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Health Personnel
GLOVE GLITCH
Issue Date: Sep 15, 1996
Medical workers in the US have filed lawsuits in nearly 30 state and federal courts against the makers of latex gloves. They are claiming that the companies should be held accountable for the allergic reactions caused by the latex gloves the wearing of which had become an absolute precaution after the advent of AIDS. The Food and Drug Administration has known since 1991 that some people have developed allergic reactions to proteins in latex products and some of them have even died.
Wholesome
Issue Date: Jul 15, 1996
About 900 doctors from all over the country attended the
seventh National Holistic Health Conference which opened
here on June 17. The conference was held in Gyan Sarovar,
one of the country's most modern and aesthetically
designed complexes. Organised by the Brahma Kumari
World Spiritual University, which has its headquaters in
this city, the conference was part of the diamond jubilee
celebrations of the organisation. What the organisers here
offered was the amalgamation of known medical techniques with the techniques of Raj Yoga meditation.
Nursing trouble
Issue Date: Mar 15, 1996
Female nurses having irregular
working hours for more than six
years, are upto 70 per cent more
prone to heart attacks than their
male counterparts. This was
revealed by Ichiro Kawachi and his
colleagues at the Harvard Medical
School, USA. Researchers attribute
the hazards of this profession to the
stress-related hormones which are
released while nurses perform their
duties. Disruption of the body's
daily biological clock results in the
secretion of hormones which play
havoc with the heart.
Bihar's rural Nightingales
Issue Date: Sep 15, 1995
LISSOME Seeta Mahato, 21, married last year, is the healing and humane touch in down and out Hiramiya village, tucked away in the backward Samastipur district of Bihar. Lissome is a lady health worker (lhw). And her team has worked wonders. "In just 6 months, we reduced the spate of diarrhoea and malaria in the village," she says, smiling in understandable pride.
The tobacco battle
Issue Date: Sep 15, 1995
A GROUP of outraged medics belonging
to the American Medical Association
(AMA), are bellowing fire and brimstone
against villains in the tobacco industry.
AMA members came up with a scathing
editorial in the July 31 issue of their
publication, Jqurnal of the American
Medical Association (IAmA). It declares
that the American public "has been
duped by the tobacco industry" for
more than 30 years, and that there is an
urgent need for the removal of this scourge from the nation.
The editorial is followed by a series
of articles that conclude
that the tobacco industry's
Agenda: breast cancer
Issue Date: Sep 15, 1995
The Women's Environmental Network in Britain recently coordinated the launch of a National Breast Cancer Coalition, uniting breast cancer groups, health professionals, researchers, sufferers and survivors. Coalition members feel that the disease is, to a large extent, preventable, but has so far only figured on the agenda of some charities and individuals. They are now pushing for a National Action Plan against breast cancer to ensure prevention before cure.
Organ thieves, beware
Issue Date: May 15, 1995
The All-India Association for Voluntary Donations of Human Organs After Death has launched a campaign against illegal organ transplants, directed at nurses, clerks, ward boys and other paramedical personnel. A reward of Rs 11,000 awaits anyone providing information on such operations. Following a tip-off, representatives of the Association will verify the legality of an operation and, if necessary, arrange for a police raid to arrest the surgeons. The identity of the informant is kept a secret.
Barefoot doctors
Issue Date: Apr 30, 1995
FOR the poor villagers inhabiting the underdeveloped villages of central Bihar, an access to cheap and timely health care is a distant dream. However, for the last 2 years, in many villages of Arrah, Gaya, Patna and Nalanda, 60 young and committed health workers are working hard to transform this dream into a reality.
Stanching the bleeding heart
Issue Date: Jan 31, 1995
Heart surgeon K M Cherian has become the first doctor in India to perform heart surgery using a new technique known as trans-myocardial revascularisation (TMR). Performed previously only in the US, TMR reduces the recovery time for heart surgery and prevents an excessive loss of blood, obviating the need for blood transfusions.
BANGLADESH
Issue Date: Nov 30, 1994
A Bangladesh High Court order brought a doctors' strike to a grinding halt, In response to a writ petition filed by Mohiuddin Farooque, secretary general of the Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association, a mandatory injunction was issued on October 4, directing the 2-week strike to be discontinued immediately. The doctors were demanding the withdrawal of suspension orders, higher budget allocations for health education and services, and better jobs.
