Heinz Wiendl

Heinz Wiendl (born 1968 in Rötz) is a German neurologist and professor at the University Hospital Muenster. He is known for his works in the field of nervous system inflammation and multiple sclerosis.
Biography.
Wiendl studied psychology and medicine from 1989 to 1996 at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, Duke University, North Carolina, and Bale University, Switzerland. He obtained his MD in 1996. In the following years, he was a scholar of the German Research Council (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) at the Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology (Martinsried), worked as a clinical and research fellow at the Department of Neurology Tuebingen, received board certification (2004) and completed his habilitation (2004). In 2005 he was appointed as a professor of neurology and head of the clinical research group for MS and neuroimmunology in Wuerzburg and acted as a vice-chair of the Department of Neurology. In 2010 he was recruited to the University of Muenster, where he accepted the position as a director of the Department of Neurology – Inflammatory Diseases of the Nervous System and Neurooncology. Since 1 May 2013 he is director of the Department of Neurology in Muenster.
Scientific contribution.
Wiendl’s clinical and scientific work focusses on inflammatory diseases of the nervous system. Taking multiple sclerosis as an exemplary disease, he primarily investigates aspects of immuneregulation and the interaction between immune system and nervous system. Furthermore, Wiendl conducted research projects on immune cell trafficking and explores biomarkers for the prognosis and therapy of multiple sclerosis. By establishing translational research projects, his work helps to further elucidate the question of how immune therapies in neurological diseases work and how new mechanisms of action can be developed. In his research projects, Wiendl pursues a translational approach, closely connecting laboratory work with patient care. With this objective, he also established a biobank at the Department of Neurology Muenster. Wiendl was involved in the development of the monoclonal antibody daclizumab which was approved in 2016 and exhibits a completely new mechanism of action in MS therapy, and Ofatumumab. Heinz Wiendl helped to establish the multiple sclerosis network KKNMS (Krankheitsbezogenes Kompetenznetzwerk Multiple Sklerose). He is co-speaker of the transregional collaborative research center 128 ("Multiple Sclerosis") of the DFG and acts as a member of the steering committee of the excellence cluster "Cells in Motion" (CiM), funded by the German federal government. In 2019, Wiendl was one of the main initiators of the successful application for funds from the German government to build the "Body and Brain Institute" and since has been acting as speaker of the project.
Academic memberships.
Wiendl is a member in the following academic societies: German Society for Immunology (DGfI), German Society of Multiple Sclerosis (DMSG), German Society for Muscular Disease (DGM), German Society of Neurology (DGN), American Academy of Neurology (AAN), International Society of Neuroimmunology (ISNI), Editorial Board of the Public Library of Science (PLoS) ONE.
Third-party funding.
Wiendl receives funds from the European Union, the federal ministry for education and research (BMBF) for Germany and Nordrhein-Westfalen, the Deutsche Forschungsgesellschaft (DFG), the program for innovative medical research (IMF) of the medical faculty Muenster, the interdisciplinary center for clinical research (IZKF) Muenster, the Else-Kroener-Fresenius-Stiftung and the RE Children’s Foundation.
Publications.
Wiendl published more than 500 scientific works and reviews, books, book chapters and monographies (as of November 2020). Selected publications:


Matthew Hopcraft

Matthew Scott Hopcraft (born 1971) is an Australian dentist, public health academic and television cook.
Hopcraft was raised in country Victoria and attended Mooroopna Secondary College. He has the degrees of Bachelor of Dental Science, Master of Dental Science and Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Melbourne, and Bachelor of Arts from Deakin University.
Upon graduation, Hopcraft served as a Dental Officer in the Australian Army, and worked in both public and private dental practices.
Hopcraft was the Director, Assessments and Examinations at the Australian Dental Council and is an Honorary Clinical Associate Professor at the Melbourne Dental School of The University of Melbourne. He was a member of the Council of the Victorian branch of the Australian Dental Association from 2005 to 2016, President in 2011 and a federal councillor for 2 years. He is currently co-director of Sugar-free Smiles, an organisation raising awareness of the health impacts of high sugar diets and advocating for the introduction of a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages.
He has been widely cited by the media on matters related to dental health.
Hopcraft was selected in the Top 24 contestants in the 2015 reality television cooking program "MasterChef Australia". He was eliminated on 16 July 2015, finishing in sixth place. His post-MasterChef career saw him release a cookbook in June 2017 called "Food to Feed the Family". ()
He is currently the CEO of the Australian Dental Association Victorian Branch.
Publications.
Hopcraft has been widely published since 2003. A list of his academic publications and presentations is available at The University of Melbourne website.


