Preben von Magnus

Preben Christian Alexander von Magnus (25 February 1912 – 9 August 1973) was a Danish virologist who is known for his research on influenza, polio vaccination and monkeypox. He gave his name to the Von Magnus phenomenon.
In the 1950s, together with his wife the virologist Herdis von Magnus, he directed the first Danish vaccination programme against polio. In 1958, he was the first to confirm the identity of the monkeypox virus and to describe monkeypox in laboratory crab-eating Macaques during two outbreaks of the disease in the summer and autumn of that year. In 1959 he was appointed director of the Statens Serum Institut.
He represented Denmark at the 1959 Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs where he explained that respiratory viruses such as influenza and the common cold were unsuitable as biological weapons. He became a Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog in 1965.
Early life.
Preben von Magnus was born in Copenhagen on 25 February 1912 to the Livonian landowner Constantin Woldemar von Magnus and physician Rigmor von Magnus (née Herbst). He graduated from the Gammel Hellerup Gymnasium in 1931 and became a graduate of law and a Candidate of Medicine from the University of Copenhagen in 1939.
Career.
Following his junior hospital posts in 1943, he worked at the Statens Serum Institut, and in 1944 published, with his wife Herdis von Magnus, the initial study that led to the discovery of what today is known as the Von Magnus phenomenon.
Von Magnus became Doctor of Medical Science in 1952, after defending his doctoral dissertation "Propagation of the PR8 strain of influenza A virus in chick embryos". He was director of the Danish Influenza Centre and in 1959 was appointed director of the Statens Serum Institut. In 1951, he was a member of the UNRRA aid to South Korean civilians. He served on the Danish hospital ship MS "Jutlandia" and he became a member of the Advisory Panel on Virus Disease of the World Health Organization. In addition, in 1960, he became an advisor to the Danish National Health Service on bacteriology and serology. In 1965, he was appointed to the Danish Science Advisory Council, where he served as its vice-chairman and chairman. Three years later he became a member and co-founder of the Danish Royal Scientific Society.
Von Magnus phenomenon.
Despite the inability to isolate them, von Magnus discovered defective interfering particles (DIPs) using the "influenza virus system". He called them "incomplete" or "immature". He found that when viruses were expanded at high doses, "incomplete viruses" or "particles" were produced and that these interfered with viral replication. This resulted in a reduction in the infectivity of influenza. The physiological interaction between DIPs and the host, and the effect of DIPs on the replication of infectious standard virus, have since been studied.
Danish polio vaccination programme.
Following Jonas Salk's discovery of a polio vaccine in the early 1950s, the United States State Department sent details of polio vaccine manufacturing to those that requested it, with the permission of President Eisenhower. Von Magnus and his wife Herdis were not only Salk's lifelong friends, but were also appointed by the Danish government to direct the vaccination of all 7 to 12 year olds.
The Statens Serum Institut produced its own modified polio vaccine using techniques based on what the von Magnus's had learnt in the spring of 1953, when they accepted an invitation to visit Salk's laboratory. Due to the limited supply of inactivated virus, the Danish institute administered the vaccine subcutaneously, requiring smaller doses.
Monkeypox.
Naturally occurring pox infections in non-human primates were first reported by Rijk Gispen in 1949. Due to the similar clinical appearances, some of these cases may have been due to monkeypox rather than smallpox.
In 1958, von Magnus was the first to confirm the identity of the monkeypox virus and to describe monkeypox in laboratory crab-eating Macaques during two outbreaks of the disease in the summer and autumn of that year. A little more than thirty cases of monkeys with monkeypox were reported, more than fifty days after their arrival by ship from Singapore. There were no deaths and no monkey-to-human transmission. Not all the exposed monkeys exhibited the illness. He isolated the virus from monkey kidney tissue cell culture and from the chorioallantoic membrane of chick embryos. The characteristic appearance of the virus led von Magnus to elucidate that it belonged to the smallpox-vaccinia group of Poxviridae.
In 1968, the WHO reported that it was not infrequent to observe outbreaks of suspected smallpox and monkeypox in laboratory monkeys at more than twenty-five biological institutions around the world and that further research was warranted to assess susceptibity in humans. It was not until 1970, more than ten years after von Magnus identified the virus, that monkeypox was first identified in humans.
Honours and awards.
In 1959, von Magnus represented Denmark at the 1959 Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, where he explained that respiratory viruses such as influenza and the common cold were unsuitable as biological weapons as they rarely produced severe effects and were already common among human populations, resulting in some level of immunity. He warned however, that such viruses were stable and easily cultured and therefore the emergence of a new virus with a more serious impact, through mutation or deliberate cultivation, could not be ruled out.
He was a member of the Akademiet for de Tekniske Videnskaber from 1960, of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters from 1968, and became Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog in 1965. He received a Doctor honoris causa from Glasgow University in 1971.
Death.
Von Magnus died on 9 August 1973. At the time, his wife was in a senior position in epidemiology at the Statens Serum Instut. They had two children.


H. Rodney Withers

H. (Hubert) Rodney Withers (September 21, 1932 – February 25, 2015) was an Australian radiation biologist and physician. He made many contributions to the fields of radiobiology and clinical radiation therapy, but he is best known for his work on post-radiation tissue repair and the effects of ionizing radiation on normal tissues.
Withers was born in Queensland, Australia. He received his medical degree from the University of Queensland and his PhD and DSc from the University of London. He worked at the Gray Laboratory in England, the National Cancer Institute, the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, the Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, and at UCLA where he served as Professor and Chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology.
Awards and honors.
Withers received numerous awards and honors for his research including:


Michael Henderson (doctor)

Michael Henderson (born 1937) is a physician who has made contributions to motor vehicle safety. After moving from the UK to Australia, Henderson headed the new Traffic Accident Research Unit in the Department of Motor Transport in New South Wales. He wrote an early book on safety in motor racing and was involved in the design of a Pininfarina racing car built with the intent of increasing safety.
Biography.
Henderson was born in 1937 in Woking, UK and graduated from Cambridge and St Thomas' Hospital. Henderson's career in safety began with his work in aviation research with the Royal Air Force. In 1968 he released a seminal book, "Safety in Motor Racing". Henderson's book was influenced by his race medical experience and his accumulation of racing statistics. In 1969, Henderson was part of a team of experts that worked with Pininfarina and "Automobil Revue" to design a safe racing car known as the Sigma Grand Prix. Tony Davis of Drive.com.au said that the Sigma "was almost certainly the first racing car to take safety seriously."
By 1970, he had moved to Australia and became head of the newly formed Traffic Accident Research Unit of the Department of Motor Transport of the NSW government. He became interested in the application of compulsory seat belt laws. He contrasted the acceptance of such laws by Australian citizens with the resistance encountered to such laws in the U.S. and Europe. Henderson pointed out that seat belt use sometimes created a paradox: a driver using a seat belt might indicate that he or she was not a confident driver, while a passenger might offend a driver by putting on a seatbelt.
While at the research unit during the 1970s he led a modern scientific approach to (road) motor vehicle safety, with sections of the unit covering human factors, statistical data analysis, engineering research, and traffic engineering. He was instrumental in introducing enforced fitment and use of seatbelts in Australia, improvements in child restraints and motorcycle helmets, introduction of helmets for bicycle riders, and steps which helped change the attitudes of the public to drink driving, so that there was a reduction, particularly in NSW, in trauma and death, and which began a continuous reduction which continued for decades in NSW.
In the mid-1990s, Henderson authored a large study of child restraint system performance in actual car crashes. He also wrote a 1995 review of head injury prevention with bicycle helmets. His later career moved back toward an emphasis on safety in motor racing, so that in 2004 he was awarded Life Membership of the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport. In 2007 he became the inaugural Chairman of the newly formed Australian Institute for Motor Sport Safety, and is now on the Board, and is Chairman of their Research Advisory Group.
Henderson was made a Fellow of the FIA Institute for Motor Sport Safety. He is a Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine (AAAM), and a member of the Australian Trauma Society and the Society of Automotive Engineers.
Even though there have been changes in the way it is administered, the essentials of the approach to road vehicle safety initiated by Henderson are now incorporated in the Centre for Road Safety of the Roads and Maritime Services of the NSW Government, and which includes an expansion of the testing laboratory of the Engineering Research Section originally at Rosebery, New South Wales, now in Huntingwood (now called Crashlab) which conducts full-scale vehicle crash testing, and testing of helmets, adult and child and baby restraints, and safety work harnesses.


