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UK- Deaths of mentally ill detainees preventable #Prison #healthcare

Death of mentally ill detainees ‘avoidable’ – human rights experts Published time: February 23, 2015 13:09 (Reuters / Paul Hackett) Tags Crisis, Europe, Health, Human rights, Politics, UK Over 600 deaths in psychiatric wards, prisons and police cells were preventable and were caused by repeated… Continue Reading →

Food insecurity and statistical fog

Food insecurity and statistical fog JEAN DRÈZE The implementation of the National Food Security Act is mired in apathy and confusion. A grave injustice is being done to millions of people who live on the margin of subsistence. It is… Continue Reading →

#Goodnews – 15 doctors suspended for taking undue favours from pharma companies

HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times, Indore | Updated: Feb 24, 2015 12:30 IST The Medical Council of India has suspended 15 neurologist from Madhya Pradesh, eight of whom are from Indore, from practicing for a period of six months for violating rules… Continue Reading →

Maharashtra – Aspiring doctors to be taught #ethics, communication skills

Yogita Rao,TNN | Feb 25, 2015, MUMBAI: Aspiring doctors in the state will now be taught bio-ethics and communication skills in the classroom. In a first, the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS), which governs all medical colleges in the state, will… Continue Reading →

Land War – Opposition , Farmers Vs Government, Corporates

LAND WAR! OPPOSITION, FARMERS VS GOVT, CORPORATES THE CITIZEN BUREAU Farmers agitating against the acquisition of land in Uttar Pradesh NEW DELHI: The government has been pushed into the dock by the farmers of India. And an angry and hostile Opposition… Continue Reading →

#India – Doctors with conscience speak out #medicalethics #healthcare

Rema Nagarajan,TNN | Feb 22, 2015, 06.24 AM IST Corporate hospitals only want doctors who can help them earn more money.   NEW DELHI: In order to benefit the hospital and meet its commercial needs, one has to do things like keeping… Continue Reading →

Aruna Roy – No govt seen as anti-poor can stay in power for long in India

February 22, 2015, 5:33 AM IST Manoj Mitta in Legal airs |  India  | TOI Having played a key role in bringing about RTI and NREGA, Magsaysay awardee Aruna Roy has been battling attempts by the Modi regime to dilute these laws. Reviewing its eight months, she tells TOI that the… Continue Reading →

Endosulfan – The spray of death #healthcare

Many parts of the world have fallen prey to this pesticide, that has affected a lot of humans, animals and the environment. The Supreme Court of India had passed an interim order on May 13, 2011, as a major number… Continue Reading →

National Campaign for ‘Nuclear-Free India’ – Fight for Our Nature and Future

S.P.Udayakumar Fight for Our Nature and Future National Campaign for ‘Nuclear-Free India’ Train Yatra from Kanyakumari to Dibrugarh, Assam, February 2015 Let us make it very clear at the outset that we are for the development of the country and… Continue Reading →

#RohtakGangRape Reveals the Attitudinal Differences Disabled Face in India #Vaw

Guest Post by RUPANDE MEHTA By now it is all beginning to sound very familiar: A woman gang raped, her vital organs missing, stones and blades found in her stomach, other objects found in her anus and vagina and the… Continue Reading →

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