Fears Of Radiation Leak Grip Region
- May
- 27
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Panic gripped many in the city Wednesday after rumors spread that a serious accident had happened at the Leningrad Nuclear Power Station (LAES) in Sosnovy Bor, a town 70 kilometers west of St. Petersburg.
The power station operates four Chernobyl-type reactors and has a history of minor accidents.
Hundreds of people stormed local pharmacies, emptying stocks of [...]
Ghanaian Nurses An Endangered Species
- May
- 27
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The Ghanaian nurse is like an endangered species bound for extinction.
Nurses in Ghana have so many ‘natural’ enemies to contend with and they do not seem to have the ability or the strength to fend these threats off.
Their numbers in the country is dwindling fast to the detriment of the overall health sector, and the [...]
Sex Slave Girl To Reveal All On Tv
- May
- 19
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SEX slave Elisabeth Fritzl is set to break her silence about her dungeon hell in an explosive television chat.
The interview will make the 42-year-old the first to tell all about her family’s underground prison ordeal.
It comes as it was revealed her evil father will have DNA tests to see if he is behind the unsolved [...]
Hospitals Coping Well After First Day Of Strike
- May
- 7
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Members of the Resident Doctors’ Association (RDA) are striking over a pay dispute with the country’s District Health Boards.
“Everything has gone reasonably well. The hospitals are still quite full of acute patients but everything has gone according to plan,” District Health Boards national co-ordinator of contingency planning Anne Aitcheson said.
Capital and Coast DHB spokesman Michael [...]
Man killed by lightning strike named
- April
- 20
Roger Francis McGill, 61, of Kaukapakapa, died from a direct hit in an electrical storm while riding in a hunt. His horse was also killed.
Five other riders were injured and taken to Dargaville Hospital before being transferred to Whangarei Hospital. They were not seriously injured.
His wife was not part of the riding party, but was [...]
Allergy death threats
- April
- 12
A paediatrician suggested it, because from five weeks Amelia was screaming in pain after breast feeding, projectile vomiting _ and once stopped breathing, slowly turning blue.
At the first attempt, Amelia refused to drink the milk and was irritable and screamed for a week.
The second time, Amelia drank about 20ml. Within minutes she screamed, vomited continuously [...]
Firefighter dies seven seriously injured
- April
- 6
In chaotic scenes, bloodied and blackened firefighters were dragged from the fire and lay on the ground as locals raced to help them.
The dead firefighter was last night named as senior duty officer Derek Lovell.
Late last night Waikato fire chief Roy Breeze paid tribute to the husband and father, who had been in the service [...]
Healthcare IT at a Crossroads
- March
- 14
Automation Angst
This infusion of cash and automation is heightening tensions around IT, though, and the strains are beginning to show:
In a handful of recent surveys, nurses say many benefits of technology are outweighed by clumsy user interfaces and time-draining sign-on procedures that are impractical in the crush of daily work.
Risk managers worry about the rush [...]
Healthcare IT at a Crossroads
- March
- 14
Automation Angst
This infusion of cash and automation is heightening tensions around IT, though, and the strains are beginning to show:
In a handful of recent surveys, nurses say many benefits of technology are outweighed by clumsy user interfaces and time-draining sign-on procedures that are impractical in the crush of daily work.
Risk managers worry about the rush [...]
Different strokes: Why the Diving Bell and the Butterfly has got it right
- February
- 8
What Bauby did, when he wrote the book on which it is based, was to bear witness. He tells the story of every person who has a stroke. And it is a terrifying experience. I can remember the fight to wake up. It felt like a battle with “the other”, with death. You look inside [...]