Bob Lindner

Bob Lindner (born 10 November 1962) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s, and coached in the 1990s. An Australia national and Queensland State of Origin representative forward, he is one of a handful of players to be named man-of-the-match in State of Origin football more than once. Fifteen years after his retirement from football in Australia, he had made the most appearances and scored the most tries of any forward in State of Origin history.
Brisbane Rugby League.
Lindner went to Iona College, Brisbane. Lindner played for South Brisbane Magpies in the Brisbane Rugby League from 1983 to 1984, playing in South's losing 1984 Grand Final team alongside Mal Meninga, Gary Belcher and Peter Jackson. In 1985 he signed with the team who had defeated Souths in the 1984 Grand Final, the Wynnum-Manly Seagulls, where he played alongside Queensland and Australia captain Wally Lewis, Gene Miles, Greg Dowling and Colin Scott. The 1985 BRL Grand Final saw Souths Magpies defeat Wynnum-Manly 10-8.
Lindner won his only BRL premiership in 1986 as the Seagulls defeated Past Brothers 14-6 in the Grand Final at Lang Park.
New South Wales rugby league.
Following his successful Kangaroo tour, Lindner signed with reigning NSWRL premiers, the Parramatta Eels as a much-anticipated replacement for club captain Ray Price, who had retired following the Eels 1986 Grand Final win over Canterbury-Bankstown.
Lindner played in Queensland's 2–1 1987 State of Origin series win and retained his place at in the Australian test team for the one off test against New Zealand at Lang Park which saw the Kiwis cause an upset with a 13–7 win, snapping Australia's 9 game winning streak. At the end of the 1987 NSWRL season, Lindner played a short stint with English club side Castleford for part of the 1987–88 Rugby Football League season. He scored a try in Castleford's 12–12 draw with Bradford Northern in the 1987 Yorkshire Cup Final at Headingley in Leeds on Saturday 17 October 1987, but he did not play in the 11–2 defeat by Bradford in the final's replay at Elland Road in Leeds two weeks later.
Back in Australia in 1988 following his stint at Wheldon Road (Castleford's home ground), Lindner played in Queensland's 3–0 Origin series sweep of New South Wales before being selected for all three Ashes series tests against the touring Great Britain side. The Australian's defeated the Lions 2–1 to retain The Ashes that they had not lost since 1970.
After 28 games over two seasons for the Eels in which they failed to play finals football, Lindner signed with newly created expansion team, the Gold Coast Giants for the 1989 NSWRL season.
A broken leg suffered in Game 2 of the 1989 State of Origin series at the Sydney Football Stadium saw Lindner ruled out of the Australian teams mid-season tour of New Zealand.
Following his year on the Gold Coast, Lindner signed with Sydney team Western Suburbs for the 1990 NSWRL season. He was named man-of-the-match in the Game III of the 1990 State of Origin series, and at the end of the season was selected to his second Kangaroo Tour. His performances for the 1990 Kangaroos saw him named the player of the tour. Lindner suffered another broken leg in early 1991 but made a strong recovery before breaking the leg again playing in the first test of the 1991 Trans-Tasman series against New Zealand in Melbourne.
1992 saw him named man-of-the-match in the second game of the State of Origin series and during the 1992 Great Britain Lions tour, he helped Australia retain The Ashes, pushing his Test tally to 19, before playing in the 1992 Rugby League World Cup Final win over Great Britain at the Wembley Stadium in London.
Wests' salary cap problems saw him join his fourth NSWRL club, the Illawarra Steelers, in 1993, but after playing for Australia in the mid-season test series against New Zealand, and for Queensland in the Origin series (including a try-scoring performance in the Maroons' 24-12 game 3 win, his last game for his state), he announced his intention to leave Australia and play abroad. Lindner's player agent, the Sydney businessman Michael Saad, received many offers and the 24-Test veteran subsequently announced that he had signed for Oldham.
During the 1993–94 Rugby Football League season, Lindner took over as captain-coach of Oldham following the departure of fellow Australian forward, Peter Tunks and successfully averted the team's relegation to Second Division.
Post-playing career.
Lindner then returned to Australia and linked with the short-lived South Queensland Crushers where he was originally recruited as a player but retired in order to replace Bill Gardner as club coach in 1995–96. He stood down as coach in 1997, the Crushers' final year in the Australian Rugby League premiership.
In 2000, Lindner was awarded the Australian Sports Medal for his contribution to Australia's international standing in rugby league. In June 2008, he was chosen in the Queensland Rugby League's Team of the Century at lock-forward.
In 2009, Lindner was a member of the National Rugby League's judiciary panel.
He has also been a qualified Optometrist since 1985. Lindner's university exams actually fell during both his début State of Origin series in 1984, and again in 1985, causing him to have to miss team bonding sessions so he could study.


Victoria General Hospital (Winnipeg)

Victoria General Hospital is a general hospital in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada founded in 1911. Originally it was located at 424 River Ave. in Osborne Village. Construction tenders were issued in July 1968 for a 7-storey, 250-bed facility. In January 1971 it moved to its present location, 2340 Pembina Hwy., in Fort Richmond beside the University of Manitoba.
Today, it is a community hospital with 231 beds and employs more than 1,200 people.


Tariq Saeed Mufti

Tariq Saeed Mufti, born on , is a surgeon and a medical educationist who resides in Peshawar, Pakistan.
Career.
He had his initial schooling from a government high school in Peshawar and his premedical schooling from Edwards College, Peshawar. After qualifying his MBBS from Khyber Medical College in Peshawar, he proceeded to UK for training in general surgery and was awarded 'fellowship' from Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in February 1979.
After returning to his native country, he continued his career at Ayub Medical College in Abbottabad, where he acceded to become a professor of surgery for seventeen years and held the chair of the department for eight years. During his service at this institution, he remained Chief Executive of the Ayub Teaching Institution for two tenures and held the position of Principal and Dean of Ayub Medical College until he retired from the institution. Then, he was assigned as the Principal of KUST Institute of Medical Sciences in Kohat. He successfully developed the institution to get its recognition by the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) and Ministry of Health in a short time. He then joined Rehman Medical Institute at Peshawar as the head of department of Surgery and Project Director for developing a new school of medicine by the name of Rehman Medical College. The institute has been approved by Ministry of Health, Government of Pakistan and is affiliated with Khyber Medical University. Prof. Tariq Mufti has been appointed as pioneer Principal of Rehman Medical College. Prof. Tariq Mufti also served as Dean for undergraduates at Khyber Medical University and for postgraduates at College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan (CPSP).
Prof. Tariq Mufti has also pioneered two research medical journals. He was a founding member of Journal of Ayub Medical College (JAMC) where he remained its chief editor for nearly ten years. The journal got its place on many of the world forums including getting indexed by Index Medicus and MEDLARS. It is one of the only four journals of the country to be accorded this status. He also founded KUST Medical Journal (KMJ) that got its place online as open access peer reviewed journal. The journal was awarded recognition by many of the relevant international forums right after its first issue publication. He serves as member editorial board in a few of the research medical journals of Pakistan including Pakistan Journal of Surgery and JSP.


National University Cancer Institute, Singapore


Region of Waterloo Paramedic Service

Region of Waterloo Paramedic Services is an emergency medical service provider for the Regional Municipality of Waterloo. The service provides both Advanced and Primary Care level Paramedic Services to Waterloo, Ontario, Cambridge, Ontario and Kitchener, Ontario and the Townships of Wilmot, Woolwich, Wellesley and North Dumfries.
Staff.
Region of Waterloo Paramedic Services employs 208 Primary and Advanced Care Paramedics and Support Staff.
Operations.
RWPS operates from 11 stations within the Region and serves the population (approximately 535,000). RWPS also provides service to neighbouring areas (such as Oxford, Perth, Wellington and Brant Counties) when ambulances in those municipalities are not available to respond.
See also.
Paramedicine in Canada
Emergency Services in Waterloo Region


Mittal Champions Trust

Mittal Champions Trust (2005 to 2014) was a trust which supported Indian athletes with world-beating potential. It was funded by Lakshmi Mittal and was initiated by his son-in-law Amit Bhatia.
It was founded on 9 November 2005 by Mahesh Bhupathi. The first beneficiary was Joshna Chinappa, India's best squash player. The trust was formed due to Mittal being disappointed by the dismal performance by Indians, who won just one bronze medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics, another bronze in the 2000 Summer Olympics and a silver medal in the 2004 Summer Olympics. The initial funding is $9 million. The trust developed Indian athletes for the 2012 Olympics in London.
The sports focused on were Squash, Badminton, Archery, Boxing, Shooting sports, Swimming and Heptathlon. The foundation did not support cricket.
Players supported.
Mittal Champions Trust has 40 athletes as of now. They had supported Abhinav Bindra when he had problem in importing ammunition.
The trust supported Abhinav with 50 lacs. MCT also plans to develop training facilities in the country.
Boxing
Shooting
Swimming
Wrestling
Archery
Squash
Athletics
Sailing
Awards.
L N Mittal announced a 1.5 crore cash award for Abhinav Bindra for winning the gold medal in Olympics.


Thomas Borody

Professor Thomas J Borody is a prominent Australian gastroenterologist, well known for developing 'Triple Therapy' for "Helicobacter pylori" and pioneering the novel therapy called fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT). Based in Sydney, he is recognized for his innovative clinical work and research into complex gastrointestinal disorders and infective disorders.
Life.
Thomas Borody was born in Krakow, Poland and migrated to Australia with his family in 1960. He completed both his BSc(Med) and later MB BS degrees at the University of New South Wales, graduating in 1974. He studied Tropical Medicine at Sydney University and later gained practical experience in the Solomon Islands in 1978 in general parasitology and the treatment of malaria, tuberculosis and leprosy before working at St Vincent's Hospital. He undertook postgraduate research at Sydney's Garvan Institute of Medical Research, culminating in his MD, then at the renowned Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. After further research on return to Sydney, he was awarded his PhD and then Doctorate in Science.
In 1984, Professor Borody founded the Centre for Digestive Diseases (CDD) in Five Dock, NSW, a private day procedure hospital specialising in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases and disorders of the digestive system, with a focus on infective diseases and novel and innovative treatment solutions.
Triple therapy for "H. pylori" infection.
Although the Centre is a leader in the research of various gastrointestinal disorders, Borody is perhaps most recognised for his ground-breaking Triple Therapy cure for peptic ulcers in 1987. At that time, the consensus among the medical establishment for decades had been that no bacteria could survive in the acid milieu of the stomach. But in 1979, two Australians, Robin Warren and Barry Marshall, described then cultured spiral bacteria from the stomach of patients with gastritis, or duodenal or gastric ulcers, and proposed that the bacterium "H. pylori" was the cause of stomach ulcers. Marshall then deliberately ingested the bacterium, cultured from an infected patient, as part of a successful and widely reported experiment to prove Koch's postulates for gastritis. He subsequently developed gastritis and related symptoms, unequivocally proving "H. pylori" as the causative agent. In 2005, they were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discovery of the bacterium "H. pylori" and its role in gastritis and peptic ulcer disease.
However, there was still no effective cure for ulcers, which were responsible for substantial morbidity and mortality in the community. Given that infection caused stomach ulcers, Borody reasoned that a treatment could be developed to cure the infection. After trialling approximately 36 different combinations, he and his colleagues developed a triple "cocktail" of drugs - bismuth, tetracycline, and metronidazole - to treat and eliminate stomach ulcers in 1984. In a recent publication, the impact that triple therapy had on peptic ulcer disease in Australia was reported to have prevented over 18,000 premature deaths and the invention was estimated to have saved the Australian healthcare system in excess of $10 billion dollars in medical care and surgical costs.
Fecal microbiota transplantation.
Prof Borody is a world-renowned leader in the therapeutic manipulation of the microbiota, having performed his first FMT in 1988. Since then, Borody has overseen over 30,000 FMT procedures, and has garnered a wealth of proprietary clinical data and insights. However, it was only during the epidemic of Clostridioides difficile infection that occurred in North America and Europe in the early 2000s that FMT rose to prominence as a therapy, quickly gaining recognition as a highly effective means of eradicating CDI curing the infection. In this particularly difficult-to-treat patient population, FMT was associated with a cumulative success rate of ~90% in randomized clinical trials.
Following the global success of FMT in CDI, its use has expanded to include other indications in which the gastrointestinal microbiome has been implicated, including Inflammatory Bowel Disease, constipation, irritable bowel syndrome, Alzheimer’s disease, multiple sclerosis, autism, and Parkinson’s disease, with promising preliminary results observed. In May of 1988, Prof Borody treated the first patient with ulcerative colitis using FMT, which resulted in durable clinical and histological cure over 23 years later.
Inflammatory disease and infection.
In addition to FMT, Dr. Borody has developed a number of novel therapies in the field of gastroenterology, with more than 180 patent applications in areas such as treatment of H. pylori, Crohn’s disease, bowel lavage, parasite infestation, IBS and FMT, asthma and Coronavirus therapy.
Publications.
He has authored over 300 publications and regularly presents novel and innovative findings at leading Gastroenterology conferences. His knowledge and expertise is sought after by clinicians from around the world, and he is a reviewer for a number of leading medical journals, including:
Biopharma founder.
He is also a founder and scientific advisor to a number of biopharma companies.