Whitecourt Healthcare Centre

Whitecourt Healthcare Centre is a medical facility located in Whitecourt, Alberta. Alberta Health Services is responsible for the operations of the hospital. It contains 24 beds with two special care beds and one palliative care bed. Physician staffing is provided by two local clinics as well as locum tenens. The primary referral centres for the hospital are the University of Alberta Hospital and the Royal Alexandra Hospital.
Statistics.
For the 2011/2012 year, the emergency department assessed 15,413 patients. The visit rate is 680 visits per 1,000 people in a year, far higher than the Alberta average. The most common reason for an emergency department visit is acute upper respiratory infection with a visit rate three times that of the Alberta average. The inpatient separation rate was 99.5 per 1,000, similar to the Alberta average of 88 per 1,000. Ischemic heart disease, pneumonia and mental health were the top three reasons for inpatient separation, all higher rates than the Alberta average.


Craig Powell (poet)

Craig Powell (born 16 November 1940) in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia is an Australian poet. For ten years, he lived in Canada before returning to his homeland.
Powell graduated in medicine from Sydney University and later specialised in Psychiatry. From 1972 to 1982, he lived in Canada where he trained with the Toronto Institute of Psychoanalysis. He now lives in Sydney, Australia where he was a psychoanalyst in private practice and a visiting medical officer in Mental Health, at the Prince of Wales Hospital. In 2011, he fell, resulting in permanent brain damage that required him to retire from psychoanalysis and poetry, though his existing work is sometimes included in collections.
He won the 1983 Mattara Newcastle Poetry Prize and was a co-winner of the 45th International Poetry Competition (1989) organized by the "Quarterly Review of Literature", Princeton, New Jersey. He has published eight poetry collections and individual poems were included in The Best Australian Poetry 2007 and in "New Oxford Book of Australian Verse". More recently he published chapbooks "The Poem As A Place" (September 2004) and "Poems For A Marriage" (July 2008) through Picaro Press.


World Doctors Orchestra

The World Doctors Orchestra (WDO) is an orchestra made up entirely of physicians. It was established as a non-profit organization in 2008 by Prof. at the Charité University Medical Center in Berlin, Germany with the purpose of combining music with global medical responsibility. The proceeds from every concert session go to selected non-profit medical aid organizations.
Concerts.
The World Doctors Orchestra has held 30 concert sessions in five continents.


S. K. Ramachandra Rao

Vidyalankara Saligrama Krishna Ramachandra Rao (4 September 1925 – 2 February 2006) was an Indian author, Sanskrit scholar and
professor of psychology.
His books, most of them in Kannada and English, deal with Indian
culture, philosophy, art, music, and literature. They are based on research he
conducted on ancient Indian texts and rare manuscripts. He was working on a
thirty-two volume project on the Rigveda in English at the time of his death.
Early life.
Saligrama Krishna Ramachandra Rao was born in a Kannada family on September 4, 1925, in Hassan, a small town in south India. He spent his early childhood with his grandparents in Bangalore, where he started school. He also started learning Sanskrit from Agnihotri Yajnavitthalachar, a scholar. This training in Sanskrit would help him write numerous books later in life.
When his grandfather died, he moved to Nanjanagudu, a small town, where his parents were staying at the time. He soon moved to Mysore to finish school. In 1949 he graduated with a master's degree in psychology from University of Mysore.
Work.
He first worked as a research assistant at the Indian Institute of Science, before moving to the All India Institute of Mental Health (now NIMHANS). By 1965, he had risen to become the head of the department of clinical psychology.
In 1962, while at NIMHANS, he wrote a book "The Development of Psychological Thought in India". He also created an Indian version of the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) cards and conducted experiments based on them. He was also instrumental in revising the syllabus that was taught at NIMHANS to include aspects of Indian philosophy that had influenced the study of psychology.
He left NIMHANS in 1965, and worked as a visiting professor in various institutions in Bangalore, lecturing and teaching courses in psychology, indology, philosophy, social work and education.
In later life, he divided his time between public speaking, writing and teaching students at home.
Author.
His books deal primarily with Indian culture, philosophy, art, music, and literature. They are based on research he conducted on ancient Indian texts and rare manuscripts.
He has also written a play in Sanskrit, a commentary in Pali on "Visuddhimagga", a book by Buddhagosha. He has also written a treatise in Pali called "Sumangala-gatha" which was published in the journal "The Light of the Dhamma".
At the time of his death, he was working on a thirty-two volume project on the Rigveda in English. Volume sixteen was published two years after his death in 2007.
Other work.
He was also a painter and a sculptor. One of his works is on permanent display at Ravindra Kalakshetra in Bangalore.
Death.
He died on February 2, 2006, in Bangalore. He is survived by his wife and two children.


