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Orthopaedists On A Humanitarian Mission: Sustained Help For Developing Countries
"Flying into a developing country, operating on people for a few days or weeks and flying out again helps individual persons but has nothing to do with sustainable development work." Professor Martin Salzer, Vice-president of "Austrian Doctors for Disabled" -- the Austrian society for medical development assistance -- is convinced that "it makes even less sense to fly in people from such countries for difficult operations, as humanitarian the motive may be. That money can be invested more effectively." For the group of physicians and medically interested persons around Prof. Salzer it is a question of sustainability in the field of development cooperation, something to which they can contribute their medical experience. "After care for the disability or sickness, our concern is networked interdisciplinary and sustainable rehabilitation. We also hope to thereby make a contribution toward combating poverty" Prof. Salzer says in summing up the main concern of the organization.

$7.7B For H1N1 Included In House War-Spending Bill; India Says Developed Countries Can Do More To Prevent Spread
The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday narrowly passed a $106 billion war-funding bill, which "included 7.7 billion to help the nation prepare for an outbreak of the H1N1 virus, the so-called swine flu," the Washington Times reports (Rowland, Washington Times, 6/17). The spending bill will now move to the Senate for consideration (Pelofsky, Reuters, 6/16).
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Government Of Japan Provides $5.6 Million To Health Programmes In Sudan
The Government of Japan will sign a new agreement with UNICEF tomorrow, making available $5.6 million (÷¥ 533 million or SDG 13.5 million) in support of health programmes that will benefit up to 5 million people in the coming year.
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UC Irvine To Fire Nurse Who Questioned Unsafe Patient Care Practices

Registered nurses and hospital employees will hold a patient care vigil Tuesday night, at UC Irvine Medical Center (UCIMC), to protest the administration"s retaliatory actions against Ethel Mark, an RN who has worked in the hospital"s cardiac care unit for the last seven years as a model patient advocate. Ms. Mark was informed that she could expect to be terminated by the beginning of July. "Patient advocacy means speaking out on behalf of your patients, and being willing to expose and challenge management decisions that negatively impact patient care," said Jill Furillo, RN, Southern California Director of the California Nurses Association (CNA) which represents UC RNs. "Ethel Mark, RN had a legal and ethical obligation under the state"s Nursing Practice Act to challenge unsafe practices and she acted accordingly." Patient Advocacy Vigil When: Tuesday, June 30, 6:30pm-8:30pm Where: UC Irvine Medical Center (by shuttle stop) 101 The City Drive South - Orange, CA 92868 Ethel Mark and CNA"s Professional Practice Committee at UCI have been working to compel management to correct the following unsafe patient care practices. 1. Unsafe "floating": Ms. Mark has actively opposed UCI management"s decision to require nurses to work in the heart monitor unit (telemetry) who do not have the clinical expertise and orientation to work in the specialty unit as required by law. Despite ongoing concerns, UCI continues these unsafe staffing practices. 2. Lack of adequate break relief staffing. Patients have a right to safe and adequate staffing at all times under state law, including when their nurse is on break. Many RNs including Ms. Mark have consistently pushed for adequate break relief coverage, but UCI still refuses to provide it. RNs work 12-hour shifts and are entitled to 75 minutes of meal and break periods. 3. Malfunctioning narcotics pumps. Earlier this year Ms. Mark alerted management of several instances of faulty narcotics pumps. In fact, six months earlier UCIMC pulled one third of all of these pumps because they failed mechanical tests. As of now, the remaining malfunctioning pumps still have not been replaced or fixed. Following the Tuesday night vigil, CNA along with RNs from throughout the hospital, will represent Ethel Mark at her pre-termination (Skelly) hearing on Wednesday morning, July 1, to quash the retaliatory termination. California Nurses Association


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