Richie Partridge

Richard Joseph "Richie" Partridge (born 12 September 1980) is an Irish retired footballer who played as a midfielder. Active in senior football between 2000 and 2013, he was capped at Under 17, 18 and Under 21 level by the Irish national team, called up by the senior national team in 2002, and played for nine English clubs before finishing his career in the Welsh Premier League. He is currently a Physiotherapist for Liverpool's first team.
Football career.
Club career.
Liverpool.
Born in Dublin, Partridge started playing football as a trainee with Liverpool on 1 August 2000. He suffered many injuries during his spell at Liverpool and failed to make a Premier League appearance. However, he played in three League Cup ties for Liverpool, the first being an 8–0 demolition of Stoke City in November 2000. In his third and final League Cup appearance for Liverpool he came on as a substitute and scored a penalty in the shootout as Liverpool defeated Tottenham Hotspur.
On 20 March 2001, he was loaned to Bristol Rovers where he made six appearances and scored a goal against Wrexham. The loan deal lasted until 7 May.
While at Anfield, Partridge spent an entire season, from 27 September 2002 to 1 April 2003, on loan at Coventry City and was voted fans player of the season 2003–04. Partridge was released by Liverpool at the back of the 2004–05 season.
Sheffield Wednesday.
Partridge signed for Sheffield Wednesday on a free transfer on 29 July 2005. However, on 4 May 2006, it was announced that, after failing to hit a consistent run of form, his contract would not be renewed upon expiry at the end of the season. He scored once for Wednesday, in a League Cup tie with Stockport County.
Rotherham United.
He subsequently joined Rotherham on 30 June 2006 and played 36 times for the Millers in 2006–07. He was released at the end of the season.
Chester City.
He subsequently signed for Chester on 21 June 2007 making his competitive club debut in a 0–0 draw with Chesterfield on 11 August 2007, with his first goal coming against Crewe Alexandra in the Football League Trophy the following month. In the following weeks he enhanced his reputation as a lively winger with an eye for goal, most notably after scoring two very well taken goals in Chester's 2–1 win at Stockport County on 20 October. However, he managed just two more goals during the rest of the season and struggled to establish a first–team starting place in the 2008–09 season, as Chester were relegated from The Football League.
Milton Keynes Dons.
On 21 July 2009, Partridge joined Milton Keynes Dons on a one-year contract. Partridge then joined Kettering Town on loan alongside fellow MK Dons player Sol Davis on 26 November 2009. He scored his only goal for Kettering in a match against Luton Town and went on to make a total of 4 appearances for the club while on his loan spell.
Stockport County.
On 18 January 2010 MK Dons announced that Partridge had been released and was to join Stockport County for the remaining six months of the season alongside fellow released player Danny Swailes. All four MK Dons players who had joined on 18 January, plus David Perkins who had joined from Colchester United on loan started the match on 19 January against Swindon Town. On 31 August 2010 it was announced by Stockport that an agreement had been made regarding early settlement of player's contract and as a result he had left the club.
The New Saints.
In September 2010, Partridge joined Welsh Premier League side The New Saints. In his first six Welsh Premiership matches, he scored six times including a hat-trick on 10 October 2010 against Aberystwyth Town. After his impressive start to the season he was awarded the Welsh Premier's player of the month award for October 2010. In March 2011 he signed a contract extension keeping him with the club until June 2012. In August 2011 it was announced that he had been forced to retire after failing to recover from a persistent knee injury.
Airbus UK Broughton.
In November 2012, Partridge came out of retirement and joined Welsh Premier League side Airbus. He made 15 appearances for the club - 10 as a substitute, scoring one goal.
International career.
Partridge is a former Republic of Ireland Under-18 international where he was a member of the team that won the European Under 18 Football Championship in 1998 beating Germany 4–3 on penalties in the final in Cyprus. He scored for the side in the first group match against Croatia in a 5–2 win, and played in the third match and the final.
He was also capped as an Under-21 international. He was called up to the senior Irish international team in November 2002 whilst at Coventry City for a friendly match versus Greece but did not play.
Physiotherapy career.
He studied at the University of Salford for a degree in Physiotherapy and graduated in 2009 with a first class degree. Following the completion of his Physiotherapy degree, he became a director at a physiotherapy clinic in Chester He then studied for a 2-year part-time master's degree in Football Rehabilitation at Edge Hill University which he completed with a distinction.
Having been previously a member of physiotherapy staff for Liverpool F.C Academy where he oversaw the medical department from Under-9 to Under-16 level he then held a physiotherapist role for the club's Under 21 team, before in the summer of 2016 he moved to a similar post supporting the first team.
In January 2020 it was announced Partridge would be leaving Liverpool to take on a similar role with the Qatar national team.


Penang General Hospital

The Penang General Hospital () is the main public hospital in the city of George Town in Penang, Malaysia. The largest public hospital in Penang, it also serves as the reference hospital within northern Malaysia.
The hospital had its origins as a medical centre founded in 1854 for the poor and opium addicts.
History.
The hospital land was given to the British Malaya government in 1882 for them to construct a hospital. In 1930, the nurse dormitory was constructed. In 1935, block A and block C of the hospital were constructed. In 1939, the maternity hospital was constructed. In 1989, the central administration center blocks were constructed.


Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention

Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention (CASP)/L'Association canadienne purl la prevention du suicide (ACPS) was established in 1985. It is a non-governmental organization which brings attention to the problem of suicide in Canada and advocates for services, research, education and other supports in the area of suicide prevention and bereavement, across diverse Canadian cultures. CASP presents an annual conference which provides opportunities for networking and the exchange of ideas and information related to suicide prevention, intervention and postvention.
History.
The origins of the Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention (CASP) can be traced to an International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) meeting in Ottawa in 1979. This was the first major suicide prevention event in Canada, and sparked talks about setting up a national organization. Primarily through the efforts of Jim Brown of Winnipeg and Diane Syer of Toronto, CASP was incorporated in 1985; however, because Syer left Canada for the United States and Brown chose another area of study, CASP ceased to function by 1986.
In 1987, Marcia Krawll, Brian Mishara, Linda Rosenfeld, Bob Sims, Bryan Tanney and Antoon Leenaars met in Lake Louise, Alberta, and later in Quebec to bring back CASP. A five-year plan was developed focusing on the following initiatives: building membership; networking and communication; developing conferences; addressing suicide among First Nations and Inuit Canadians; promoting research and improving operational structures.
CASP was formally re-established by Leenaars at a June 1988 meeting in Montreal hosted by Suicide Action, Montreal. Leenaars was named president; the first office of CASP was in his home in Windsor, Ontario. Later, the Suicide Information and Education Centre (SIEC) in Calgary served as the headquarters of CASP for its early years. In 1989, CASP's first regional conference was held in Toronto, chaired by Isaac Sakinofsky.
The first CASP national conference in 1990 was called "Lifting the silence" and was held in Vancouver, British Columbia. It was chaired by Krawll, Rosenfeld and Tanney. The keynote was delivered by American suicidology pioneer Edwin S. Shneidman. About 500 people, mostly caregivers, clinicians and researchers, attended.
This is a list of CASP annual conferences and their respective host cities:
Advocacy.
Advocacy efforts undertaken by CASP since 1988 have included encouraging the federal government to research suicide and suicide prevention, health promotion, and national suicide prevention efforts.
In 2004, CASP published "The CASP Blueprint for a Canadian National Suicide Prevention Strategy"; a second edition was published in 2009. It was essentially a call to the federal government to create a national strategy for suicide prevention. A national strategy has still not been created, although a national framework was issued in 2013; the CASP document has become the blueprint for suicide prevention initiatives throughout Canada.
Today.
The offices of CASP are located in Ottawa. The organization continues to gather and provide information about suicide prevention in Canada, and maintains a phone contact line for those considering suicide.


Mater Private Hospital

The Mater Private Hospital () is a private hospital business. Its main hospital is located just to the east of the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital in Dublin, Ireland. In addition to the main hospital in Dublin, the business has a hospital in Cork, cancer treatment centres in Limerick and Liverpool and various out-patient clinics.
History.
The Mater Private Hospital in Dublin was built on the site of No 7 Eccles Street, the home of the main character (Leopold Bloom) in James Joyce's "Ulysses." In Joyce's youth, No 7 Eccles Street was the actual home of his contemporary, JF Byrne. Its founders included Sister Gemma Byrne who became the first chief executive after the Dublin hospital's opening in May 1986. The Mater Private Group was sold to Infravia Capital Partners for about €500 million in 2018.
Funding.
Patients may be self-paying, covered by private health insurance, or funded under the state's National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF). In 2010, the hospital received €23 million in NTPF funds, the largest payment to any single institution. In 2011 it was announced that the NTPF programme would be wound down.
Accreditation.
In 2002, the Dublin hospital received Joint Commission accreditation.