Hardy Limeback

Hardy Limeback is a Canadian retired full professor (now professor emeritus) and former head of preventive dentistry at the University of Toronto. He received his PhD in collagen biochemistry and his DDS from the University of Toronto. Limeback was one of the twelve panelists who served on the 2006 US National Academies of Sciences/National Research Council's committee on "Fluoride in Drinking Water: A Scientific Review of EPA's Standards". He has authored or coauthored over 100 publications on dentistry.
Limeback is known for his stance against fluoridation, which began in 1998, stating that, "The evidence that fluoride is more harmful than beneficial is now overwhelming… fluoride may be destroying our bones, our teeth, and our overall health." Prior to that, he had been called "one of Canada's primary promoters of fluoridation," publishing several papers on its benefits.


Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences

Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) is a tertiary care hospital and teaching institute at Kalapet in the Union Territory of Puducherry, India. The college has been approved for full recognition by MCI for 150 seats for MBBS degree granted by the Pondicherry University. The PIMS is a unit of The Madras Medical Mission, a charitable society and hospital in Chennai promoted by the members of the Malankara Orthodox Christian community.
College administration.
The Office-bearers of The Madras Medical Mission are:
The Hospital/Medical School is currently administered by Director-Principal Dr. Renu Gboy Varghese. Administrative Officers include:
Academics and courses.
PIMS has a Medical College, Multi-Specialty Hospital and a Nursing College.
PIMS Pondicherry offer more than 20 courses in medical stream including MBBS, MD, MS and M Ch in plastic surgery. All these courses include undergraduate, post graduate and doctoral courses. It also has awards post graduate diplomas in many fields.
College of Nursing, PIMS.
College of Nursing, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences was established in 2004 and is affiliated to Pondicherry University. It offers BSc and Msc in nursing.


Chethan Gowda

Chethan Gowda known as Chethan M (born 11 February 2000) is a social rights and health activist from India. He spent most of his childhood in the social sector. Due to an incident wherein he lost his teacher as she could not procure blood at the right time, he started his own organization titled Aahwahan Foundation Organization with an aim to make sure nobody dies due to the unavailability of blood. His efforts to make the society better made him the "Most Impactful" person in the social sector in India under the age of 21 awarded by Youth For Seva, as well as TEDx speaker. He was also recognized by Ashoka Innovators For Public as a "Youth Venturer" in 2016.
Early life.
Brought up in Bangalore, Chethan did his schooling from Shanthinikethana School and is currently pursuing engineering at East West Institute of Technology.
Social Entrepreneur.
Chethan has co-founded three startups, Chittii, an online handwritten letter service provider cum creative arts marketplace which was started in 2018, Dream Teams, a community based organization in 2015 and Khoon, a not for profit organization in the field of Blood Donation which was started in 2016.


Macha Mission

Macha Mission is a mission station in the Choma District of the Southern Province of Zambia. While it started out as a place to convert the local population to Christianity, it has grown into a community centre with a church, five schools, a hospital and a malaria research centre.
Macha Mission began as a Christian mission station in 1906. Hannah Frances Davidson, an American missionary from the Brethren in Christ (BIC) church, traveled there from Matopo Mission in Southern Rhodesia (present-day Zimbabwe). She was accompanied by two African helpers and Adda Engle, another missionary. Davidson and her companions subsequently embarked on the task of converting local Tonga and Ila peoples to Christianity. They established a school, a church, and eventually a clinic.
In the 1950s the medical mission of the site greatly expanded due to the presence of Alvan Thuma, a physician and BIC missionary from the United States, and his wife Ardys. The history of their involvement in Macha has been documented in the book "First a Friend"
The mission became the anchor for later Brethren in Christ mission work in Southern Zambia with missionaries expanding to Sikalongo and to Choma. The mission continues to function currently. It has grown considerably and now includes a hospital, a nursing school, two secondary schools and two primary schools.
Developments since 2000.
Long term ongoing research in malaria got a boost early 2003, with the establishment of a formal malaria research centre. The Malaria Institute at Macha (MIAM) collaborates with Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health to do continuing research in malaria and related diseases. Later the research also encompassed TB and HIV, with special attention into Pediatric HIV.
Macha Works, a cooperative organisation, partnered at Macha Mission and implemented an aerodrome, ABFA, restaurant, Care House, Library and Craft Shop, ICT training center, Macha Innovative Christian School, and housing facilities at Ubuntu Campus. In addition, a large Jatropha Farm was started at Macha Mission by Macha Works. From the base at Macha, Macha Works extended activities in 8 other rural communities throughout Zambia (status mid-2010).
Vision Community Radio Macha, broadcasting from Vision House just off Macha Mission, can be received in an 80 km radius on 92.9 MHz, FM.


