Flashback - July 5, 2000-2002
Saipan Tribune Wed, 04 Jul 2012 07:00 AM PDT
Despite their overwhelming presence in the Northern Marianas, nonresidents continue to put too little pressure on public health facilities, with U.S. citizens accounting for the highest percentage of hospital visits in the period covering 1994 to 1999, a federally-funded investigation of the CNMI disclosed. |
2 male juveniles injured in Beach Road car collision
Saipan Tribune Wed, 04 Jul 2012 06:59 AM PDT
Two male juveniles were injured during a collision of two vehicles along Beach Road in Garapan Tuesday night. The two boys suffered minor lacerations and were taken to the Commonwealth Health Center. |
Hospital OT costs rising as nurse staffing decreases
Saipan Tribune Wed, 04 Jul 2012 06:59 AM PDT
Attrition in the ranks of nurses at the Commonwealth Health Center has resulted in the remaining nurses having to work longer hours, which in turn has resulted in an increase in overtime costs at the islands' lone public hospital. |
Human Rights panel wants probe into 'inhuman torture' on Pinki
rediff.com Wed, 04 Jul 2012 06:58 AM PDT
The West Bengal Human Rights Commission has directed the home, health and police departments to inquire into the alleged 'inhuman torture' on Asiad gold medalist Pinki Pramanik in police and jail custody and submit a report within two weeks. |
Health care reform: off our butts
Storm Lake Pilot-Tribune Wed, 04 Jul 2012 06:58 AM PDT
Is anyone else getting a little tired of the political truth-twisting surrounding the health care crisis? What's your poison - Obamacare? Romneynomics? KingKare... ChristieCare? Or are you thrilled... |
Mystery disease in Cambodia kills 61 children
Erie Times-News Wed, 04 Jul 2012 06:57 AM PDT
Health officials in Cambodia are searching for the cause of a disease that has killed more than 60 children. The Health Ministry and the World Health Organization said in a statement Wednesday that they are investigating the severe respiratory disease which also has neurological symptoms. |
Bayer's captive off to Capgemini
CIOL Wed, 04 Jul 2012 06:57 AM PDT
MUMBAI, INDIA: Capgemini and Bayer Business Services, recently signed a contract for the provision of IT services from India. Bayer Business Services is the global competence center for IT and business services of the Bayer group, a global enterprise with core competencies in the fields of health care, nutrition and high-tech materials, headquartered in Germany, as a press release adds. |
With CPR, two bystanders can be better than one
Reuters Wed, 04 Jul 2012 06:56 AM PDT
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - When someone suffers cardiac arrest in a public place, the odds of survival are better when more than one bystander comes to the rescue, a new study suggests. The American Heart Association (AHA) and other groups say that everyone should learn cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR. |
Superbug infections dropping across US, army finds
Reuters Wed, 04 Jul 2012 06:56 AM PDT
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Bloodstream infections caused by the MRSA superbug may be on the decline in communities across the U.S., according to a large study of military personnel. |
‘A historical piece of legislation’
The Daily Ardmoreite Wed, 04 Jul 2012 06:55 AM PDT
Mercy Health officials are calling the June 28, U.S. Supreme Court’s Obamacare ruling that upheld the Individual Mandate portion of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, “a historical piece of legislation designed to address pressing needs in the country’s health care system.†|
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