Aboriginal Sport Circle

The Aboriginal Sport Circle (ASC) is a not-for-profit organization that was founded in 1995. It is designated as Canada's governing body and voice for Aboriginal sport throughout the country. The ASC brings together the athletic interests of First Nations, Inuit, and Metis communities, to increase and promote physical health among indigenous populations. The ASC also gives out the national Tom Longboat Award to the outstanding male and female Aboriginal athlete in Canada each year.
History.
The ASC was initially established through a national consensus-building process to increase sport opportunities for Aboriginal communities. More recently, an interest in increasing access to sport and recreation within these populations has expanded to also include physical activity. The ASC acts as a representative of multiple individual sport bodies representing Canada’s 10 provinces, and 3 territories. Members of the ASC include but are not limited to: Aboriginal Sport & Wellness Council of Ontario, Federations of Sovereign Indigenous Nations, and the Yukon Aboriginal Sport Circle. The ASC is operated by a board of directors including President, Lynn Lavallée, and 6 director representatives.
Mission.
The not-for-profit organization's mission statement is to “support the health and well-being of Aboriginal people and communities through participation in sport, physical activity and recreation”. The ASC's aim is to provide a voice for Aboriginal sport, build culturally appropriate programs that support Aboriginal people, oversee the development of national programs that improve physical activity for Aboriginal peoples, and develop training for individuals to be successful leaders within the sport environment.
Focus.
The ASC's focus as an organization includes leadership, and management. The ASC encourages leadership by aiming to attract volunteers, staff and instructors that share the mission and vision of the ASC to educate participants and support them through their sporting experience. Furthermore, the organization intends to support, communicate, and collaborate with management to increase the administration’s overall success. Through this, the ASC has the goal of having all participants, volunteers, coaches, and staff members live through the collective vision of the organization and the overall mission provided by the ASC for Aboriginal sport participants.
Values and principles.
The ASC has listed three values and principles that they aim at demonstrating: respect, accountability and unity. Their goal is to show respect by ensuring fairness to all individuals when decisions are made and accountability by being transparent in all decision making, trusting of all participants, and expressing honesty throughout all aspects of the organization. Finally, unity is intended to be displayed by the coming together of all members to create a united voice.
Tom Longboat Award.
In 1951 the Tom Longboat Award was established to recognize Canadian Aboriginal athletes for their involvement in physical activity. The ASC currently presents this award to two Canadian Aboriginal elite athletes (one female, and one male), who demonstrate outstanding athletic accomplishments and display sportsmanship during competition. This award is presented in memory of Tom Longboat, a member of the Onondaga Nation, who displayed outstanding athletic talent throughout his career. Longboat set world records for long-distance running and participated in many national marathon events including the Boston and Powderhall Marathons. He was a First Nations athlete who placed importance on the Aboriginal community. Tom Longboat award winners receive a $1500 bursary to support physical activity costs, a paid trip to Toronto to attend the Canada Sports Hall of Fame ceremony to accept the award, and a custom-made Tom Longboat plaque.
Research.
The ASC continues to expand research related to physical activity in Indigenous communities. In December, 2017, the ASC launched the National Aboriginal Research Agenda, to increase understanding of Aboriginal policies, and program development. This program was created to use research to aid the ASC in achieving their objectives. Former President of the ASC, Janice Forsyth stated “This is an important opportunity to advance Aboriginal interests in sport, physical activity, and physical education for the health and well-being of Aboriginal people and Aboriginal communities throughout Canada”.


Louis Vaillant

Louis Vaillant (full name Louis Auguste André Marie Vaillant) (26 November 1876 – 1963) was a French army doctor, naturalist, and explorer. He was the second son of Léon Louis Vaillant, professor of zoology at the French National Museum of Natural History in Paris.
Life.
He upheld a medical thesis at Bordeaux in 1902 on damage to internal organs caused by snake venom.
Vaillant travelled with Paul Pelliot and the photographer Charles Nouette on Pelliot's archaeological expedition to Eastern ("Chinese") Turkestan, modern Xinjiang, in 1906–1908. He was the expedition's doctor and also naturalist, acting on behalf of the Musée National d'Histoire Naturelle; progress was reported in the "Bulletin" of the museum by his father. This Pelliot–Valliant expedition was a successor to that of Jules-Léon Dutreuil de Rhins and Fernand Grenard of the 1890s.
The expedition left St Petersburg on 17 June 1906 and proceeded via Bokhara, Kashgar, Ürümqi and Turfan, before reaching Peking in the summer of 1909.
In March 1908 the expedition visited Dunhuang, where numerous cave manuscripts were purchased and subsequently studied by Pelliot. The manuscripts are now kept at the National Library of France, the Bibliothèque nationale.
Vaillant served in two military campaigns in Tonkin. He was decorated for military service with the Légion d'honneur on 28 December 1922.
Works.
In 1910 Vaillant published an account of the expedition in "Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d'anthropologie de Paris". He later published on the ethnography of the Mong Cai region, now in Vietnam.


Noor Eye Hospital

Noor Eye Hospital () is an ophthalmological hospital located in Tehran. It is a branch of Noor Ophthalmology Complex.
The hospital is considered a "pioneer" in Iran and has high standards in technology in the region. The costs are also lower compared to other private hospitals in the region.


TSS Kanowna

TSS "Kanowna", was an Australian steamer built during 1902. The 6,993-ton, long "Kanowna" was constructed by William Denny and Brothers of Dumbarton, Scotland, and had a twin screw design.
Operational history.
"Kanowna" was operated by the Australian United Steam Navigation Company (AUSNC), and it served the Sydney to Fremantle route.
During August and September 1914, "Kanowna" was requisitioned by the Australian military to transport 1,000 soldiers to German New Guinea as part of the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force. Sailing late from Townsville on 8 August, the ship was forced to anchor off Thursday Island until 16 August, and did not arrive off Port Moresby until 6 September. The expeditionary force sailed the next day for Rabaul, but "Kanowna" fell behind the rest of the convoy, with the ship's master signalling to that his crew had mutinied: the boiler stokers and firemen had stopped work. In Arthur Jose's Royal Australian Navy-focused volume of the "Official History of Australia in the War of 1914–1918", he claims that the mutiny was because these men refused to leave Australian waters, but Tom Frame and Kevin Baker state in "Mutiny!" that this is incorrect; the troopship was on short rations of food and water because of the delays sailing north and only minimal resupply in Port Moresby, but the stokers and firemen were requesting more water to remain hydrated in the hot boilerrooms and to wash off coal grime, and refused to work until this demand was met. The workers were taken into the custody of a party of soldiers, and the force's commander ordered "Kanowna" to return to Townsville, with soldiers volunteering to keep the ship running. The Australian Commonwealth Naval Board conducted an inquiry into the mutiny, even though as a civilian vessel, "Kanowna" technically wasn't under their jurisdiction. The state of the supplies was seen as a major contributing factor to the sailors' actions. "Kanowna" was returned to her owners on 21 September.
On 1 June 1915, the vessel was requisitioned again for military service. "Kanwona" transported soldiers and supplies to Egypt, then made for England, where she was modified for use as a hospital ship. After completion, "Kanowna" could carry 452 wounded in cots, along with a medical staff of 88 in addition to her regular crew. Sailing in September, "Kanowna" was used to transport Royal Army Medical Corps personnel to locations throughout the Mediterranean, then collected wounded Australian personnel and transported them home. She would make a total of 10 voyages between Australia and England in the next three years, although some runs were made to England with British wounded. In May 1917, the unrestricted submarine warfare campaign forced the ship to sail around Africa instead of through the Mediterranean: the nurses and medical staff were transported overland from Durban to London, and used to supplement hospital personnel until "Kanowna" arrived in July. In October 1918, after the war's end, the hospital ship was sent to collect 900 British and Commonwealth prisoners-of-war that had been interred in Turkey. "Kanowna" was returned to the AUSNC on 29 July 1929, and she resumed passenger and cargo service.
Fate.
On 18 February 1929, "Kanowna" ran into rocks near Cleft Island while on a voyage between Sydney and Melbourne. Passengers were transferred to . Although it was initially thought that "Kanowna" could be saved by beaching, the ship's boilers had gone out. The crew were taken aboard , and "Kanowna" sank the following morning. A court of inquiry found the ship's master at fault for the loss, as he did not slow his ship or exercise due caution in the foggy conditions. The wreck of "Kanowna" is one of Tasmania's shipwrecks.
The exact location of the shipwreck was unknown until 2005. On 23 April, four divers found a shipwreck into Bass Strait and submerged in approximately of water, which was believed to be the former merchant ship. A more detailed inspection of the wreck site on 8 May allowed the divers to match the wreck with drawings of "Kanowna".


William Haines (Australian politician)

William Clark Haines (10 January 1810 – 3 February 1866), Australian colonial politician, was the first Premier of Victoria.
Haines was born in London, the son of John Haines, a physician. He was educated at Charterhouse School and Caius College, Cambridge, where he graduated in medicine; he later practiced surgery for several years. In 1835 he married Mary Dugard, with whom he had nine children.
Haines migrated to the Port Phillip District (later Victoria) in 1841 and settled in the Geelong area. He farmed in the area as well as practising as a surgeon. He was appointed a member of the Victorian Legislative Council (then a partly elected, partly appointive body) in 1851, and in 1853 he was elected for district of Grant. He served as colonial secretary 1854–55. Politically, he represented the small farmers against the squatters who owned most of Victoria's land.
When Victoria gained full responsible government in 1855, Haines was leader of the Government. He was commissioned as Victoria's first premier and chief secretary on 28 November 1855 and served until 11 March 1857. Haines was elected to the Legislative Assembly for South Grant in November 1856. Haines was again premier from April 1857 to March 1858. Haines then visited Europe for three years. In 1860 he moved to the seat of Portland which he represented until 1864. Haines served as treasurer from 14 November 1861 to 27 June 1863, in the third O'Shanassy government. He served again in the legislative council, representing Eastern Province, from August 1865 until his death in February 1866.
The historian Raymond Wright describes Haines as a bluff, plain "honest farmer" type, who was "much enjoyed for his appalling public speaking." His main concern as premier was to democratise the Constitution which had been drawn up for Victoria by colonial officials before self-government, mainly to protect the interests of the squatter class. A bill was introduced to enlarge the Assembly, redraw electoral boundaries and abolish the property qualification for both votes and candidates. But the unstable situation in the Assembly brought his ministry to an early end.


