Task Force Set Up By PM To Fill Up The Healthcare Sector
... also give an opportunity to the unemployed. The move is based on the recommendations of a recent report submitted by National Commission on Macroeconomics and Health, highlighting the huge gap in human resources in the health sector. "There are growing opportunities with India emerging as a major int...Operation ‘Job Cut’: 1000 Jobs to be chopped By Hospital Managemet
...s are also going to hit the chopping board . The move has triggered apprehension of a possible rippling affect on other such trusts that are facing a similar money crunch. The overall NHS deficit in England has doubled this year, due to expenditure on costly drugs and an increase in staff remuneration, ......cklist of stocks available”, Mr Ashok said. This move would prevent doctors from asking their patients to purchase medicines from outside the hospitals. Ashok also said additional doctors had been deputed to Pavagada in Tumkur district and in Bellary, Raichur and Bidar. These doctors would work towards...Salt & Its Intake Causes a Strong debate In UK
...evels, leaving the target to be 8gms by 2010. This move though is still not well accepted by campaigners in both sides. While the food industries chefs have defended the current targets the other groups feel that they are too soft and were bowing to pressure from the chefs, not taking seriously the effect...‘No Smoking’ Ban in Public Places Will free Scotland From The "sick man" Sobriqut
...ere is divided opinion on the ban, thought of as a move against the traditional lifestyle of the working class, who form the foundation of the Scottish society. There is also apprehension that the customers of pubs, will prefer to stay home, after the ban on smoking in bars, comes into force....Nurses Help Sought To Check Teenage Pregnancies In English Schools
...r birth control in all the schools of England in a move to slash the rising incidence of teenage pregnancies//. There are currently 2,409 nurses who work in primary and secondary schools across the country but the latest announcement signals a massive extension, reported the online edition of Daily Mail....Schools set to offer Japanese language course
...e Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), the move will help students in more than one way. "In this age of globalization, learning foreign languages has become a necessary tool to broaden the horizons and gain a better understanding of other cultures," a CBSE announcement said. "Foreign languages ...Africa's vets to gain from web-based training
In a visionary move the veterinary schools in sub-Saharan Africa have joined forces to create an Internet-based training programme that will allow vets// to study for postgraduate degrees while continuing to work. The African Universities Veterinary E-Learning Consort...Hartford To Offer Life Insurance To Cancer Survivors
...ccessible to patients with prostate cancer//. This move comes, as the survival rates of the cancer are pretty high owing to better chemotherapy as well as early diagnosis and management. The company will introduce plans at standard rates "to men 60 and older who have been surgically treated for moderate...Welcome to ‘Stand Only’ Classrooms That Exercise The Brain And The Bod!
...ing at conventional desks, children used "lean and move bays", where they used a laptop , white boards and vertical screens. The pupils spent an average of five hours a day standing. "In this environment, children are more active and more engaged," said Dr Levine. "There was no compulsion to be active, t...A Unique Train To Spread Awareness About AIDS
...Ministry of Youth Affairs. The train, which will move around the country for a year, will halt one night and two days at each place. "In two of the coaches there will be 10 teams of volunteers, who will fan out on bicycles to nearby villages to create awareness through one-to-one interactions, street ...Cash-Strapped Hospital loses Top Surgeons
...commodation on Mount Vernon site until a permanent move to the new Watford Hospital was achieved. <br...Trial Of DMD Gene Therapy Initiated At Ohio
...uide us toward clinically meaningful results as we move forward with this form of treatment. Sharon Hesterlee, MDA Director of Research Development said that it was with great difficulty that this gene therapy trail was possible a sit had to overcome the scientific, technical and regulatory hurdles. The g...First Gene Therapy Human Trial For Muscular Dystrophy In Progress
...aid. Xiao then began looking for a way he might move his minidystrophin gene forward clinically. "We had just finished demonstrating that we could make clinical-grade virus for another genetic disorder called Canavan's disease, an enzyme deficiency disorder," Samulski said. "We were the first academ...Abuse of Aged Will Not be Taken Lightly
...abuse and inadequate care in nursing homes, with a move to implement remedial measures to halt the abuse of elderly people. // There is also an increase in the May budget for care of the aged with certain modifications in the financial support of nursing homes, to be able to care for the aged. Federal M...Bihar Banned Tobacco Chewing In State Assembly
...roducts) by legislators inside the assembly. The move will not only have a salubrious impact on the heal...e by it. However, some ministers objected to the move and said it was difficult for them to break the habit. 'We cannot think without chewing paan,' a sen...Ranbaxy Expands By Acquiring A Generic Company In Belgium
...n markets,' the company said in a statement. The move will allow 'Ranbaxy to anticipate local market dynamics and capitalise on the changing business landscape, in the Benelux countries'. Belgium is the seventh largest pharmaceutical market in Europe. Ranbaxy plans to manage operations in the Benelu...NHS Forced to Borrow Money at Rates of 10 percent
...se institutions that were least able to pay. The move follows close on the heels of several job cuts among the nursing staff in order to stem mounting debts. Close to 4000 job cuts have been reported across the country within the past few weeks. The latest job cuts announced by NHS seemed to target sp...Older Teenagers Too To be Treated In Children’s Hospital
...for young people with chronic health conditions to move into adult care could make a big difference. ...Strange Theft Of HIV Infected Blood Leaves Authorities Puzzled
... be a vial that was stolen, they asked them not to move the vials but to call police right away. They further stated that patients are being contacted to let them know what has happened. Meanwhile Marcie Summers, who works with HIV positive patients at the Positive Women's Network, is troubled with the ...