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Tag: "plight" at medical news

Strange Burial Practice Followed for People Affected by HIV/AIDS

..." a recent report published by UNAIDS said. The plight of HIV infected people has become all the more serious with some local vigilante groups taking law into their hands to punish drug addicts and traffickers leading to at least half-a-dozen deaths in the past one year. "People here have failed to und...

Maoist Leader-Turned Social Activist Passes Away

...BS from the Agra Medical College, was moved by the plight of the landless laborers in Bihar. Arriving in Bihar in 1974, he joined Jayaprakash Narayan's movement, but soon got fed up with the power-hungry Janata Party leaders. After the mid-1990s, Vinayan started working from a village in Jehanabad. His ...

Clinton, Gates Highlight Treatment, Discrimination of AIDS

...al AIDS Conference, Unicef sought to highlight the plight of children affected by the virus - in particular those orphaned through parents succumbing to AIDS. Unicef spokeswoman Helga Kuhn told the conference that AIDS orphans were the "problem of the future", as the organisation predicts there will be al...

Lebanon Fears of Epidemics as the Crisis Deepens

The plight of hundreds of thousands displaced by the Israel-Hezbollah conflict is getting worse as Lebanon heads towards severe shortages of fuel// and drinking water amid fears of epidemic outbreaks. "We are now faced with a major setback - and with the fuel ...

Dental Health, a Much Overlooked Subject

...ooked and remain disadvantaged. For instance the plight of Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders, have general standards of health, life expectancies and infant mortality rates that have not improved in over 100 years. The access to necessary dental health services and treatment for the financia...

NIACL to Pay Rs 2.19 lakh for Repudiating Mediclaim Policy

...ntinuous. The Commission, taking cognizance of the plight of the insured, said "the policy in question was continuation of the earlier policy and not a fresh contract and for the NIACL' act of ommission and commission, interest of insured can not be put in jeopardy." The commission also held such diseases c...

Three-year-old AIDS Patient Awaits Death

...n deaf ears. "It's extremely painful to know the plight of the girl. She inherited AIDS from her parents who died after doctors of the government hospital gave up hope of saving them," said R.K. Rajmani, chief of Chhattisgarh's AIDS Control Committee. "The health department and the AIDS control committe...

US Emergency Rooms ill prepared for Disasters

...only increased the time and potential risks to the plight of a patient. When a panel of experts surveyed the condition of hospital-based ER care, pediatric emergency care and out-of-hospital emergency medical services it was found that patients often have to wait hours and sometimes even days to get a hos...

'Young and their Reproductive Health' - Theme of World Population Day

...do not survive beyond their first birthday. The plight of women from these countries, including India, reflect a condition that has its underlying reasons in their social fabric of existence. These women are discriminated against, and are victims of male chauvinism even in issues regarding their marriage...

Abdul Kalam Moved by Orissa Topper’s Eye Disorde

...al Monday, Kalam expressed concern about the boy's plight and hoped doctors of the institute would find a cure. J. Sonal, a student of Fakir Mohan Junior College in the state's Balasore town, managed to secure 780 out of 800 marks in the arts stream and stood 10th among about 105,600 students from across ...

British Court Rules In Favour of Free Treatment For Prisoners With HIV

... staged a hunger strike to draw attention to their plight and the governments, lack of action towards their application. The government had opposed the application, stating that it was working to resolve the situation and so the prisoners should wait. ...

TB Patient Pleads President for Mercy Killing

...cial G.K. Saraswat said he was not aware of Ojha's plight but told IANS on telephone: "We will definitely look into the matter if a request comes from the family." (Source: IANS News)...

Kerala Govt To Adopt Orphaned Kids Of HIV Infected Parents

...ayat president Munambath Govindan said today. The plight of Amal, who is HIV positive, and his sister Amrutha, studying in class three in a local government school, got worsened after their grandmother Janaki, who had been looking after them since the demise of their parents in 2002, died of old age last m...

Ker Govt To Adopt Orphaned Kids Of HIV Infected Parents

...yat president Munambath Govindan said today. The plight of Amal, who is HIV positive, and his sister Amrutha, studying in class three in a local government school, got worsened after their grandmother Janaki, who had been looking after them since the demise of their parents in 2002, died of old age last m...

Parking Charges at Hospitals Morally Wrong

...ymour, of Macmillan Cancer called attention to the plight of cancer patients who are forced to come to hospital regularly for chemotherapy. ‘With cancer patients we are talking about people who are undergoing great stress, who have had to give up their jobs and who have not got much money. For many, parki...

No Punitive Action Against Striking Medicos if Strike Called Off

New Delhi. Taking serious note of the plight of the patients, the Supreme Court today directed ...Government does is not our concern. Our concern is plight of patients and general public. The emotive issues does not concern us," a vacation Bench comprising...

Supreme Court Warns Medicos of Contempt Action

...t policy. We are concerned at this stage about the plight of the people," the Bench observed and asked Additional Solicitor General Gopal Subramanian to file tomorrow a memorandum giving details about the latest position regarding the strike and protest by the medicos against the government move to extend 2...

Patients Bear The Brunt Of Doctor’s Strik

... protesting doctors, they also must understand the plight of thousands of poor people," she said. Since Friday evening, resident doctors at the five medical colleges in New Delhi have been on an indefinite strike to protest against a plan to reserve 27 percent more seats in higher education institutions f...

Childbirth On Road Drew Public Attention In West Bengal

The plight of a poor woman in West Bengal, who gave birth to a baby in a public street after a government hospital doctor released her, raised public outcry and a call for probes here Tuesday. // Bengali news channel Star Ananda Tuesday beamed images of Basan...

First Ever Face Transplant In China Successfully Performed

...d the surgery free of charge after learning of his plight and his poverty. Surgeons in France carried out the world's first such operation on 38-year-old Isabelle Dinoire whose lips and nose were ripped off by a dog. --Edited IANS...

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