Marathon Boy Budhia Singh Facing Cash Crunch
...ds earlier this year - is yet to receive any funds promised by sports bodies or individuals,// his coach said ...ch, told reporters here that of the Rs.100 million promised to the boy he has not received even a single rupee. Orissa doctors who examined Budhia had advise...Despite The Governments Vow Drug Death Rates On The Rise In UK
... It was reported that the government had in 1999 promised to reduce drug deaths by around 20% over the next five years. It has to be mentioned though that following the pledge the death rates did fall from 1,571 in 1999, to 1,255 in 2003, which was much sooner than the estimated target. But in 2004 the deat...Madras Medical College to have a Centre for preventive cardiology
... golden jubilee anniversary of the CTS department, promised Dayanidhi Maran, Union Minister for Information Technology and Communication. Increase in budgetary allocation for Tamil Nadu by the Centre, for largescale renovation, repair and upgradation of 40-50-year-old hospital buildings in the state, was ex...President Launches Madras University's 150th Year Celebrations
... Human Resource Development Minister Arjun Sing promised central government's support for a Rajiv Gandhi Chair for Contemporary Studies. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi said a Centre for Dravidian Movement studies will be established at the university. Kalam also inaugurated the Senate Hall, a b...Rae unveils Health-care Strategy
...roadcast to Canadians over several decades.” Rae promised to come up with new and inventive plans to cut hospital wait times.“We have to find innovation in the public system," he said. "We have to find more cost-effective ways of delivering service and we have to be more innovative in how we do it.” “Thos......ything.” Dr. Bernat did say that brain imaging promised to improve the diagnosis of unconscious states in certain patients, but that the prospect of imaging could also raise false hopes. The chances of an unresponsive, brain-damaged patient will eventually emerge depend on the type of injury suffered, ...Women Do Not Have Access To Free Mammograms
...r mammograms doe because of inaccessibility to the promised facilities, TVNZ reports.// Breast Cancer Aotearoa Coalition Deputy Chairwoman Claire Ryan said that only about 19 percent of the eligible women have taken the offer for free mammograms. Ryan said that she has anecdotal evidence that the increased ...South Africa To Make Available Two New Drugs To Fight The TB Outbreak
...ople in the country. The health officials have now promised that they would make available a drug by as early as next week to help fight the disease. The officials but also cautioned the public that there was no guarantee though that the drug would save lives, as they fear that it could prove itself to be ine...Government Failed to Prevent Rising Teen Pregnancies
...rtion rates - it's not." Although ministers have promised to halve teenage pregnancy rates by 2010, figures last month revealed that the number of under-18s conceiving in England has risen by nearly 12 per cent in ten years, to 39,545 in 2004. According to Professor Glasier there was now conclusive eviden...Red Cross and Red Crescent Go the Extra Mile to Fight HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa
... rates, prevalence rates. And though the world has promised many things to southern Africa, over many years, the problem has gone from bad to worse. And this problem cannot be solved by just sitting in coordination meetings and conference calls. You need to address in towns and villages, in communities, in fa...Test of Patience: Surgery Delayed is Surgery Denied?
...eating another." The conservative government has promised that it would strive to improve waiting times for patients, and this endeavor will occupy a place of prominence in their priority list.......present day scenario. The present government has promised parents who live in rural areas annual payments wh...for more children. The government has apparently promised to pay the equivalent of about 76 dollars (which tallies to about one- fifth of an average farmer's ...Breast Cancer Patients Sent to Australia for Treatment
...n and growing staff shortages. He said, "Labour promised five years ago that they would stop this from happening again. This crisis didn't occur overnight - it has been brewing for months and the Government has done nothing." While National supported cancer patients getting urgent treatment, he said tha...Massive expansion of Anti-AIDS programme in Southern Africa
...la said, "Western countries, which have previously promised money to help combat the disease, have sometimes f... at a summit in Gleneagles, Scotland, in July 2005 promised to offer universal access to treatment for AIDS patients in Africa till 2010. "We might have the h...Funds for mental patient safety pledged by government
...rsts that float around the wards of hospitals. The promised funds would in addition to safety measures provide support systems to patients if they require guidance and a forum to discuss or testify about stay incidents of sexual abuse or violence so that it many be resolved suitably. Numerous mental health ch...PM promises forward-looking IT, electronics policy soon
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday promised a "forward-looking" electronics and IT hardware manufacturing policy soon to help realise //late prime minister Rajiv Gandhi's dream of building a modern India. Inaugurating an industrial park set up here by Singapore-based Flextronics, Manmohan Sin...Crib deaths revisit Kolkata hospital, 22 infants die
...urses. After the 2002 deaths, the government had promised to revamp the hospital. But a new 110-bed building that was supposed to be ready has yet to start functioning. Cricketer Sourav Ganguly had donated Rs.7.2 million in 2003 to the hospital and it had received Rs.10.8 million two years ago by the gove...Risk-Taking Young Urged To Carry Condoms
... this campaign so far, although the government had promised to spend £50 million over three years. "It is vitally important that the government keep its promise to spend the additional £46 million over the remaining two years. "Even in a time of budgetary constraint, to cut back on a sexual health campaig...Let Us All Join Government To Ban Child Labour
...ctions under the act. The Labour Ministry has also promised to expand and strengthen its schemes and projects in all child labour endemic districts all over the country. Talking about this issue, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said: the Government would take ''firm action'' against the violators. ''I appeal ......aturday expressed concern over the fresh cases but promised to take all possible measures to eradicate the disease. She said the migrant population that arrives in Delhi every day to look for jobs could also be responsible for polio cases in the national capital. "In view of low nutrition level of childre...