Vedvistara

Vedvistara asama charitable trust is an NGO in Kerala, India. It is a non profit organization working in the realm of mental health, especially that of children. They conduct free awareness programs for parents and teachers and medical camps for children with learning disability, Autism etc.
They also do free awareness programs in topics like bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and other mental disorders.
They recently conducted a medical camp in Nalanda Auditorium, Calicut for children with Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) which was inaugurated by the education minister of kerala, Sri. P.K. Abdurabb
Vedvistara has developed a new software called KILIPPATTU to intervene with the issues of learning disability.
Vedvistara runs a school for children with learning disability and/or ADHD. The admission is restricted to those children who have a good IQ but are poor in scholastic performance


Community Health Nurses Training College, Fomena

The Community Health Nurses Training College is public tertiary health institution in Fomena in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The college is in the Adansi North District. The activities of the institution is supervised by the Ministry of Education. 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.


Buddy Bear Help

Buddy Bear Help is a children's aid organisation founded in Berlin in 2004 by Eva Herlitz together with several international artists. "Every cent for the children" - with this motto "Buddy Bear Help e.V." guarantees that 100 per cent of the donations and auction revenues from charity activities is used for the selected children's projects. All organisational and administrative costs are borne by the club members.
History.
Furat al Jamil, an artist from Iraq, who designed the bears for her country for the United Buddy Bears project, wanted to help, with the support of "Buddy Bär Berlin GmbH", a five-year-old boy in Baghdad who had a tumor behind his eye and the surgical removal of which was not possible in Baghdad. The boy was to be brought to Berlin for the surgery. Since funds were not immediately available, the help offered came too late.
In order to be able to help quicker, in a more targeted and bureaucratic manner, the "Buddy Bear Help" organisation was founded in 2004. To send a political message at the time of the Iraq War, one of the founding members of the club was Marsha Coats (wife of U.S. Ambassador to Germany from 2001 - 2005, Daniel R. Coats).
Help for Children in Need.
Since 2004, children in need ("Kindern in Not") have been helped worldwide. Among other things, the financing of heart surgeries for children in La Paz (Bolivia) was secured, a school project for Maasai in Tanzania was implemented, in 2009 the construction of a school for AIDS orphans in Tepa Tepa, a small village near Lake Malawi, was completed. In other school projects, individual children in Jamaica and Sri Lanka as well as several schools in Nigeria were supported.
The organisation has been steadily supported by the activities of Buddy Bär since 2003. Since 2009, "Die Arche" has also been supported by Buddy Bear Help, with the organisation carrying the costs of rent for the new Arche location in Berlin-Wedding. Yet the organisation also wants to enable schoolchildren in Berlin to put themselves into the shoes of children who are less fortunate.
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Sato Pharmaceutical

 is a Japanese pharmaceutical company. Sato Pharmaceutical's main focus is on over-the-counter medicines. The company's products are sold in 14 countries around the world. The company's customer bases are located in Asia, North America and Europe, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, the US, Canada and Germany.
The company is known for its marketing mascots, Sato-chan and Satoko-chan, a pair of Indian elephant siblings, first introduced in 1959.
Sato Pharmaceutical Canada.
Sato Pharmaceutical Canada Inc is the Canadian subsidiary of the company, headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia. Sato Pharmaceutical Canada opened its Vancouver office in autumn of 2006. The Canadian operation primarily focuses on selling the Kenzen products, such as medicated pads, gel, and spray, and the Yunker Kotei Natural Energy Drinks.