Asian Institute of Medical Sciences

Asian Institute of Medical Sciences is a tertiary care hospital and institute located in Faridabad, India. It was established in 2010 and is accredited by NABH and NABL.
The hospital was founded by Padmashri awardee Dr. Narendra Kumar Pandey. He is also the recipient of the Dr. B. C. Roy Award, the highest award in medicine instituted by the Government of India. He was honored for his pioneering work in video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS).
In 2017, the hospital made waves by successfully treating a man who had allegedly swallowed 150 pins and needles.
External links.
List of hospitals in India


Annette Huntington

Annette Diana Huntington is a New Zealand nursing academic. She is a professor of nursing and head of school at Massey University and previously served as chair of the Nursing Council of New Zealand.
Career.
Huntington became a registered nurse at Auckland Hospital in 1970. After practice as a surgical and later Plunket nurse, she gained a Bachelor of Nursing from Victoria University of Wellington in 1990 - one of the first New Zealanders to receive this qualification - followed by a PhD in nursing from the same institution. Her thesis explored the experiences of nurses as women practising in gynaecological settings, and was one of the first New Zealand doctorates to be awarded specifically in the discipline of nursing.
Huntington began teaching nursing in 1989 at Wellington Polytechnic, joining Massey University after those institutions merged. After being appointed director of the university's nursing programme in 2010, she oversaw nursing's transition to full school status and became head of school in 2013. Under her leadership the Massey University School of Nursing has been the top-ranked nursing faculty for research quality in successive Performance Based Research Fund quality evaluation rounds.
Huntington was an appointed member of the Nursing Council of New Zealand from 2000 to 2006, and chair of the Council from 2001 onwards. As chair she oversaw the complete redesign of nursing regulation in New Zealand following the passage of the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003. She was also honorary colonel-commandant of the Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps from 2005 to 2016, and has held a variety of national and international roles, including membership of the Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal, the 2018 Performance Based Research Fund health panel, and the editorial board of "The Australian Journal of Nursing Practice, Scholarship and Research". She is a member of the Council of Deans of Nursing and Midwifery, Australia and New Zealand, and was the first New Zealand representative to serve as the Council's deputy chair (2015–2017).
Huntington's research focuses primarily on professional, regulatory, and workforce issues in nursing practice. She was the New Zealand director of both the Nurses and Midwives e-Cohort Study (2006–2014), and the associated Graduate Nurses Study, in collaboration with researchers based in Australia, Canada, Ireland and the United Kingdom. In the 2012 New Year Honours, she was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, becoming the first to receive this honour for contributions to nursing research.


Stevenson Memorial Hospital

Stevenson Memorial Hospital is located in the New Tecumseth community of Alliston, Ontario. The hospital is considered a medium-size community hospital with 38 in-patient beds and many outpatient services. in the 2019-2020 fiscal year there were 2,627 inpatient stays with an average length of stay of 4.2 days, and 35,500 emergency department visits.
T.P. Loblaw donated the funds to create the hospital in 1928 as a tribute to his grandparents, William and Elizabeth Stevenson. The hospital is led by CEO Jody Levac. Jody is the third CEO to come from Southlake Regional Health Center through a management services agreement.
The hospital Board in August 2018 completed an Executive Compensation framework and now directly employs the CEO role. The hospital is fully accredited and has some of the highest patient satisfaction scores for maternity in the province. It also has one of the fastest Emergency pay for performance records. The hospital is in the planning stage of a future expansion. The hospital provides care and treats patients from New Tecumseth, Adjala-Tosorontio, CFB Borden & Essa Township. The hospital also provides care and treatment to residents from a portion of Dufferin County.
Helipad.
A ground level helipad is located to the south of the water tower and requires ambulance transfer to get to the hospital's emergency department.


William Dorsey

William McTaggart Dorsey (1813 – 16 May 1878) was an English-born Australian medical practitioner who played an active role in the development of Ipswich.
He was born at Nuneaton in Warwickshire to Alexander Dorsey and Elizabeth Donald. He attended the University of Glasgow, where he studied medicine. He married Margaret Douglas in 1837, and in 1839 sailed for New Zealand, arriving at Wellington in 1840. Finding little success, he moved to Sydney later in the year and was certified to practise medicine; he settled at Bathurst. In 1842 he moved to Moreton Bay and in 1843 built a house in Ipswich, where he practised. He also leased pastoral land on the Darling Downs, where he ran sheep. Dorsey was an enthusiastic and pugnacious advocate for the further development of the district.
Dorsey also expanded his own pastoral holdings, purchasing land around Moreton Bay and further afield. He returned to Glasgow to study for his Doctorate of Medicine, which he received in 1857. On his return, he was forced to sell land but was nonetheless insolvent from 1862. In 1865 he became government medical officer for the local immigration depot and departments of railway and police. Persistent attempts to increase his salary and working conditions failed, and he soon focused instead on his private practice. He died of heart disease in 1878.


Nan Kinross

Nancy Joan Kinross (30 October 1926 – 17 May 2021) was a New Zealand nurse and nursing academic. In 1985, she was appointed the first professor of nursing at Massey University, and was the second female professor at the university.
Biography.
Born on 30 October 1926, Kinross was the daughter of Stewart and Margaret Kinross. In 1959, she graduated from Canterbury University College with a Bachelor of Arts degree.
In the early 1960s, Kinross completed a Master of Science in nursing at the University of California, Berkeley, and she then worked as supervising matron at Southland Hospital. From 1967 to 1973, Kinross was assistant director of the nursing division of the Department of Health. She was also active on the New Zealand Nurses' Association executive and national committees. With Norma Chick, Kinross introduced the first courses in nursing at Massey University in Palmerston North in 1974, and she later earned a PhD from Massey. In 1985, she was appointed the inaugural professor of nursing at Massey, becoming the second woman to receive a chair at that institution. When she retired from Massey in 1991, Kinross was conferred with the title of professor emeritus.
In the 1993 New Year Honours, Kinross was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for services to nursing and nursing education.
Kinross died in Palmerston North on 17 May 2021, aged 94.


German Red Cross

The German Red Cross (, ), or the DRK, is the national Red Cross Society in Germany.
With 4 million members, it is the third largest Red Cross society in the world. The German Red Cross offers a wide range of services within and outside Germany. GRC provides 52 hospitals, care for the elderly (over 500 nursing homes and a network of ambulant nursing care for the elderly covering all over the country), care for children and youth (i.e. 1.300 kindergartens, full range of social services for children). GRC also provides 75% of the blood supply in Germany as well as 60% of the emergency medical services in Germany, as well as first aid training. GRC headquarters provides international humanitarian aid (disaster management and development assistance) in over 50 countries in the world.
Voluntary societies of the German Red Cross.
The majority of active voluntary Red Cross members are part of the five voluntary societies of the German Red Cross.
History.
Formation and early years.
Instituted in 1864 by Dr. Aaron Silverman of the Charité hospital of Berlin, the German Red Cross was a voluntary civil assistance organization that was officially acknowledged by the Geneva Convention in 1929.
General Curt W. von Pfuel was the Chairman of the Central Committee of the German National Red Cross during the Great War.
One of the terms of the Treaty of Versailles prevented the DRK from having any involvement in military matters. As a result, during the Weimar Republic under the leadership of Joachim von Winterfeldt-Mencken, the DRK became a national organization focusing on social welfare.
Nazi Germany era.
In April 1933 the Nazi Reich Interior Minister Wilhelm Frick made it clear to Winterfeldt-Mencken that this policy would no longer apply; instead, the DRK would be expected to play its part in supporting the armed forces in any future conflict. Shortly after this the DRK was informed that the head of the SA Medical Corps, Dr. Paul Hocheisen had been given responsibility for voluntary nursing organizations.
On 11 June 1933 Frick was invited to speak at the Red Cross Day. He declared:
"The Red Cross is something like the conscience of the nation. ... Together with the nation, the Red Cross is ready to commit all its strength for the high goals of our leader, Adolf Hitler".
The DRK was quick to respond to the changed circumstances, indeed Winterfeldt-Mencken had always been opposed to the system of parliamentary democracy. The Workers' Samaritan League, a left-wing humanitarian organization, had always been an unwelcome competitor to the DRK. Hocheisen very quickly arranged that it should be taken over by the DRK. Similarly, the DRK moved quickly to rid itself of left-wing members, and in June 1933 it also decided that the Nazi "Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service" should be applied and dismissed its Jewish employees.
However the DRK was still a member of the Red Cross movement, and Germany remained a signatory to the Geneva Convention, so it was not possible for them to apply the same level of "Gleichschaltung" to the DRK as it was to other organizations. The attitude of the ICRC towards the DRK's exclusion of the Jews was later expressed in a letter written by Max Huber in 1939. According to him, the primary obligation of neutral treatment as foreseen in the Geneva Convention was to the victims of war, and not to the helpers. He argued that as it was impossible to prescribe rules which were in conflict with the laws of a country, it was better to take a flexible approach than to risk the break-up of the universal Red Cross movement.
Despite Winterfeldt-Mencken's professions of loyalty to the regime, they were not reciprocated and a replacement was sought. President Hindenburg was able to influence the decision, and selected Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha who was Queen Victoria's grandson, rather than Hocheisen. Charles Edward had moved from England to Germany at the age of 15, had subsequently served as a general in the German army in the First World War, and had long supported right-wing movements in general, and Hitler in particular. He was already honorary president of the National Socialist Motor Corps.
Charles Edward became President of the DRK in December 1933, while Hocheisen became his deputy. Not unsurprisingly, they did not work well together. There followed a typically Nazi power struggle, in which Hocheisen was eventually able to assert his authority – only to be ousted by the top SS doctor Ernst-Robert Grawitz at the start of 1937. At the end of 1938 the German Red Cross officially came under the control of the Ministry of the Interior's Social Welfare Organization, becoming "de facto" a Nazi entity, led by Grawitz in the role of 'acting president', with Oswald Pohl as chairman of the board of administration. By this stage there was no doubt about who was in charge, though Charles Edward remained in his post until 1945. As he was related to European royalty and spoke good English, he was a useful figurehead for the DRK, but Grawitz was different – he would turn up to International Red Cross meetings in his SS uniform. Grawitz took a radical approach to his task. He introduced a hierarchical chain of command into the DRK, and arranged for a new large and imposing "representative"- presidential building to be constructed in Potsdam-Babelsberg, complete with a balcony from which speeches could be made. His ideal concept for the DRK was that of a "healthy structure which would fit itself organically into the laws of life in the National Socialist Third Reich".
In the years after the Nazi takeover, as well as adopting Nazi salutes and symbols, the DRK introduced Nazi ideology into their education. Rescue teams were trained in military conduct, basic concepts of National Socialism, genetics, racial hygiene and demographic policy. More senior staff – doctors, nurses and managers were educated in demographic policy, racial history, racial hygiene, the biology of inheritance and the foundations of genetics. As a preparation for war, the DRK focused on training people to deal with air raids and gas attacks and organised joint exercises with the police and the fire brigades.
In the years 1939–1945 the German Red Cross was involved in the crimes against Jewish and Polish nation called as a Holocaust (contrary to Swedish and Swiss Red Cross actively involved in helping Jews and Poles during the whole Second World War).
Postwar era to present day.
After Nazi Germany's defeat in World War II, the Allied Military Government issued a special law outlawing the NSDAP and all of its branches. Known as "Law Number Five", this Denazification decree disbanded the DRK, like all organizations linked to the NSDAP. Social welfare organizations, including the German Red Cross, had to be established anew during the postwar reconstruction of both West Germany and the DDR.
The German Red Cross in the Federal Republic was recognized by the International Committee of the Red Cross on 25 June 1952. In the German Democratic Republic the "Deutsches Rotes Kreuz der DDR" was established on 23 October 1952 and recognized by the International Red Cross on 9 November 1954. The German Democratic Republic (GDR) Red Cross issued a magazine named "Deutsches Rotes Kreuz" (German Red Cross). Albert Schweitzer became an exemplary figure. The DDR Red Cross's status as a separate entity ended on 1 January 1991, when it was merged with the German Red Cross of the Federal Republic.
Presidents of the German Red Cross.
During the First World War General was the Chairman of the Central Committee of the German National Red Cross. Since 1921 the society has had the following presidents:
Secretaries General of the German Red Cross.
DRK until the end of World War II:


