be ...

Assam Recruits Doctors to Serve in Rural Areas

...,000 a month, besides their pension benefits,' the minister said. 'We hope to get at least 100 young doctors...d devoting more time in private nursing homes, the minister said such acts would not be tolerated. 'I visited the Guwahati Medical College (GMC) today and was...

MRP of drug to include local tax – Paswa

...ctice would start from October two next, the union minister said. The ministry also asked the manufacturers to start printing the MRP in Hindi apart from English from October two this year. Paswan said the turnover of the market was Rs 25,000 crore and there was always a tendency of some manipulation on p...

HIV Prevalence In Ethiopian Women Greater Than National Average

... working to curtail the spread of HIV/Aids.' The minister said that a free anti-retroviral treatment (ART) program had been launched in January 2005 and around 35,000 people had benefited from it so far....

Surupsinh Naik Undergoes Angiography

Former Maharashtra minister Surupsinh Naik, sentenced to a month's imprisonment last month by the Supreme Court in a contempt case, today underwent an angiography at a private hospital//. Sources at the government's JJ Hospital, where Naik was admitted immediately after his a...

Already Short Staffed And In Deficit NHS Fails To Supply Staff For IT Project

...troubled Connecting for Health programme. Health minister Lord Warner last week attempted to forestall criticism in a forthcoming National Audit Office report, by admitting the project was now two years behind schedule and ￡14bn over budget. The Conservative MP Richard Bacon, who uncovered the penalties, ex...

DIA-B: Barking up the Right Vine

...ompany whose chairman is the former federal health minister Michael Wooldridge. The company is yet to apply for a patent, so your guess is as good as mine regarding the name of the bark. To quote Dr Wooldridge, 'The medical and commercial potential this represents would be significant in the event that fu...

Integrated Disease Surveillance Project Soon In The Country

...igilance throughout the country. // Union Health minister Ambumani Ramadoss told reporters here today that the World Bank-funded project would be able to create a veritable data base for 11 incidences like HIV/AIDS, polio, cholera, cardio-vascular diseases and even road accidents. 'This will be a network o...

Govt to Shift its Focus From Curative to Preventive Mode of Healthcare

...enamed as National Centre for Disease Control, the minister said. The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) will soon be made a separate department in the health ministry, which will be re-christened as ministry of health & family welfare and medical research, he said. Talking on the sidelines of the...

Africans Should Take Their Traditional Medicine Very Seriously

According to the minister of Health Manto Tshabalala-Msimang said that the traditional-medicines sector should be recognised in the department of health's budget. A workshop was conducted on traditional-medicine in Benoni in which she said that she would set up an interim tra...

Haryana to Spend Rs 750 Crore on Rural Health: Hooda

...tion stone of a primary health center. The chief minister also laid the foundation stone of a 100-bedded civil hospital and a new grain market complex at the district headquarter. Asking villagers to refrain from trying to bribe anyone for getting boys recruited in police, he said the government was commi...

Ramadoss Urges Celebrities Not To Endorse Soft Drinks

Union health minister Anbumani Ramadoss has asked movie stars, sports stars and other celebrities not to promote aerated soft drink products by endorsing them, in the interest of the public health //. While addressing a congregation of health experts on Friday at the 50...

Violence Against NHS Staff On The Raise

...campaign. He added that he was pleased to hear the minister talking about fines and removing people from the premises. He also raised the issue of public awareness as another very important step. Explaining that the attacks have become a worrying issue that the trust is taking extreme and serious measures t...

INS ASHVINI Bags Trophy For Best Armed Forces Hospital

...s yeomen's service in times of war and peace. The minister expressed hope that medical services in general and hospitals in particular would continue to strive to deliver best health care to its clientele. INHS ASHVINI with a capacity of 825 beds attends to all serving and retired armed forces personnel and...

Doctors Who Were On Strike To Receive No Pay

...ng this issue. Meanwhile on Wednesday the health minister Anbumani Ramadoss, had taken a tough stand on the striking doctors and has announced that those of whom had participated in last month's protests against the quota policy would not get any salary for the strike period of 17 days. The Ministry had als...

Children In Slums Of Mumbai Might be Suffering From Malnutrition

...with the Municipal Commissioner, and the concerned minister has also been asked to take appropriate steps. Meanwhile Mange had explained that for BMC, providing basic ration to families living below the poverty line is a priority....

UK Government Plans A Campaign To Help Reduce Suicide Rates Among Men

...s for every woman who takes her life. The health minister Rosie Winterton while at a men's health conference, told that the government was committed to make sure that the men were more aware that help was available and they wanted more of them to seek it out. Explaining that the country has already a natio...

Global Education Net Pvt Medical College Gets MCI Approval

...arting first year MBBS course. // Tripura Health minister Tapan Chakraborty told reporters that the decision...ucture of the state, Chakraborty said. The Health minister said the private Medical College will have hundred seat, out of which 25 would be reserved for stude...

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