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School Children Put To Risk Due To Shortage Of Nurses

...thma are compelled to rely upon teachers and other staff members of the schools. In Tuolumne County, a si...istered or licensed nurses working in schools. The staff of schools cannot be relied upon in case of emergencies. The National Association of School Nurse...

Assaults On Hospital Staff On The Rise

...dge a complaint with the police. The healthcare staff will also have to be trained to deal with such incidents. A new legislation came into force in May 2005 which punishes those who assault emergency workers. This legislation covers health workers only when they are working under emergency situations. ...

UK Committee Warns on Food Shortages Due to Flu Epidemic

...ns to combat an epidemic should the need arise. As staff continue to take leave and supermarket deliveries are not made on time, the Committee felt that food shortages would hit the country badly. 'A flu pandemic looks likelier now than at any time since the 1960s,' said Lord Broers, chairman of the Commit...

Euthanasia To Be Permitted In Swiss Hospital

...ressed a persistent wish to die. However, hospital staff can choose whether or not they wish to attend the death. Senior doctors at Lausanne's hospital say the decision was taken after almost three years of consideration and reflects the position of the Swiss Medical Association and the National Committee ...

Surgeons being paid triple the amount to cut waiting lists

...for the consultants but also for the other theatre staff and the anaesthetist. But various other officials say that in order to meet the waiting list it has to increase the size employ more people rather than spending money on the existing consultants. Many surgeons also believe the funding should be inv...

Cheese Products Withdrawn From Sales Due To Food Poisoning Hazard

...could have been the source of contamination. The staff members have been sent home and the production of these products have been halted on a temporary basis. It is estimated that the company would face a financial loss approximating to ￡700,000 before the production can be resumed. <br...

Community hospitals inundated with Psychiatric care cases (12%)

...lth services. It also lacked enough well qualified staff to provide the services. As a result of increase pressure for more beds and staffs the clinicians discharge the patients before they are completely cured. Due to this there arises a necessity for the patients to be readmitted. There is an increas...

New Zealand Prepares Itself For Pandemic

...ne the infected people. The willingness of medical staff to serve in field hospitals is not under doubt. The question is deciding upon the equipment and training that is to be provided to them. The worst possible scenario will be about 1.6 million people in the country getting infected, with a casualty fig...

Refreshing Assam Tea Now At The Nearest Post Office

...cent will go to the retail outlet and given to the staff who interact with the customer and motivate them to buy Assam Tea," said SK Das, Chief Post Master General of the Assam Circle. Korangaini, a renowned tea brand in the region, will initially be made available at select post offices in northern Indi...

Chinese medicine leaflet broke advertising code

...were capable of being treated. Ever Well said its staff held medical degrees and were qualified in China. ...

Notice issued against health minister and four others

...ted that without the knowledge of the minister the staff could not have indulged in receiving huge amount of money for transfers. As an investigating officer his reports were very important in issuing the notice against the Health minister and four others from his office. Notices were also issued to t...

Productivity in New Zealand hit by Absenteeism through Health Reasons

...d staff. But the company did add that most insured staff were white collar workers. "At a time when retention of staff and making the most of their available time is increasingly important to industries coming to grips ...

Indian Hospital Recruits UK Based Doctors

...ian doctors were literally flooding the country to staff a severely under-manned NHS. Now India is trying to woo them all back as well as attract European-born staff." Roy said AMRI Hospital was prepared to pay for interested doctors to fly out to India and spend a few weeks working in the plush hospita...

Flu Shots Not Mandatory For Nurses

...s. The hospital had asked the 600-strong nursing staff to avail the flu shots as a "fitness for duty" mea...gs. He added that nearly 90 percent of the nursing staff had availed the vaccines. "Our whole purpose was to convince people this was the right thing to do,"...

Unfilled medical posts affect mental health adversely

...ental health services are facing the same critical staff shortages as the broader health sector in meeting ...o you end up chasing your tail." Mr Hay said the staff shortages were the result of fewer graduates and the difficulties in keeping experienced staff in re...

US Reportedly Experimenting on Nepali Soldiers

...of the poor were used as subjects," a Yale project staff said on condition of anonymity. "There's no plan for getting the vaccine to the (Nepali) population, despite clearly pitching the trial as an attempt to address this disease for Nepalis. It appears that the vaccine will be developed as a traveler’s v...

NHS faces mental health crisis; 'risky' patients sent home

...tt, a schizophrenic who died after a struggle with staff at an NHS hospital in Norwich. The inquiry called for systems to ensure the attendance of a senior doctor in case of an emergency within half an hour. But smaller private hospitals have arrangements that "could not possibly expect the attendance of...

Ambulance queue before hospitals with emergency patients

...s the risk of death in these patients.// Ambulance staff workers are seriously agitating against this issue...with emergency patients and sometime the ambulance staff take these patients to other hospitals to avoid life casualties. The trust has reassured that patien...

Rural Canadians travel far for specialists: study

...en need specific facilities, equipment and support staff to practice." The study also suggests that the scarcity of specialists is driving rural general practitioners to adapt in an effort to meet the need of their patients. Rural family doctors do not work the same way their urban counterparts do. T...

UK Facing Shortage of Radiotherapists Delaying Cancer Treatment

A British Medical Journal report says that staff shortages in radiotherapy units across the country are delaying vital treatment to cancer patients// and thus reducing their chances of surviving the condition. "Radiotherapy services in the UK are inferior to those in most developed countries and...

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