Canadian Blood Services

Canadian Blood Services (French: "Société canadienne du sang") is a non-profit charitable organization that is independent from the Canadian government. The Canadian Blood Services was established as Canada's blood authority in all provinces and territories except for Quebec in 1998. The federal, provincial and territorial governments created the Canadian Blood Services through a memorandum of understanding. Canadian Blood Services is funded mainly through the provincial and territorial governments.
Canadian Blood Services is a health-care system that is part of Canada's broader network of systems, and it is currently the only organization that is funded by Canada's provincial and territorial governments for manufacturing biological products. In addition to providing blood and blood products, the organization also provides transfusion and stem cell registry services on behalf of all provincial and territorial governments besides Quebec. All provinces and territories are able to access the national transplant registry for inter-provincial organ sharing and related programs.
It has a unique relationship with Héma-Québec, the provincial blood system operator that provides products to patients and manages Quebec's stem cell donor registry. The two organizations work closely to share blood products in times of need and collaborate regularly to share information, insights and data.
There are several reasons why individuals can be deferred from donating blood, including intravenous drug use, living in the UK for certain periods of time, coming from an HIV-endemic country, and engaging in activities that confer a high risk of HIV.
Blood testing.
Canadian Blood Services has a multi-tiered system to measure the safety of their blood supply. Before donating, donors are first screened for their health.
The screening process for prospective donors includes:
Once the blood is donated, it must then go through testing for infectious diseases, including but not limited to HIV and hepatitis. Blood is also surveyed to monitor transmittable diseases in blood donors, investigated for possible transfusion-transmitted infections in blood recipients, and scanned for potential emerging pathogens that may pose a risk in the present or future. All these safety measures are done to protect blood recipients.
Blood donation from men who have had sex with men.
Policies that banned gay men from donating blood and tissues were first introduced around the world in the mid-1980s. These policies were introduced after the emergence of several reported cases of severe immune deficiency among gay men in the United States at the end of 1981. In June 1982, an increase in the cases of immune deficiency was reported among several groups of gay men in Southern California. This led many to believe that the cause of the immune deficiency was linked to the sexual transmission of infections agents. Furthermore, because many thought that the immune deficiency was only prevalent among gay men, the disease was initially called Gay-Related Immune Deficiency (or GRID). Hence, in the mid-1980s, the predecessor of the Canadian Blood Services—the Canadian Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service—introduced a blood donor restriction on men who have had sex with men (MSM) as of 1977, on the grounds of protecting the blood supply from HIV infection.
In 2006, Canadian Blood Services began conducting a thorough review of the blood donor restrictions on MSM; however, in 2007, the board of directors concluded that the restrictions were to be maintained. Upon this conclusion, Canadian Blood Services was encouraged to continue gathering more information on the subject. In 2010, the Ontario Superior Court—in response to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms challenge which was launched in 2002—ruled that the deferral criteria for MSM was not discriminatory as it was based on health and safety considerations. In 2011, the Canadian Blood Services' board of directors approved plans to remove the permanent deferral for MSM, and instead, agreed towards a defined term of not more than 10 years but less than five years since last sexual contact.
On May 22, 2013, Canadian Blood Services announced that the deferral period as prescribed and enforced by Health Canada for MSM would be decreased from a ban for "even once since 1977" to "five years from last MSM [sexual] activity" by the summer of 2013. The new policy came into effect on July 22, 2013. In June 2016, Canadian Blood services announced that Health Canada had approved its request to shorten the MSM ban from five years to one year, with this policy change to take effect on August 15, 2016. In 2019, Canadian Blood Services amended their policy again, after Health Canada had approved their request to reduce the waiting period for MSM donors from one year to three months.
MSM policy reasoning.
Canadian Blood Services aims to keep their policies as minimally restrictive while also keeping their blood supply safe. Data from HIV in Canada-Surveillance Report in 2017 stated that MSM adults are the largest portion of new HIV infection in Canada at 46.4%. Eligibility is determined by the most current evidence-based research available. Canadian Blood Services states that the 3-month waiting period exists because HIV is not detectable shortly after infection with their current testing technologies.
MSM policy criticism.
Many critics say that Canadian Blood Services should be using a screening model that evaluates risky behaviour that may result in HIV, not based on an individual's sexuality. If a gay man is having unprotected anal sex in a committed monogamous relationship, they are less likely to be HIV positive than a man with secondary sex partners. All donations go through HIV testing and the approximate nine-day window where HIV goes undetected is the same for a gay man and heterosexual man.
MSM Research Grant Program.
The Canadian Blood Services, in partnership with Héma-Québec, manages the MSM Research Grant Program. This program is funded by contributions from Health Canada, which has made a $3-million investment in the research program. The objective of the MSM Research Grant Program is to generate a body of evidence-based research to help develop and inform alternative screening approaches for blood or plasma donors, thereby helping to ensure a more inclusive donor screening process for the Canadian blood system. The MSM Research Grant program is anticipated to help evolve and inform the current eligibility criteria for MSM, while maintaining and ensuring the safety of the Canadian blood supply. As of November 2018, the MSM Research Grant Program funds a total of 15 research projects.
Blood donation from trans individuals.
Previously, there was ambiguity regarding the screening process for trans donors before the national criteria was implemented. On August 15, 2016 Canadian Blood Services' new eligibility criteria for transgender people came into effect. According to this criteria:
There is currently little research done on the trans population in Canada; however, the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has summarized information from the U.S. and European countries stating that the prevalence of trans women in the U.S. and other high-income countries is 22 to 28 percent. Canadian Blood Services' two main risk factors for trans donors include:
In an effort to receive input from the LGBTQ community regarding the policies put in place for both MSM and trans donors, several consultations with this community have occurred. Two in-person consultations with trans and gender non-binary communities took place: one on Nov. 17, 2016 in Vancouver, and one on Dec. 8, 2016 in Toronto.
Services offered.
The Canadian Blood Services provides services in four main areas: blood, plasma, stem cells, and organs and tissues. Collection services vary across Canada, but typical services include: whole blood collection, plasmapheresis, plateletpheresis, and stem cell and bone marrow collection and matching.
