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California desperately looks for more nurses and doctors

Much of California has exhausted its usual ability to staff intensive care beds, and the nation's most populated state is desperately searching for 3,000 temporary medical workers to meet demand

5 min read22 Dec 2020
Companies

IndiGo offers 25% discount on flight tickets to doctors, nurses

Discount will be offered while booking through IndiGo website, valid for sale and travel from 1 July, 2020 till 31 December, 2020

1 min read2 Jul 2020
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Priority for frontline staff, vulnerable in vaccination plan

Vulnerable groups have to be identified and prioritized for early vaccination, PM says

1 min read1 Jul 2020
Education

Indian nurses in UAE likely to lose jobs over new requirement

Over 200 Indian nurses have already lost their jobs, while several others have been demotedUAE has made a bachelor's degree in nursing as the minimum educational qualification for registered nurses

1 min read20 Oct 2019
News

₹20,000 minimum wage for nurses: What it means for corporate hospitals?

The number of nurses employed in a private hospital is 3-5 times more than the government hospital for the same number of bedsThe minimum wage order will increase the budget of private hospital, which is unlikely to be sustainable

3 min read13 Aug 2019
News

India facing shortage of 600,000 doctors, 2 million nurses: study

In India, 65% of health expenditure is out-of-pocket, and such expenditures push some 57 million people into poverty each year, says a CDDEP studyWorldwide, the irrational use of antibiotics and poor antimicrobial stewardship lead to treatment failure and propagate the spread of drug resistance, says the study

2 min read14 Apr 2019
Science

Pregnant women face physical, mental abuse during childbirth in govt hospitals: study

Over 94% of the deliveries in government hospitals were conducted by one staff nurse or ANMs supported by an unskilled birth attendant, the study says

1 min read11 Dec 2017
Politics

Indian nurses in Kuwait to be hired only via govt-run agencies

The government has restricted the recruitment of nurses through designated state-run agencies, pointing out that it was part of a move to make the process transparent

1 min read10 Apr 2017
Politics

UK turns to India to fill doctors, nurses vacancies

Staff shortages with a majority of NHS trusts across Britain forced to turn overseas to countries like India and the Philippines

2 min read29 Feb 2016
Politics

SC asks Centre to set up panel to look into nurses’ grievances

Centre to set up within 4 weeks a panel to look into grievances pertaining to service conditions of nurses employed with private hospitals and nursing homes

1 min read29 Jan 2016
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