Viktor Schmieden

Viktor Schmieden (19 January 1874 – 11 October 1945) was a German surgeon born in Berlin.
In 1897 he earned his medical doctorate from the University of Bonn, and subsequently worked in hospitals in Göttingen, Berlin and Bonn. Later he was a professor at the Universities of Halle (from 1913) and Frankfurt (from 1919).
Schmieden is remembered for his work with Franz Volhard (1872-1950) in the establishment of pericardectomy for the treatment of constrictive pericarditis. Historically this procedure was referred to as "Schmieden's operation". He also made important contributions towards the treatment of hydrocephalus, and in 1926 identified that polyps of the colon were a precursor of colorectal cancer. He was a Generalarzt in the Wehrmacht during World War II.
Written works.
Schmieden was the author of numerous works. With August Borchard (1864-1940), he was co-author of two books on war-related surgery; "Lehrbuch der Kriegschirurgie" and "Die deutsche Chirurgie im Weltkriege 1914-1918"), and with Ernst Ferdinand Sauerbruch (1875-1951), he published the sixth edition of "Chirurgische Operationslehre" (Surgical Operation Teachings) by August Karl Gustav Bier, Heinrich Braun and Hermann Kümmell. Other noted worked by Schmieden include:


Catharina Ziekenhuis

Catharina Ziekenhuis (English: "Catharina Hospital") is a teaching hospital in Eindhoven, Netherlands. The hospital was founded in 1843, and has been at its current location since 1973. It is one of two hospitals in the city of Eindhoven, the other is Máxima Medisch Centrum, and it is the biggest hospital in the larger Eindhoven region.
History.
R.K. Binnenziekenhuis van O.L. Vrouwe van Barmhartigheid. (English: "Roman Catholic Inner Hospital of our dear Lady of forgiveness"), more commonly known as Binnenziekenhuis (English: "Inner Hospital"), was founded in 1843 by the saint Catharina parish, at the Jan van Lieshoutstraat in the inner city of Eindhoven. With new medical developments in the 20th century and growth of the population it became too small and had no way of expanding at its location.
Therefore, in July 1968 building started by contractor Meuwese, at the Michelangelolaan in Woensel. The design was made by Leo de Bever and his brother Loed. The hospital was relocated in 1973. Since it was no longer located in the inner city the board chose a new name, Catharina Ziekenhuis, named after the Catharina parish, that founded the hospital.
Healthcare.
In 2013 Catharina Ziekenhuis had 696 beds, making it the largest hospital in the Eindhoven region. With 3600 employees, out of which 210 medical specialists, it provided care for 150.000 policlinical patients, and 27.000 overnight clinical patients.
Since 2000 Catharina Ziekenhuis has been accredited four times to be up to international quality standards, valid until 2017, by Nederlands Instituut voor Accreditatie in de Zorg (English: "Dutch institute for accreditation in Health Care"), a member of the International Society for Quality in Health Care.
Since 2010 Catharina Ziekenhuis is one of the founding fathers of Santeon, a cooperative association of 7 Dutch hospitals. Other members of Santeon are Canisius-Wilhelmina Ziekenhuis (Nijmegen), Martini Ziekenhuis (Groningen), Medisch Spectrum Twente (Enschede and Oldenzaal), Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis (Amsterdam), Maasstad Ziekenhuis (Rotterdam) and Sint Antonius Ziekenhuis (Nieuwegein).
Media.
In 2012 the hospital made the media when it fired the group of medical specialist that made up the dermatology department, which had organised healthcare, outside hospital time, using hospital equipment, without the hospital's knowledge.
In 2014 the unions stated that there was a workfloor atmosphere of fear in the hospital, after a video got out of personnel, made by the hospital to show hygiene ethics to personnel. The bad atmosphere was later denied in a statement by the hospital, the board and medical staff.


Sanjay Kalra

Sanjay Kalra (born 18 April 1970) is an Indian endocrinologist working at Bharti Hospital, Karnal, Haryana. A graduate of Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, he completed his post-graduation (MD) in Medicine at Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, and fellowship (DM) in Endocrinology and Metabolism at All India Institutes of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. Kalra is currently the President of Endocrine Society of India and Vice President of South Asian Federation of Endocrine Societies. He also serves on the executive council of the Research Society for Study of Diabetes in India. He has over 500 PubMed indexed articles to his name, and has fostered bilateral and multilateral links between various Afro Asian countries in the field of endocrinology. He has developed the terms Glucocrinology and Lipocrinology. and  the Gluco Coper tool to assess coping mechanisms. Winner of the DAWN Award (2009). He has also published the concepts of diabetes fatigue syndrome, euthymia in diabetes, quaternary prevention in endocrinology, and quinary prevention.
Professional contribution.
Kalra has established Bharti Hospital, Karnal, which provides clinical care, research, training, and education in endocrinology. As Executive Editor (2011–15), he worked to establish the "Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism" (IJEM) as India’s second-best scientific journal (Google Metrix). He also serves as an Executive Editor, Thyroid Research and Practice, and Associate Editor, Diabetic Medicine Editor, Diabetic Medicine (UK). He works as an International Advisory member for various journals including US Endocrinology, Sri Lankan Journal of Diabetes Endocrinology and Metabolism (SLJDEM), Journal of Pakistan Medical Association, and Journal of Diabetes Endocrinology Association of Nepal (JDEAN).
As a founder member and Vice President, Kalra has contributed to setting up and strengthening the South Asian Federation of Endocrine Societies (SAFES). This contribution has been acknowledged by neighbouring countries, and he has been awarded Fellowship and life membership of Sri Lanka College of Endocrinologists (SLCE), as well as life membership of Pakistan Endocrine Society (PES).


Betty Bernardelli

Betty Margaret Bernardelli (née Giles, 7 Nov 1919–1998) was a physiological psychologist at the University of Otago in New Zealand. With an MA from Cambridge University, Bernardelli was the commanding officer at the WAAF training school for psychology instructors. After the war, Bernardelli worked in a team advising demobilised air force personnel on their future employment prospects, and set up a testing unit for the Royal Navy. Bernardelli was also part of a research team in Cambridge, focusing on about how best to assist men and women aged 35–40 forced to change their occupation.
Work.
Arriving in New Zealand on the "Rangitata" in 1948 to take up a position as assistant lecturer in experimental psychology, Bernardelli was part of a group of immigrants who complained publicly about the conditions on board during the voyage.
Whilst in Dunedin, Bernardelli published a study on the decline in intelligence in New Zealand school children. After extensive interviews, she determined that intelligence had declined 1.43 points in a generation. This was a lesser decline than had been detected in England, a finding which did not surprise Bernadelli, who explained: "on the one hand, differentials in family restriction are so far less pronounced in New Zealand, and selectiveness of migration, on the other hand, makes the hypothesis that New Zealand was able to start its recent history with a comparatively small quota of prolific, but dull, backward, and feeble-minded stock appear likely."
Bernardelli joined the Psychology Department of the University of Auckland as a Senior Lecturer in 1962, and led the behavioural science programme from 1976.
Personal life.
Bernardelli married her German husband Harro Bernardelli, an economics lecturer at the University of Otago; he had also been a passenger on the "Rangitata".
Betty Bernardelli died in 1998.
Awards and honours.
In 2017, she was selected as one of the Royal Society of New Zealand's "150 women in 150 words".