Whole blood collection is the shortest process of those listed above and at over 850,000 units collected per year, is the primary blood collection service offered by Canadian Blood Services. About 450 mL (1 United States liquid pint) of blood is collected during a blood donation. For a typical donor this represents about ten percent of their total blood supply.
Blood.
The Canadian Blood Services collects, tests, and manufactures blood and blood products. These blood products are distributed to the hospitals which the organization serves in order to meet the clinical needs of individual patients. Canadian Blood Services also work in conjunction with provincial and territorial governments throughout Canada to meet the needs of patients throughout the country.
Plasma.
Canadian Blood Services collects plasma from volunteer, unpaid donors across Canada. A majority of the donated plasma is used for a process called fractionation, where plasma is manufactured into plasma-derived products which are used to treat bleeding disorders, burns, and immune deficiencies. Collected plasma is also used to meet the transfusion needs of Canadian patients. In addition to these activities, one of the responsibilities of the organization is to monitor the amount of human plasma available to meet the needs of patients across Canada.
Demand for plasma.
There is a growing demand for plasma in Canada in order to increase the amount available to manufacture medications which use proteins present in human plasma. As of 2019, there is not enough plasma collected in Canada to meet the demands of the country. The amount of plasma that the Canadian Blood Services collects only meets 13-14% of the demand for immune globulin. Hence, the vast majority of plasma used in Canada are from finished products that the organization purchases using plasma from paid donors in the United States. Approximately 80% of Canada's immune globulin is imported from the United States.
Authority is delegated to the provinces and territories in Canada to decide how they wish to collect plasma in their respective jurisdictions. While some provinces prohibit private clinics and companies from paying their plasma donors, some clinics located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, have been paying their plasma donors for thirty years. In order to provide Canadians with a secure supply of source plasma to address potential shortages or threats to the Canadian system, the Canadian Blood Services, therefore, has identified increasing their plasma donations as an active priority. However, as a not-for-profit organization, the Canadian Blood Services continues to stand by their current policy regarding plasma donors, in that they shall only collect plasma from voluntary, unpaid donors.
As of 2019, the organization has stated that they are currently working to develop a collections model to significantly increase their plasma collections through voluntary donations.
Stem cells.
Canadian Blood Services operates a stem cell program to aid patients who have diseases or disorders that are treatable with stem cell transplants. Manufacturing of stem cells is done through the collection of cord blood, to then be put in the cord blood bank. Canadian Blood Services also operates a national registry of potential adult stem cell donors, which is part of a network of other international donor registries. Human leukocyte antigen typing is also a service provided to assure that the matches between donors and receivers of stem cells are the best as possible.
Cord Blood Bank.
Cord blood is the blood remaining in the umbilical cord and placenta after a baby is delivered. Cord blood contains an abundance of stem cells, and is capable of treating several genetic diseases, blood disorders, and immune deficiencies. It is useful in the treatment of over eighty diseases ad disorders, some of which include leukemia, lymphoma, and sickle cell disease. After transplantation, donated stem cells that are deemed healthy replace damaged stem cells in a patient's bone marrow and immune system.
In 2015, the Canadian Blood Services launched the Cord Blood Bank. The inception of the Cord Blood Bank came about after provincial and territorial ministries of health across Canada (with the exception of Quebec) committed to the establishment of an ethnically diverse, national, and publicly funded stem cell bank obtained from umbilical cord blood. In order to fulfill this commitment, a $48-million investment was made, of which the Canadian Blood Services pledged to raising $12.5-million in public funding. From this pledge, the Canadian Blood Services underwent its first fundraising campaign "For All Canadians," through which they obtained over $12.5 million, exceeding their initial goal. Today, the Canadian Blood Services' Cord Blood Bank exists as a national, public health-care resource offered at four locations across Canada:
Demand for stem cells.
In Canada, there has been a steadily increasing demand for stem cells. Half of the patients in Canada requiring a stem cell door, however, are without a match. Furthermore, patients from ethnically diverse backgrounds seeking stem cell donors presents a challenge as oftentimes, a patient's best match is someone of similar ancestry. As of 2019, only thirty-one percent of the roughly 440,000 donors in Canada's stem cell registry are ethnically diverse—a figure that decreases to only three percent when examining those who are of mixed race.
Organs and tissues.
The Canadian Blood Services works closely with the Organ and Tissue Donation & Transplantation community to help facilitate inter-provincial organ sharing, and to improve national system performance in this area. This is done via the provision of professional education resources, the development and sharing of leading practices, increasing public awareness, and through data analysis and reporting. As part of their role, they also manage a national transplant registry for inter-provincial organ sharing, operate the national organ waitlist, and manage related programs for organ donation and transplantation.
Since 2008, the federal, provincial, and territorial governments have invested more than $70-million to support the Canadian Blood Services and their work with the organ and tissue donation and transplantation system. In April, 2019, it was announced by Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Minister of Health, that an additional $3.4-million in funding was to be delegated towards the Canadian Blood Services over the span of two years to help improve the organ and tissue donation and transplantation system in Canada.
Kidney paired donation program.
In Canada, there are currently 23 living kidney donation and transplant donation programs involved with the kidney paired donation program. The kidney paired donation program is operated collaboratively between Canadian Blood Services and Canada’s living kidney donation and kidney transplant programs.
Any healthy adult can be assessed to become a potential living kidney donor. Usually, donors wish to donate to a friend or family member if they are compatible, in which case the kidney paired donation program is not used. However, if they do not have a patient in mind to donate to, the kidney paired donation program can be used.
Canadian Blood Services manages the Canadian Transplant Registry to match living kidney donors to those in need of transplants. They also play a role in facilitating the communication between the donor and patient to keep kidney donor chains going as fast as possible. In addition, they collaborate with the Kidney Transplant Advisory Committee to review each donor chain to make sure that high priority cases receive adequate attention and that the chain is progressing.
Demand for kidney transplants.
Currently, waiting times for deceased donor kidney transplants in Canada average about four to five years, with some patients never receiving a transplant. Those who are waiting for a kidney transplant make up approximately 78% of the organ transplant waiting list. In 2017, approximately 3379 Canadians were on the waiting list for a kidney transplant.
Blood donor eligibility.
The table below highlights the conditions that individuals must be cautious of when deciding to donate blood.


