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Drug crisis looming as stocks dry up

newdelhinews.net     5 hrs ago   1 related          

30 Aug 2008, 0430 hrs IST, Sumati Yengkhon & Prithvijit Mitra,TNN KOLKATA: Even as the dharna at Singur entered its sixth day on Friday, city hospitals were faced with a shortage of medicines. With consignments stranded...                    

‘Poor’ quality of construction plagues children’s hospital

hindu.com     yesterday          

Leaking roof, fungal growth greet patients at the speciality centre Building was constructed by Infosys Foundation ‘Administration responsible for bad maintenance’ — Photo: Sudipto Mondal Bad shape: The leak in the roof...                    

Dialysis Patients Urged to Prepare for Gustav

redorbit.com     yesterday   4 related          

With Tropical Storm Gustav projected to hit the Gulf Coast as a hurricane next week, Fresenius Medical Care North America, operator of the nation's leading network of dialysis facilities, encourages all dialysis patients...                    

MMS Makes the Inc. 5000 List

earthtimes.org     yesterday          

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- MMS - A Medical Supply Company, one of the largest independent healthcare distributors, ranked 2218 on the 2008 Inc. 5000. This annual list ranks the fastest-growing private companies...                    

Technology That Could Change Health Care

forbes.com     Aug 28, 2008   1 related          

Advances in health care run the gamut from mind-boggling medicines to simple Web solutions that, if adopted, could slice huge slabs of fat from a bloated system. In Pictures: Seven Technologies That Could Change Health...                    

Medicare underestimated improper payments: report

reutershealth.com     Aug 26, 2008   11 related          

BANGALORE (Reuters) - Medicare officials had undervalued the amount of improper payments made for medical equipment in 2006 because it failed to review sufficient medical documents, according to a government report. The...                    

Trapped -- collective punishment in Gaza

amnestyusa.org     Aug 27, 2008   202 related          

"The Israeli siege has turned Gaza into a big prison. With Gaza locked down and cut off from the outside world by a stifling Israeli blockade, 46 peace activists from the world over set sail for Gaza on 22 August to, in...                    

Misonix Announces New Distribution Agreement for the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic...

yahoo.com     Aug 27, 2008   1 related          

FARMINGDALE, N.Y.----Misonix, Inc. , a developer of minimally invasive ultrasonic medical device technology, which in Europe is used for the ablation of cancer and worldwide for other acute health conditions, has entered...                    

ORBIS and Alcon Train China's Next Generation of Sight-Savers

redorbit.com     Aug 26, 2008   3 related          

NEW YORK, Aug. 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- ORBIS International's flagship Flying Eye Hospital has arrived in Harbin, China with its global team of volunteer eye care specialists and global Alliance for Sight partner,...                    

Statement Regarding a Potential Disruption in Global Isotope Supply Due to Shutdown of Dutch Reactor

marketwire.com     Aug 26, 2008          

OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Aug. 26, 2008) - On Friday, August 22, Atomic Energy of Canada Limited informed Natural Resources Minister Gary Lunn that a reactor in the Netherlands that makes isotopes has temporarily shut...                    

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