Sue Page

Dr Sue Page AM is a past President of the Rural Doctors Association of Australia and current Board member of Future Health Leaders, North Coast GP Training, and RACGP Rural As Associate Professor with the University of Sydney she links to the Northern Rivers University Centre for Rural Health, a collaboration between that university and the University of Southern Cross for the delivery of multidisciplinary health professional education in Australia. Until 2010 she was the inaugural Director of the North Coast Medical Education Collaboration, a venture linking the University of Sydney, the University of Western Sydney and the University of Wollongong which established year-long training for medical students in rural areas and later combined with the UCRH.
As Clinical Lead for Education for the RACGP, Dr Page headed a review of national curriculum and the move toward outcomes based learning with statements able to be uploaded onto smart phones. She assisted in the creation of the College's new Fellowship of Advanced Rural General Practice, the FARGP, which includes processes for Recognition of Prior Learning for rural GPs in established practice. She has championed the uptake of Telehealth in Australian community based practice with roles in the Government Department of Health and Ageing Telehealth Advisory Group, conference speaking engagements and contribution to RACGP Telehealth resources including a new Active Learning Module.
Page previously held the position of inaugural Chair of the North Coast Area Health Care Advisory Council within the NSW Department of Health, New South Wales Department of Health#Area Health Services and has been a board member of the Northern NSW Local Health District, from 2011 to 2016. She is a rural GP VMO at Ballina District Hospital and St Vincent's Hospital in Lismore. A Fellow of, and Supervisor for, both RACGP and ACRRM, she has post graduate training in the Early Management of Severe Trauma, a Diploma in Shared Care Psychiatry (Eating Disorders) and a Diploma in Obstetrics through the Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Her practice includes primary health care within an Aboriginal community, and used to involve obstetrics at Ballina Hospital until the unit was closed due to workforce shortages.
Identified as one of the top ten people in Australia influencing General Practice, Dr Page was recognised in the Australian Honours as a Member of the Order of Australia on Australia Day 25 January 2008. The award is recognition for outstanding achievement and service. Dr Page received her award for service to medicine and to the community through commitment to improving access to health and medical services in rural and remote areas, and through professional, educational and advisory roles.
Page has been instrumental in bringing cross-sector organisations together to work to common goals. Amongst achievements are listed contribution to resolving the 2003 Medical Indemnity crisis in Australia, the establishment of a dedicated training program for Procedural General Practice, and negotiating Australian Medicare Item Numbers for Nurses working within General Practices for procedures such as Pap smears and for Allied Health Professionals caring for patients with chronic and complex disease. She continues to promote collaborative working arrangements in Primary Health Care, and to inspire the next generation of health workforce through a variety of speaking engagements.
Early life and family.
Now an Australian Citizen, Dr Page was born in Washington DC in 1960. She is the third child of Colonel David Page, Chief of Publicity and Psychological Warfare for the US First Army and later deputy chief administrator of the US Veterans Administration, and Diana Hodgkinson Page, one of the three first Australian women trained as Diplomatic Staff Cadets and later posted to New York as Vice Consul. Colonel Page was awarded the Croix De Guerre, US Legion of Merit and Bronze Star with V for Valour.
Page attended the University of Newcastle where she later returned as the 2005 David Maddison Orator. In 1987 she married classmate Dr Chris Mitchell, the 2009–2010 President of the Royal Australian College of General Practice. They live on a farm in northern NSW with their three children, Robert Mitchell, Sara Mitchell, and Kate Mitchell.
Politics.
At the 2007 federal election, Page was the endorsed National Party candidate for the electorate of Richmond in northern New South Wales where she took a strong stance on environmental issues including nuclear power. She lost to incumbent Labor MP Justine Elliot.
Ministerial appointments.
2011–2012 NSW, Member of Advisory Board, Commission of Audit
2006–2007 Commonwealth, 4th Pharmacy Agreement Professional Programs & Services Advisory Committee
2004–2007 NSW, Board of Clinical Excellence Commission
2005–2007 NSW, Health Care Advisory Committee
2004–2007 NSW, Rural Health Priority Taskforce
2003–2007 NSW, Chair, North Coast Area Health Service Area Health Care Advisory Council
2003–2007 NSW, Expert Advisory Group for Drug and Alcohol
2002–2007 NSW, Mental Health Sentinel Events Review Committee (MHSERC): Chair,Suicide Sub-committee
2005–2006 Commonwealth, Medical Indemnity Policy Review Panel II
2005–2006 Commonwealth, Australian Medical Workforce Advisory Committee, Rural Expertise
2004 NSW, Clinical & Community Advisory Group
2003 Commonwealth, Medical Indemnity Policy Review Panel I
2002–2003 NSW, General Practice Advisory Committee
Significant positions.
2016-current board member RACGP NSW
2014-current board member, Future Health Leaders
2011–current board member, North Coast GP Training
2011–current board member & Deputy Chair, RACGP Rural
2011–current Member, RACGP National Standing Committee – Post Graduate Education
2011–current Member, RACGP Rural Education Committee
2011–2016 board member, Northern NSW Local Health District
2014–2016 Member, Medical Services Advisory Committee
2012–2015 board member, Australian Medical Local Alliance
2011–2012 RACGP Representative, NPS Prescribing Competencies Project
2010–2012 RACGP Representative, NPS Medicines Line Advisory group
2010–2012 RACGP Representative, TeleHealth Advisory Group, Medical Benefits Division, Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing
2008–2012 RACGP Representative, Primary Care Committee, Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in HealthCare
2008–2012 RACGP Representative, NEHTA Medication Management Reference Group
2006–2010 Director, North Coast Medical Education Collaboration (University of Wollongong, University of Western Sydney, and the Sydney University)
2009–2010 RACGP Representative, National Education Framework for Primary Maternity Services
2003–2010 North Coast Area Health Service workforce committee later Health Workforce Education Group
2003–2010 Director of Education, Northern Rivers University Department of Rural Health
2008–2010 VMO and Medical Advisory Committee member, Lismore Private Hospital
2004–2010 Member, Community Advisory Board, UNSW School of Public Health
2003–2010 Member, North Coast Cross-Sector Collaboration in Indigenous Health Committee
2004–2009 board member, Northern Rivers General Practice Network
1990–2009 GP/Partner, Lennox Head Medical Centre
2007–2008 Member, Working Party: Abuse of Older Adults Prevention Project, Department of Veteran Affairs (DVA)
2005–2007 Member, North Coast Area Health Services Learning and Development Committee
2005–2007 Member, North Coast Australian Health Services Workforce Development Plan Implementation Steering Committee
2005–2007 RDAA Representative, National E-Health Transition Authority
2006–2007 Past-President (Executive role), Rural Doctors Association Australia
2006 Acting Head of Department, Northern Rivers University Department of Rural Health
2005–2006 NSW Expert Advisory Committee for Paracetamol Use
2004–2006 President, Rural Doctors Association Australia
2004–2006 Alliance of NSW Divisions (ANSWD) Rural Chapter Representative
2003–2005 ACRRM Panel of Censors
2002–2005 RACGP Representative, NSW Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) Maternal & Infant Health Committee
2003–2004 RDAA Representative on National Rural Health Alliance
2002–2004 Member, NSW Rural Health Action Group
2002–2003 Rural Doctors Network Representative to NSW Medical Board Assessment Panel for Overseas Trained Doctors
2002–2003 President, NSW Rural Doctors Association
2000–2004 ACRRM Representative for Far North NSW Coast


Giaconda (pharmaceutical company)

Giaconda is an Australian biotechnology company headquartered in Sydney. The company was founded in 2004 to commercialise a number of drug combinations developed by Professor Thomas Borody, a Sydney-based gastroenterologist.
History.
Giaconda was named after the Giaconda Vineyard and Winery, which is located nine kilometres southwest of Beechworth in the northeastern part of the Australian state of Victoria. That vineyard in turn derives its name from "La Gioconda", which is a nickname for the Mona Lisa of Leonardo da Vinci. Giaconda uses a stylised version of the Mona Lisa in its company logo.
Giaconda's CEO is Mr Patrick McLean, a Canadian who was previously Senior Vice-President European Commercial Operations of the Montreal-based Axcan Pharma. Giaconda was a public company whose stock was traded on the Australian Stock Exchange under the stock code GIA. The company completed an initial public offering in September 2005, issuing 12 million shares at 50 Australian cents each. Thomas Borody currently owns around 70% of the stock.
In August 2010 it sold the patents for Myoconda, Heliconda and Picoconda to RedHill Biopharma
The company went into voluntary administration in February 2011.
Products.
Giaconda worked on five products, all of which were given names ending in '-conda'.
Myoconda, the company's lead product, is a combination of the antibiotics rifabutin, clarithromycin and clofazimine. The combination is envisaged as a new treatment for Crohn's disease. Myoconda was first devised by Thomas Borody around 1997. The product has its origins in Borody's view that Crohn's disease is caused by infection with the bacterium Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis, and that the disease can therefore be fought using drugs effective against the bacterium, such as those used in Myoconda. In 2000 Borody's organisation granted Pharmacia an option to license the Myoconda patent in return for that company agreeing to conduct a Phase III clinical trial. The results of a Phase II trial were published in 2002. The Phase III trial in 213 Crohn's patients was completed in September 2004 was results announced in 2005, however by this stage Pharmacia had merged with Pfizer and the latter company had decided not to exercise its Myoconda option. A non-binding letter of intent was signed in April 2006 with Forest Laboratories for the UK and Irish market. A second Phase III trial is planned, and Giaconda hoped to be able to launch the product in the United States in 2008.
Hepaconda is a product for the treatment of Hepatitis C infection. The product, a combination of bezafibrate with chenodeoxycholic acid, was invented in 2001. Hepaconda is being developed as a 'rescue therapy' for Hepatitis C patients that have exhausted other treatment options. It is also envisaged that Hepaconda could be used to treat primary biliary cirrhosis and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. Giaconda had initially envisaged using ursodeoxycholic acid as the bile acid in Hepaconda, but in 2006 the company shifted its attention to the use of chenodeoxycholic acid, having decided that its patent protection extended to all bile acid / fibrate combinations other than bezafibrate plus ursodoxycholic acid.
Heliconda, a product for the treatment of drug-resistant Helicobacter pylori, is a combination of the antibiotics rifabutin and amoxicillin and the proton pump inhibitor drug pantoprazole. Heliconda was invented in 1998. In 2006 the results of a Phase II study of Heliconda in around 130 patients with resistant "H. pylori" infection was published. This study demonstrated an eradication of the infection in 90.9% of patients treated with Heliconda.
Ibaconda is a product for the treatment of constipation-predominant irritable bowel syndrome. The product, invented by Thomas Borody in 1997, is a combination of the anti-inflammatory drug olsalazine and the anti-gout drug colchicine.
Picoconda is a bowel preparation for use in gastrointestinal tract procedures. This product was invented by Thomas Borody in 1995. It represents an attempt to replace conventional bowel preparations, which are often considered unpalatable. The product contains a laxative called sodium picosulphate, but capsulised and mixed with electrolytes so that it is palatable.


