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Chinese Health Minister has asked to reduce Medical cost

...r unnecessary laboratory tests and operations. The minister has urged the hospital industry to act logically to provide better treatment to the poor and needy....

Chinese Hospital urged to cater to the poor

...ands of the wealthy minority, the country's health minister said.// Hospitals are spending too much public money to buy expensive medical equipment, trying to keep pace with developed countries, and offering exclusive services that few can afford, Health Minister Gao Qiang said at a national health conferen...

Medicare to cover services provided by rural health care personnels.

...tors and other medical professionals. The health minister also pointed out that they have doubled the amount of money given as incentive payments to the rural doctors, midwives, nurses and the other rural health workforce. This would again cost an extra $5.2 million every year to the government. From the ...

Specialist rural GPs to get incentive in Australia

...ipate in the incentive program. Australian health minister Tony Abbott said the Government recognized the higher cost of delivering services to rural areas and wanted to make sure rural doctors performing additional duties continued their work in remote communities. "This is an important measure for rural ...

France plans to protects its citizens from bird flu

...d.// France has a population of 62 million and the minister said that France has a stock of 14 million anti-fl...avoid spread of bird flu infection in poultry. The minister confirmed that public exhibition and bird shows as been banned to avoid bird flu infection and the m...

Northeast Governments Warn Against Andhra Fish

...the same time our economy would also be strong," a minister said. Edited IANS...

Bulgaria Prepares Itself For Combating Bird Flu Outbreak

The agricultural minister of Bulgaria, Nihat Kabi said that the country was ... outbreak may happen around these areas", told the minister following a discussion held regarding management of bird flu outbreak. Several measures such as ba...

Additional Responsiblities To Be Taken Up By Allied Healthcare Professionals

...oration of non-doctors into the system. The health minister of New South Wales (NSW) has however, welcomed such a move as he firmly belives that such looming inadequacies can only be met with creation of an apppropriate work force and effective distribution of work. “While I'm disappointed the study does no...

Chandy Undergoes Surgery In Switzerland

...n also told reporters that Chandy did not want any minister to fly out to Davos to meet him. Chandy's daughter, Achu Oommen Chandy, and his private secretary, Dinesh Sharma, are with him. He arrived in Davos on 26 January and was to return on 31 January....

Woman Tests Negative For Japanese Encephalitis: Health Minister

..., // according to a statement issued by the health minister Datuk Dr Chua Soi Lek. The Malaysian health officials are closely monitoring the situation, however. The victim, Norhayati Awang is currently being treated at the High Dependency Ward at Hospital Raja Perempuan Zainab II. According to official repo...

Is complete eradication of Leprosy possible in India?

...0.95 cases per 10,000 population. The health care minister announced that leprosy is eliminated from India. // But this statement is very ambiguous because it does not mean that the disease is completely eliminated but the prevalence is significantly reduced. It is reduced o the rate of less than one case pe...

Safe Drinking Water To Be Made Available

...itation in states and union territories, the prime minister stressed the need for better civic amenities and l...last year to Rs.40.50 billion in 2005-06.The prime minister also urged early redressal of the problem of 280,000 habitations that have slipped out of full cover...

Renuka Chowdhury Stresses Importance of Bridging Gender Gap

Newly appointed minister of state for women and child development, Ms Renuk...ow profile so far." Chowdhury, who was the tourism minister of state until recently said that the focus would be on bridging the gender gap. She dismissed repor...

Smoking Ban To Be Soon Implemented In South East Asian Bars

...the bill banning smoking in hotel lobbies, but the minister was ready to sign them.' Thailand, which along with Singapore is at the forefront of the region's anti-smoking campaign, has enacted a host of restrictions on the tobacco industry including bans on cigarette advertisements, on smoking in most public...

Increased Funding For AIDS/HIV Program In Africa

...e National Assembly, submitted the proposal. The minister also said that care of children orphaned by AIDS/HIV would deserve the utmost social service priority of the African Government. The year 2006 has even been declared as the 'year of accelerated prevention of HIV', that would focus on the reduction of...

Madhya Pradesh: Blood Transfusion Infects 136 Individuals With HIV

... in the controversial blood transfusion issue. The minister further stated that an action plan would be implemented to avoid such instances in the future. Blood banks would be provided with HIV test kits and specialized equipments that would allow the blood to be tested for any potential infection, before tra...

Bird Flu Persists In Bulgaria

...country's situation in terms of the disease. The minister also urged people to be very careful and not trust any information that had not yet been confirmed by the government. In case of humans four people shows similar signs of the disease but test reports come out to be negative. But a young woman died ...

Nursing A Threat : NHS Nurses May Stage A Royal Protest

...o tackle different issues facing the NHS. Health minister Rosie Winterton has said that Nursing has become a lucrative profession with increased pay, flexible working, and pocket-frindly childcare , that has inspired additional 78,660 to join the NHS ever since 1997. ...

PM's Intervention Sought To Implement Ban On Smoking In Films

...for implementing the ban proposed by Ramadoss, the minister approached Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to resolve the matter. According to official sources, Cabinet Secretary B.K. Chaturvedi has been asked to chart out a solution along with officials of the two ministries. "He is likely to meet the official...

Mutton And Beef Sellers Rule The Roost In Kerala

...th dropped by 60 percent. We are meeting the chief minister and other ministers to come out with a statement that since there have been no reports of any bird flu cases in Kerala and Tamil Nadu, there is no problem," said Ramanan. The association is meeting at Kochi on Monday to decide on the future course...

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