Diabetes and heart attack diagnosis now made simple with twin magic
...such as glucose. The other is μPosts, micron-sized posts that have the potential of painlessly measuring protein markers released during a heart attack, using optical measurements. What makes it extra special is that the needles play a dual role and complement each other. The tiny medical gadgets are exp......dergoing treatment in various hospitals and health posts in the district. The final death toll due to the disease in Kailali district, about 520 km west of the capital, alone could rise as all 20 deaths occurred in hospitals and most people in the district live far from hospitals. The disease transmitted...Promotion Of Medical Research In India Is The Need Of The Hour: ICMR
...oard has expressed need for cutting administrative posts and converting them into scientific/technical posts. The board has recommended doubling the ICMR's annual budget to atleast Rs 5,000 crore in the forthcoming plan. Promotional avenues should be available to all scientists up to level G and H, and p...Rural Health Mission Appointments To Be Cancelled
...el. All the other states that had to fill in these posts have completed their work except for the state of Bihar. The 38 districts in Bihar have to be filled with these 114 members chosen by the previous government. But the senior health minister said that previous governments in Bihar and Madhya pradesh...Unfilled medical posts affect mental health adversely
More than 10 unfilled posts in Queensland is causing worry among health sector as risks in public health increase.// The posts have been vacant for some four years, prompting claims that patients' lives have been put at risk. ...UK Doctors Fear Shortages Could Hit Public Health Drive
...cians of the UK is aware of at least 12 consultant posts that have been withdrawn in the past few months. It spells a potential threat to the government's ambitious targets for improving public health, set out in its Choosing Health white paper. Ministers are targeting areas such as childhood obesity, sex...Cancer Aid And Research Foundation: Offering Endless Hope To Cancer Patients
... claiming financial help. In addition, a number of posts and e-mails also reach the organization everyday. Cancer patients from Mumbai's Tata Memorial Hospital are also directed to the set up. The organization, which has over 33 employees and 20,000 donors, has provided financial help worth 6 million. Th...Bird flu affects the export of poultry products to Sri Lanka and Nepal
...of poultry from India and activated all quarantine posts along the Indo-Nepal border. The government has sa...e government has activated all 24 quarantine check posts in border areas including Tatopani in Sindhupalchowk district bordering Tibet to check possible outb...Canadian Medical Association Journal's Editorial Mess Gets Murkier
...oey and Anne Marie Todkill in resigning from their posts after a dispute over an article on the contraceptive pill, Plan B. Dr. Bruce Squires has been asked to act as an interim editor, but the former editor has said that he needs assurances on certain matter before he even contemplates taking up the po...Online recruitment criticised by doctors
A new online application system for junior doctor posts is not in the interest of talented doctors and it is harming the job prospects of many top students. This was the opinion expressed by more than 80 senior doctors.// The system being followed is the “Modernising Medical Careers system” which scraps ...Jordan: The Kingdom Untouched By Avian Flu
...ented by migratory birds. Apart from these check posts were set up to monitor wetlands near the country's nine dams. All these measures yielded benefit and the country is free from bird flu....Operation ‘Job Cut’: 1000 Jobs to be chopped By Hospital Managemet
...s will comprise an approximate 370 of the laid off posts and vacancies will not be replenished.15 consultan...eep of these types of issues, from the freezing of posts to now we are actually talking about redundancies. This could happen at any of the hospitals and tru...Expert nurses in their field have their jobs under thereat!
...eumatology disorders or multiple sclerosis - those posts are being identified as at risk of redundancy and removed in order to help hospitals achieve financial balance." Vicky Gutteridge, a multiple sclerosis specialist nurse in Wessex Region for three years said, "We're a soft target when savings have t...Senior Nurse Post Are under Risk of Job Cuts
...tton, head of policy at the RCN, said a lot of the posts were being downgraded or closed. Some of them are part-funded by charities. He said that nurses involved in infection control, palliative care, rheumatology disorders or multiple sclerosis are identified to be at a greater risk of being removed in or...Work Permit Required For Indian Doctors in Britain
...e or two years. The doctors would need to find new posts after their term expired. From Monday, April 3, e...n, is leading to increased competition for medical posts as vacancy rates fall," the minister said. Declaring that NHS hospitals desiring to recruit doctors...British Hospitals Face Financial Crisis
... University Hospitals NHS Trust is also losing 325 posts as part of plans to save more than 10 million pounds over the next year. The Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead, north London, is cutting about 480 jobs under plans to save 25 million pounds in the next year, and the Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust ...NHS Recommends Further Cost Cutting Measures
...uation being what it is will be creating fewer job posts and more staff reductions. br>...Another Twist to the Tale of Reservation of Medical Seats
... Guntur Medical College the previous year when the posts of Professor were found to be vacant. Therefore the present increase in reservation now comes with a price tag of a bond for Rs. 20 lakhs when claiming the allotted PG seat. The in-service candidates themselves become eligible for the quota only on...NHS Medics at the Receiving End
...ove is motivated with an interest to safeguard the posts for UK graduates, due to supply of doctors exceeding the demand. UK has been a witness to an increasing trend of graduates from overseas medical and dental schools to train under the NHS as junior doctors, without any VISA restrictions for two yea......nt was committed to a fair recruitment on the 4000 posts of constables advertised recently. He said not only those taking bribe would be prosecuted but anyone trying to use money to buy a berth in the police force would also face strict action. Hooda said no development and improvement in standard of l...