Nursing - News April 6, 2011

Health union vows pension battle (Andover Advertiser)
The Government has been warned it faces the threat of industrial action by health workers over pensions as hundreds of nurses, paramedics, cleaners, cooks and therapists staged a protest against the controversial NHS reforms.

'Dr. Dirt' Dick Crum breaks 9 ribs in fall while trimming tree (Indianapolis Star)
Jody and Dick "Dr. Dirt" Crum at the Marion County Fair Sneak Preview in July 2010.

Nemours, Holmes Regional in Melbourne sign pediatrics agreement (Floridatoday)
Nemours pediatricians will soon provide round-the-clock medical care for children hospitalized at Holmes Regional Medical Center in Melbourne.

New start in America turns into 8-year legal mess (KLAS-TV Las Vegas)
Mercy Victor had a blueprint for starting over. Shortly after her husband was killed in a motorcycle accident in India, she arrived in Chicago.

Zuma extols nursing virtues, blasts uncivil servants (Mail & Guardian)
Public servants are not doing any favours to South Africans as they are providing services citizens are entitled to, President Jacob Zuma said on Tuesday.

Safer CT scanning for kids developed (Newkerala)
Washington, Apr 5 : A thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy has revealed that researchers at the Queen Silvia Children''s Hospital have developed a method that allows the lowest possible dose of radiation for children having a CT scan while still obtaining good image quality.

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