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Indian Doctors Return Home from Britain, More on the Way

...." The BAPIO legal team is working on the appeal petition that can be filed within three weeks of the February 9 ruling. Raman said that BAPIO had decided to file the appeal before March 2 and had launched another fund-raising drive among Indian doctors to meet legal costs. Raman added that a major reason...

Ex-teacher Sues Delhi Public School

...100,000 per month during her tenure at Doha. The petition prayed the court direct the DPS Society to release Rs 500,000 immediately for meeting her medical expenses pending disposal her plea. Source-Bio-Bio Technology...

Ban on Non-iodised Salt Challenged

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday admitted a petition challenging a government notification banning the ... Naolekar and Justice R.V. Raveendran admitted the petition filed by Academy of Nutrition Improvement and asked the government to file its response in four week...

Ultrasound Technology - Boon or a Bane?

...th of the baby and the mother. They added that the petition deliberately emphasised only one aspect of ultrasonography - determination of foetal sex. The above argument is contrary to facts and opinion of experts. The economic aspect of sex determination tests is so overwhelming that the greed pushes back ...

Reservation For SC/ST Candidates Under 50% All India Quota

...demic session 2007-08. This was pursuant to writ petition pending in the Supreme Court, which found mention in the prospectus for All India Entrance Examination for M.D./M.S./PG Diploma and MDS courses, 2007 issued by AIIMS, New Delhi. It was clearly mentioned therein that “presently there is no reservation...

To Patent or Not-A Question of Life

Giant drug makers Novartis, is filing a petition against a court ruling that seeks to stop the patenting of one of its anti-cancer drugs. // What makes this news significant is that its outcome will determine the quality of life for an AIDS patient; a nightmare or a manageable crisis. Novartis i...

Indian American Doctor Fights for Information

...e in India over his wife's death, has moved a writ petition before the Calcutta High Court seeking action //ag...of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005. The petition filed on Jan 11 also named WBMC president Ashok Chowdhury, its registrar D.K. Ghosh as well as the W...

‘Aricept’ drug gives an Alzheimer’s patient reason to smle

Close on the heels of a petition from charities and campaign groups to extend the reach of Alzheimer’s drugs, the NHS drug regulator has disallowed// the use of the drug during the preliminary stages of the disease. When John, aged 77, showed initial symptoms of Alzheimer’s, docto...

Safety Of Dental Amalgam Fillings To Be Reviewed

...ther fillings available and are planning to file a petition asking the FDA to immediately ban them for pregnant women. Charles Brown, Counsel for Consumers for Dental Choice, said if the FDA does not act, "we are going to still continue to use it in pregnant women and children even though we know mercury cau...

President Launches Madras University's 150th Year Celebrations

...niversity, set up in September 1857 after a public petition by 1,000 citizens, was the only university for the entire southern region till India's independence in 1947. Its alumni include former presidents, S. Radhakrishnan, V.V. Giri, N. Sanjeeva Reddy, R. Venkataraman and K.R. Narayanan as well as Nobel ...

New Medical College to be set up in Bangalore

...litigation in the Supreme Court.' He said, ‘The petition is on August 28, depending on this, action will be taken.’ The CM also mentioned proposals for the setting up of an IIT in the city....

Global AIDS Conference Calls for Long-term Strategies

...cess to treatment is possible - now, not later," a petition signed by many of the protestors said. Under the...required to help people living with the virus, the petition said. The lack of doctors is one of the leading problems in combating the disease. The petition si...

Health Board to deal with Another Upcoming Fight

...atment. In 1998, about 100,000 people signed the petition to save the Eye Pavilion forcing the then health board chair Margaret Ford intervened to shelve the plan to move inpatient treatment out to West Lothian. Although the move was estimated to save the board ￡200,000 it was deemed that the effort was not...

High Court Orders Taking Shahabuddin to AIIMS in Police Custody

...luding those of kidnapping and murder, had filed a petition in the Patna High Court seeking its direction to the state government to send him outside the state for specialised treatment of his 10-year-old spinal problem which he claimed had aggravated after May 10, two days after he was shifted to Siwan from ...

Women Compensated For Losing Eye-Sight After Undergoing Cataract Operation

... Judge Sankranarayana Pillai,who heard the women's petition seeking compensation, ordered that the Government should collect Rs.Two Lakh from the Dean of the Periyakulam Government hospital, Joint director of Health services,Theni district administration, and Senior Civil surgeon responsible for the operation...

British Doctors Hold Talks to end Impasse of Indian doctors

...stration at the Whitehall April 21 and submitted a petition signed by over 6,000 doctors to the department of health. BAPIO has claimed that the decision to abolish permit free training for doctors qualified outside the UK and the EEA was unfair and unjust. It has also argued that the department of heal...

High Court Stops Functioning of Ayurvedic, Unani Colleges in Uttar Pradesh

...was passed by Justice Sunil Ambawani on a contempt petition filed by one Rajesh Kumar of Varanasi seeking ban on quacks in the state. However, the court made it clear that the state government will be free to seek recognition from the Central Council for Indian Medicine (CCIM) or even seek provisional/tempor...

Liberated British Mothers Want No Restriction on Breast Feeding In Public

Campaigners have handed a petition to the prime minister to increase the support for breastfeeding mothers.// The campaigners have summoned support from both MPs and actress Emma Thompson. They are also planning to conduct a demonstration outside the Department of Health. The suppor...

Patients Empowered to Force for Better Services

Patients are to be granted power to petition for better local health services under proposals put forward by ministers. The petition must be signed// by 1% of the population to initiate a formal response from primary care trusts that...

Stern action against AIIMS Medicos, warns Ramadoss

...ation - was opposed by the medical community and a petition was filed in the Supreme Court, which asked the government this week to be a "model employer". Ramadoss, however, said the court's observation was merely a comment, while the final order was still awaited. "The administration of the AIIMS has been ...

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