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Doctors Protests Continue Unabated

The Resident doctors of the B J Medical College (BJMC) raised a furore inside the college premises to register their protest against the termination and de-registration notices served on them that had ordered them to resume duties within 24 hours. // BJMC dean V L Yemul said...

Calcutta National Medical College Strike Continues Unabated

Kolkata: Friday night’s attack on 30 junior doctors by the relatives of a patient, who purportedly died due to medical apathy// , has instigated 200 junior doctors of the Calcutta National Medical College to strike work. The chief minister of Kolkata had sent out a request to the striking doctors to return to their work and ensure harmony in hospital campus, while also appeasing them...

Mumps Fever Spreads Unabated In US

Mumps is a viral infection and spreads by air borne transmission. Recently in US there are an increased number of mumps cases. // Statistics show that more than 1500 mumps cases were reported in Iowa (975 cases), Nebraska (139), Kansas (205), Illinois (110), Wisconsin (more than 18), Missouri (19), Indiana (unknown) and Okalahoma (unknown). About sixty-seven out of 99 counties have witnes...

Despite Collapse Of The Medicos Strike To Continue Unabated

Even as nearly 100 striking medicos here have collapsed due to fasting in the past three days, resident doctors Thursday said their fight against// reservation for backward classes would continue till the government rolls back its decision. "Ninety-four doctors have so far collapsed but fresh protestors have joined the hunger strike. Currently 35 of them are still sitting on protest,"...

Scotland’s drug problem continues unabated, UN repor

Scotland appears to be far from the goal of any reversal of the 'sick man' sobriquet. Now a UN report ranks Scotland very high in cases of drug abuse in all of Europe//. The statistics point at rank no 2 for Scotland in the amphetamine drug abuse category and a rank 3 in cocaine and ecstasy abuse. Ostensibly, there has been no progress in Scotland in tackling drug abuse. As per the dr...

FMD tests at abattoir

Tests for Foot and Mouth disease (FMD) were carried out at the abattoir where the 2001 outbreak started. Restrictions were lifted after the tests on pigs proved// negative at the Cheale Meats slaughterhouse, near Brentwood, Essex. In order to prevent the possible spread of FMD, the movement of the farm animals within a five-mile radius of the slaughterhouse had been restricted....