BC Cancer Agency

BC Cancer is part of the Provincial Health Services Authority in British Columbia, Canada.
Facilities.
BC Cancer's first cancer treatment centre (then known as the British Columbia Cancer Institute) officially opened in Vancouver on November 5, 1938.
BC Cancer operates six regional cancer centres (in Abbotsford, Kelowna, Prince George, Surrey, Vancouver and Victoria) and the BC Cancer Research Centre, with departments in Vancouver and in Victoria.
All radiotherapy services in British Columbia are provided by the BC Cancer, as well as a majority of chemotherapy services. BC Cancer works with local health authorities across the province to provide cancer clinics in areas remote from the six main cancer centres, to cover rural British Columbia and the Yukon.
Projects.
In 2000, the agency partnered with the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center to create the Chinese Women's Health Project that provides culturally competent outreach programs to increase cervical cancer screening rates among this population.
Fundraising.
By raising funds in the community, the BC Cancer Foundation, an independent charitable organization, provides direct support for research and enhancements to care at the BC Cancer. Established in 1935, the BC Cancer Foundation is an independent charitable organization that raises and stewards resources to directly support breakthrough research and compassionate care at the BC Cancer throughout the province of British Columbia. With the best cancer survival rates in Canada, the BC Cancer Agency has become a model for cancer care and control around the world. Donations to the BC Cancer Foundation directly support research BC Cancer including support for salaries, for construction of the BC Cancer Agency’s Research Centres in Vancouver and Victoria, and for equipment. In addition to funding basic research at BC Cancer, the BC Cancer Foundation also provides funds for clinical research, prevention and enhancements to patient care. In 2017, the BC Cancer Foundation provided BC Cancer with nearly $55 million.
Events.
The BC Cancer Foundation is the beneficiary of major fundraising events including: The Weekend to End Women's Cancers, a two-day, 60-kilometre walk through Vancouver streets in support of breast cancer research and enhancements to care at the BC Cancer Agency raised over $19 million to date. The 2010 BC Cancer Foundation’s The Underwear Affair, a 10-kilometre run/5-kilometre walk through Vancouver raised $552,000 to support prevention and early detection at the BC Cancer Agency of the seven below-the-belt cancers. BC Cancer Foundation’s 2007 Tour of Courage featured special guest appearances by cancer survivor and cycling legend, Lance Armstrong and raised over $1.8 million for blood cancer research. BC Cancer Foundation’s 2010 Ride to Conquer Cancer raised over $9.2 million for cancer research at the BC Cancer Agency, making it the most successful fundraising event in the Foundation's history.
The Foundation has offices in five of the BC Cancer's regional centres: Abbotsford, Surrey, Kelowna, Victoria and Vancouver.


