Several Junior Doctors Could Be Rendered Jobless
...000 junior doctors will be unable to find training posts next year. Most of them have already been traine...will be competing for the same specialist training posts - of which there are just 9,500. The BMA is warning that many of the 11,500 who miss out on jobs m...Monsoon Related Diseases On The Rise In Mumbai
...s reported that the BMC has also placed 162 health posts across the city to provide heath facilities in disease-prone areas. The civic officials have said that there was no shortage of medicine or leptospirosis, dengue testing kits in civic hospitals. Mangal Mange, chairman, health committee said, “A sto...Audit Body Criticises Madhya Pradesh for Low Nutrition Levels
...cheme has been largely effected due to a number of posts in the department remaining vacant and improper manpower planning, said the report. (Source: IANS)......t level details not included in GPS, such as light posts and benches. The challenge is integrating all the information from all the various sensors in real time so you can accurately guide the user as they move toward their destination." Walker's expertise in human computer interaction and interface desi...Leeds Hospitals to Outsource Medical Transcription Work to India
...one million pounds a year.// Around 60 specialist posts are to be abolished as part of the outsourcing. Hospitals in Leeds are reported to be facing debts of 84 million pounds. Several other hospitals in Britain have already outsourced such work to India. The outsourcing plans, however, have been fierce...New Junior Doctor Training Posts
... there will be up to 23,000 junior doctor training posts in the UK next year, the BMA’s Deputy Chair // of the Junior Doctor’s Committee [JDC], Dr Tom Dolphin, said "The BMA is delighted that there has been such a large increase in the indicative number of training posts, and this goes a long way towards...480 posts to be laid off in a hospital trust
...tified for job losses at the moment, but up to 480 posts will go.' The trust's chief executive, Lorraine Clifton, said: 'The financial challenges facing the trust are very real and should not be underestimated.'By looking at all our systems and how we can work differently, we will make sure patients have...TB Cases On The Rise Among British Asians
...e TB is especially common, but TB specialist nurse posts are being left vacant or downgraded to save money and there is talk of reducing the number of centres in London offering expert care." Source-IANS...Myanmar Junta Head to Be Treated in Singapore
...Way to Socialism." Ne Win resigned all political posts in 1988 amid nationwide anti-military protests and passed power to a younger crop of military men who have lorded over the country for the past two decades. Source-IANS...A Secret Dossier Predicts Major Changes At NHS, England
...o on pay and workforce strategy reveals that 37000 posts are in danger as the Government desperately seeks to lower the NHS wages bill with a 2.7 per cent cut in the workforce. NHS reveals that by 2011 there will be 3,200 more consultants than there are jobs. As a result of lack of jobs they will have to...One in Four Specialist Trainee Doctors 'Very Worried' About Future Job Prospects
...alarm,' they write. While concerns over consultant posts are not new, the rapid changes in healthcare provi...es that trainee numbers would match the numbers of posts available, they add. In a separate commentary, the Chief Medical Officer Professor Sir Liam Donal...Doctors to Be Exempted from Written Tests for Recruitment
...ecided that the government would advertise for the posts and directly call the applicants for interviews. The interviews would be held at the division level. The exemption from written examinations would be applicable only for doctors appointed on contract. The government had earlier appointed nearly ...Indian Doctors in Britain Lose Legal Battle
...e or two years. The doctors would need to find new posts after their term expired. But from April 3, 2006, it was made mandatory for employers to obtain work permits before employing these doctors after making a case to prove that no British or EU doctor could perform the same job. This rule effectivel...Indian Doctors Return Home from Britain, More on the Way
...re would be practically two shortlists for the NHS posts - one of British and EU citizens and another pile of Indian and other overseas doctors. "We will need to apply for a stay order only if the department of health (DoH) does not agree to hold the new rules in abeyance while awaiting the appeal. They ...UK Indian Doctors Obtain Injunction Against New Rule
...ly 30,000 doctors have applied for 22,000 training posts starting Aug 1, 2007, many of them of Indian origin. Hundreds of British doctors who applied have not been shortlisted. Many of them have started a campaign to protest, while others are actively considering migrating to Australia, Canada and the Unit...More Evidence of Racial Discrimination in the NHS
...ervice in huge numbers. They are the ones taking posts in unpopular specialties like A&E, geriatrics, psychiatry and O&G to keep the service running on the off chance that they would obtain a higher training post in open competition. The Royal Colleges pay mealy-mouthed service to the claim of fairness w...Medical Teachers Retirement Age Increased
...chers. The government also announced that vacant posts of medical teachers would be filled with re-employment of teachers who retired in 2006-07. The decision has been taken to save medical colleges in Punjab from disaffiliation from the Medical Council of India (MCI). In some medical colleges there ...Infections in UK Hospitals Drive British Patients to India
... key people are being lost from hospital infection posts and cleaning budgets are being cut". According to a survey by the website Treatment Abroad, dentistry is the most popular service with treatments such as crowns, dental implants, bridges and veneers leading the way. More than 20,000 Britons travel...Top UK Surgeon Who Loved Himalayas is Dead
...After a chequered career, he retired from official posts in 1976 and after a six months' teaching tour of Malaysia, retired to Chester. He continued visiting the Himalayas until he was 85, often to visit Tibetan refugee settlements. In 2003 he was delighted to receive researchers from the Namgyal Institu...Numerous Defense Personnel Granted Early Retirement Due to Mental Illness
...k of colonel and equivalent, creating or upgrading posts up to the rank of colonel and equivalent to hasten promotions, and the creation of the rank of time-scale colonel and equivalent for superseded officers. This apart, additional accommodation was being created for married officers and professional ...