Medical staff told to fight for rights
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- Medical staff told to fight for rights
- SF’s St. Luke’s Hospital faces big changes
- Late-stage premature babies face complications
- Standards Vary Wildly in UK Medical Education
- Standards Vary Wildly in UK Medical Education
- » Spaceship Builder Burt Rutan: Post-Surgery Medical Update
- Drug Companies’ ‘invisible Influence’ on Medical Education Exposed
Medical staff told to fight for rights
Hindu – Feb 23, 2008
P Vaidya Vidhana Parishad (APVVP) Directorate of Medical Education and ESI hospitals to fight against the Government’s alleged indifference to their problems and to be prepared for a Statewide strike if necessary. Addressing members of the APMEU at the Government General Hospital here on Friday Mr. Achamamba said the work load on medical employees had increased manifold without a corresponding increase in the workforce and there were several problems in addition to the one caused by non-filling of vacancies. If the situation continued like this the medical employees would strike work throughout the State the APMEU leader warned.
SF’s St. Luke’s Hospital faces big changes
San Francisco Chronicle – Feb 23, 2008
Luke’s announced last year that it would close the hospital as an acute care institution within a few years turning it into an outpatient hub. People suffering common acute illnesses such as heart attacks and pneumonia likely would be transferred elsewhere. Under such a scenario medical care would be reshaped in San Francisco. nly one full-service hospital would remain south of Market Street – the public San Francisco General – while 11 hospitals and possibly 12 would be north of Market. Many in the community and in City Hall were outraged at the news. “People will suffer” said the chief of cardiology Dr.
Late-stage premature babies face complications
Houston Chronicle – Feb 23, 2008
It found that infants born at 34- to 36-weeks are six times more likely to die in the first week of life and three times more likely to die in their first year than babies born full term. verall the number of deaths remained small: fewer than three for every 1000 late pre-term infants. More commonly these babies have medical issues that require extra attention and longer stays in the hospital. f those born at 34 weeks for instance as many as three-quarters can find their way to neonatal intensive care where intravenous tubes provide nutrition and breathing tubes keep oxygen flowing said Dr. William Engle a pediatrics professor at Indiana University School of Medicine. “Each week in the womb counts” he said urging doctors and parents to be “vigilant” in monitoring these newborns. Experts suggest several trends are responsible for the increase in late preterm births… didn’t have a choice when her third son Nathan was born at 34 weeks in mid-December. Both of his older brothers had been delivered early because of serious medical complications. This time physicians at the University of Illinois Medical Center scheduled a C-section six weeks early after struggling unsuccessfully to control Nalywajko’s soaring blood pressure. Though Nathan was a healthy 6 pounds at birth he couldn’t breathe on his own and had dangerously high blood pressure in blood vessels around his lungs. He spent three weeks in neonatal intensive care. “You think you know what to expect — and you’re wrong” said Nalywajko who said she wasn’t prepared for Nathan’s medical problems despite her earlier experiences. “You think my other kids they were K so let’s go ahead and do this.
Standards Vary Wildly in UK Medical Education
MedIndia – Feb 23, 2008
Medical graduates from xbridge and Newcastle universities performed better than average while those from Liverpool Dundee Belfast and Aberdeen universities did least well in an exam for aspiring specialist physicians in the UK. The General Medical Council which is responsible for setting standards has mooted introducing a national medical licensing exam such as exists in the US but medical schools have opposed the move on the grounds that there was no evidence it was needed. The latest research led by Prof Chris McManus at University College London shows clear differences in the performance of 5827 UK medical graduates from 19 different British universities reports the Guardian newspaper. Researchers assessed the performance of UK medical graduates from 19 British universities in the Membership of the Royal Colleges of Physicians (MRCP(UK)) exam.
Standards Vary Wildly in UK Medical Education
MedIndia – Feb 23, 2008
"Although the MRCP(UK) is a widely regarded exam that is carefully designed to assess a wide range of knowledge and skills required by a physician it is possible that some medical schools teach other important skills that this examination does not assess. " He said there was a real need for routine analysis of UK medical graduates’ performance both in postgraduate exams and in a national licensing exam. A spokeswoman for the GMC said medical schools should design curricula and assessment schemes following guidance set out in "Tomorrow’s Doctors". "We recognise the need to ensure that medical education meets the needs of a changing society and we are working with the government and key interest groups to confirm that it continues to be provided in an effective and relevant way.
» Spaceship Builder Burt Rutan: Post-Surgery Medical Update
LiveScience.com – Feb 23, 2008
write(htmlstr); Legendary aerospace designer Burt Rutan is back in high-gear after suffering months with an energy-draining heart ailment. In a February 22 email message to reporters Rutan reported that he underwent open-heart surgery earlier this month to take care of the problem: constrictive pericardium. Following his February 7 operation at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles Rutan said that he’s feeling better every day although complete recovery will take some three more months. In response to my email query regarding his medical status Rutan praised the UCLA doctors. “My problem is often missed since it is rare and it is not easily discerned on x-ray sonogram angiogram or even CAT Scan.
Drug Companies’ ‘invisible Influence’ on Medical Education Exposed
MedIndia – Feb 23, 2008
It is not unusual for drug companies to suggest speakers and topics related to their products Moynihan said. In the report he gives a detailed account of how leaked documents and emails from a variety of sources show drug company sponsors having input into the selection of some speakers at seminars held in recent years regardless of the fact that these have been assertively sold to general practitioners in brochures claiming that “all content is independent of industry influence. ” He adds that the drug industry’s representative body Medicines Australia has established that the practice of inviting input from sponsors into the selection of speakers is by no means exceptional while the view from the drug industry is that allowing sponsors to suggest speakers does not compromise the independence of medical education as the educational providers have ultimate control over who speaks. However Moynihan said that the investigation in Australia reveals several examples where sponsors’ suggestions were welcomed by the company providing supposedly independent education reports the British Medical Journal.
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