GMERS Medical College and Hospital, Vadnagar

GMERS Medical College and Hospital, Vadnagar, established in 2017, is a medical college situated in Vadnagar, Gujarat. The college imparts the degree Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery . The college is affiliated to Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University and is recognized by Medical Council of India. The hospital associated with the college is one of the largest hospitals in the Vadnagar. The selection of the college is done on the basis of merit through National Eligibility and Entrance Test. Yearly undergraduate student intake is 200.
Courses.
GMERS Medical College and Hospital, Vadnagar undertakes education and training of students MBBS courses. This college is offering 200 MBBS seats from 2019 of which 85% Seats are of state quota and 15% is for Nation Counselling.


Nurses Training College, Berekum

The Holy Family Nurses' Training College is public tertiary health institution in the Berekum in the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana. The college is in the Berekum District. The activities of the institution is supervised by the Ministry of Education. The University of Ghana awards a Diploma in Nursing after students from the institution have successfully completed a three-year nursing training programme. The institution is accredited by the National Accreditation Board. The Nurses and Midwifery Council (NMC) is the regulates the activities, curriculum and examination of the student nurses and midwives. The Council's mandate Is enshrined under section 4(1) of N.R.C.D 117.


Louise Taplin

Louise Taplin (1855-1901) was an English-born Australian nurse, children's home matron and charity worker.
Early life.
Louise Taplin was born in or near London in 1855. She began her career in nursing in the 1870s in Paris, working in a large hospital there where she learned various technical training relating to nursing. After her time in France she returned to England and took a post of governess. She travelled with the family to Amsterdam, where her employer was seeking treatment from , a celebrated doctor and massage therapist. There she learnt massage from Mezger and he offered her the post of his assistant, however she refused. She next went to work for the Carapanos, a Greek family of wealth and influence.
After a bout of ill health from her brother Will, she decided that they both should immigrate to Australia where it was believed the climate was better suited for convalescence.
Career.
In 1886 she was appointed matron of The Infants' Home Ashfield, a refuge for unmarried mothers and their children. During her time she oversaw building works to provide an isolation ward for mothers and children whom were suffering from contagious disease and illness, a dedicated playroom for the children and an onsite laundry.
During 1893-1894 with a banking crisis in Australia and diminishing grants from government it was believed The Infants' Home would have to close. Taplin did not want to see the children in want of a home, so she offered to work for free during this time of hardship.
Before her tenure the mortality rate was 36% for the infants, however during her oversight of the organisation the mortality rate of the infants dropped to as low as 7% during the year of 1893.
Death.
Taplin died on 21 May 1901 after a prolonged bout of pneumonia. She is buried at St John's Church Ashfield.


Mahanadi Institute of Medical Science and Research

Mahanadi Institute of Medical Science and Reserch is a full-fledged tertiary Government medical college in Talcher, Odisha. The college imparts the degree Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS). It is recognised by the Medical Council of India. The college was established by Coal India limited.
History.
Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL), the public sector undertaking and subsidiary of Coal India Limited reiterated its commitment to set up a medical college and hospital in the state, and signed MoU with National Building Corporation of India (NBCC) for medical college.
Courses offered.
The college offers the degree Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), Selection students to the college is done on the basis of merit through the National Eligibility and Entrance Test. Yearly undergraduate student intake is 100 and the college has 500 beds.


Pantang, Nurses Training College

The Pantang Nurses' Training College is a public tertiary health institution located at Pantang in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. The college is in the Accra Metropolitan Assembly. The activities of the institution is supervised by the Ministry of Education. The University of Cape Coast awards a Diploma in Nursing after students from the institution have successfully completed a three-year nursing training programme. The institution is accredited by the National Accreditation Board. The Nurses and Midwifery Council (NMC) regulates the activities, curriculum and examination of the student nurses and midwives. The Council's mandate is enshrined under section 4(1) of N.R.C.D 117.
The college specializes in the training of psychiatric nurses.


Leibniz Institute for Psychology Information

The Leibniz Institute for Psychology Information and Documentation (German: Leibniz-Zentrum für Psychologische Information und Dokumentation, short form ZPID) is a research support organization located in Trier, Germany. ZPID belongs to the Leibniz Association. In 2017, Michael Bosnjak became full-time director.
ZPID directors.
The following persons have been director of the institute:
Funding.
The ZPID is funded by the Federal Ministry of Health (Germany) and by the sixteen German states within the framework of the joint federal-state funding of the member institutions of the Leibniz Association. In its home state of Rhineland-Palatinate, ZPID is assigned to the ministry responsible for science.


Silliman University College of Nursing

The Silliman University College of Nursing (SUCN) is one of the constituent colleges of Silliman University, a private university in Dumaguete City, Philippines. Established in 1947, the college was attached as a four-year program under the College of Arts and Sciences. In 1958, it implemented a five-year curriculum but reverted to its four-year baccalaureate program in 1976 when required to do so by the Department of Education and Culture (now the Department of Education).
The College of Nursing provides instruction in both the undergraduate and graduate levels. A Center of Excellence in Nursing Education, it is on Level IV accreditation status and one of the country's top nursing schools. In 2009, it ranked 1st in the Philippines based on licensure examination results. It has a total of 108 board topnotchers since 1951.
As one of the biggest academic units in the university, the college is housed in four buildings. These buildings are: Roble Hall which also houses the Office of the Dean; Mary Marquis Smith Hall; Olivia Villaflores-Yanson Hall and Ethel Chapman Hall. A fifth building named the William Barry Thompson Learning Resources Center is under construction. Its base hospital is the Silliman University Medical Center, but student nurses also get to be assigned in other hospitals in Dumaguete City.


Jagannathrao Hegde

Dr. Jagannathrao Hegde (born 1943) is a former Sheriff of Mumbai. His term was of two years and took over on 23 December 2003. Vijaypat Singhania replaced him as the new sheriff on 18 December 2005. Hegde is a dental surgeon.


Kilcreene Orthopaedic Hospital

Kilcreene Orthopaedic Hospital () is a public hospital located at Kilcreene in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is managed by South/Southwest Hospital Group.
History.
The site occupied by the hospital was originally part of the Kilcreene House Estate, the home of the Evans baronets. After the house had been demolished, a modern medical facility was built and opened as Lourdes Orthopaedic Hospital in 1959. In March 2019 the Health Service Executive announced that it would transfer orthopaedic services from the hospital, by then known as Kilcreene Orthopaedic Hospital, to the University Hospital Waterford.
Services.
The hospital provides 50 in-patient beds.


Lakeridge Health Port Perry

Lakeridge Health Port Perry is a hospital located in Port Perry, Ontario, Canada. The hospital serves the townships of Scugog, Brock and Uxbridge in Durham Region.
History.
The hospital was founded as the private in 1946 at a home at 96 John Street as the Port Perry Hospital, but closed to cost of upgrading the old building in 1948. In 1949 residences used for munitions workers were moved from Ajax, Ontario and moved to Port Perry. During the interim Oshawa Hospital served the community from 1949 to 1953. The new Community Memorial opened in 1953 as a 32-bed facility. It moved again in 1969 to its current location on Paxton Street.
In April 1997, under the Common Sense Revolution, the hospital was amalgamated with Uxbridge Cottage Hospital to form North Durham Health Services (NDHS). Uxbridge became linked with Markham-Stouffvile Hospital in 2004.
In 1998 the hospital, along with Memorial Hospital Bowmanville, Oshawa General Hospital and Whitby General Hospital, were placed under the administration of the Lakeridge Health Corporation. The hospital was renamed, and Uxbridge Cottage was placed under the jurisdiction of the Markham-Stouffville Hospital Corporation.
On August 25, 2017 a fire occurred at the hospital, damaging some key systems, resulting in the temporary closure of the hospital. The hospital reopened on September 5, 2018.
Facilities.
The main building (with ambulatory entrance) is named Stephen Roman Wing.
The hospital has a helipad located on the southside of the hospital facing Paxton Street and located west of the south parking lot. The helipad allows patients to be transferred to other hospitals for more advance care not available at the Port Perry site or patients arriving to Port Perry other than regular ambulances.
Services.
The current hospital has 180 staff members and 20 physicians, with a 24/7 emergency room, acute care, continuing care, and surgery.


Zafar Mirza

Zafarullah Mirza is a Pakistani politician who served as a Special Assistant to the Prime Minister for Health. He was appointed by Prime Minister Imran Khan on 23 April 2019.
Before this, he was leading the Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property team at WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, for six years.
Career.
Zafar Mirza has served as the Director of Healthcare System Development at the WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean. He is a medical doctor with post-graduation in Public Health in Developing Countries from London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and a clinical stint in mental health. He also served as a Regional Adviser for Essential Medicines and Pharmaceutical Policies in the WHO Regional Office for 7 years prior to moving to WHO headquarters. For 12 years before joining WHO, he was a founder Executive Director of a civil society organization – The Network for Consumer Protection in Pakistan.
He has a long standing experience of working at national, regional and global levels in public and private health sectors. He has extensively travelled, published and contributed to improving public health in many countries.
On 6 July 2020, Mirza tested positive for COVID-19.
On 29 July 2020, Mirza announced that he was resigning from his post as Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Health. The resignation was subsequently accepted by the prime minister.


Nicola Kayes

Nicola M. Kayes is a New Zealand health psychologist, director of the Centre for Person Centred Research and professor of rehabilitation at Auckland University of Technology (AUT).
Academic career.
Kayes graduated from the University of Auckland with a BSc in 1997 and MSc in 1999 for her thesis titled "The Role that Illness Perceptions Play in the Adjustment to Multiple Sclerosis". She completed a PhD at AUT titled "Physical activity engagement in people with Multiple Sclerosis" in March 2011.
In November 2019 Kayes was promoted to full professor at AUT. As of 2021 she is immediate past president of the New Zealand Rehabilitation Association and a principal investigator with Brain Research New Zealand.