William Hobbs (politician)

Dr William Hobbs (1822 – 8 December 1890) was a doctor and politician in colonial Queensland.
Hobbs was born in London, England, and was one of the earliest colonists of Queensland, practised as a doctor in Brisbane, and was for a considerable period the Government medical officer. Accompanied by his aged mother, he arrived at Moreton Bay on 1 May 1849 as surgeon of the "Chaseley", the second of John Dunmore Lang's migrant ships. After a brief period at Drayton on the Darling Downs, he commenced practice in Brisbane in September.
He was nominated to the Queensland Legislative Council and was a member of the first responsible government, without portfolio, under the premiership of Robert Herbert, the permanent Under-Secretary for the Colonies, from April 1861 to January 1862. Mr. Hobbs married Anna Louisa Barton, sister of Edmund Barton, of Sydney. He died in Brisbane on 8 December 1890 and was buried in Toowong Cemetery.


College of Nursing, Trivandrum, Kerala

The College of Nursing, Trivandrum, Kerala, India, founded in 1972, is the pioneer institute for nursing education in Kerala and one of the earliest in South East Asia. It comes under the Directorate of Medical Education, Government of Kerala and is affiliated to the University of Kerala and the Kerala University of Health Sciences.
History.
It started as a school of nursing in the 1943,offering diploma courses to students. It was in the year 1963,that it was elevated into a college with bachelor programs, first of its kind in Kerala. Since its establishment, it remained as a department under the Government Medical College Trivandrum. It was only recently that it began to function as a separate autonomous entity under the DME.
Courses offered.
The school has been offering post-graduate programmes in nursing since 1987. The college has four areas of PG specialty training: (medical-surgical nursing) 'paediatric nursing, obstetrical and gynaecological nursing and community health nursing. It is the only center in Kerala offering doctoral studies in nursing.
Originally, the number of male students permitted to enroll in the school was restructured to 12.5% of applicants. Presently, the college admits male students with no restriction as to numbers. Previously, students were admitted based on the ranks secured in the All Kerala Medical Entrance Examination, but now the entries are based on marks of the Higher Secondary School Certificates.
The capacity of the undergraduate program was increased from 60 to 75 in 2008.


Gemma Dashwood

Gemma Joan Dashwood, OAM (born 19 October 1977) is an Australian Paralympic swimmer and medical doctor. She was born in Canberra. She competed in the Les autres disability category due to her septic arthritis.
Swimming career.
She won three gold medals at the 1996 Atlanta Games in the Women's 100 m Butterfly S10, Women's 400 m Freestyle S10, and Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle S7-10 events, for which she received a Medal of the Order of Australia. At the same Games, she won two silver medals in the Women's 100 m Freestyle S10 and Women's 200 m Medley SM10 events. At the 2000 Sydney Games, she won a gold medal in the Women's 400 m Freestyle S10 event, a silver medal in the Women's 200 m Medley SM10 event, and a bronze medal in the Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle 34 pts event.
She had an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship from 1995 to 2000. In 1997, she moved to Newcastle to study speech therapy at the University of Newcastle and trained under Bill Nelson. She became a member of the University of Newcastle Swimming Club, where she practiced for the Sydney 2000 games. She organised the 'Swimming in Parallel Calendar 2000' to raise the profile of the Australian female Paralympic swim team. In 2000, she received an Australian Sports Medal.
Medical career.
Dashwood graduated from Canberra Girls' Grammar School in 1995. She moved to Newcastle, New South Wales to study speech pathology at the University of Newcastle. After completing her degree, she worked in England. She returned to Canberra in 2004 and enrolled in the inaugural Australian National University Medical School class and graduated in 2007. In 2009, she completed her internship with ACT Health. She is an intensive care registrar at Canberra Hospital.
Dashwood has an interest in music, playing the organ and cello and singing, and plays the cello with the Australian Doctors' Orchestra.


Valdemar Riise

Valdemar Riise (1 June 1853 – 10 December 1914), was the proprietor of A.H. Riise Rum and Pharmacy, which was founded by his father Albert Heinrich Riise in 1838 on the island of St. Thomas in the Danish West Indies (known today as the United States Virgin Islands). Valdemar sold the pharmacy in 1913 and returned to Copenhagen because he was suffering from string of disease attacks. After returning to Copenhagen in 1913 he died 1 year after in 1914.
Biography.
Valdemar was named Knight of Dannebrog. Knights were asked to write a vitae and Valdemar Riise's vitae dated September 24th 1907.
King Haakon of Norway appointed Valdemar Riise as Norwegian consul in the Danish West Indies, and in 1912 Valdemar Riise was honored with the Norwegian St. Olav's Order of 1st class, which is awarded as "reward for excellent merits of the fatherland and humanity".
King Haakon the 7th of Norway started his life as Prince Carl of Denmark. He built up his career in the Royal Danish Navy, which led to him serving on the vessel, Fregatten Jylland. The national treasure “Frigate Jylland” – which shares its name with another variation of A.H. Riise NAVY Rum– led the prince to the West Indian Isles. Here he met Valdemar Riise, son of A.H. Riise.
King Haakon and Riise established a close friendship over the years and enjoyed each other’s company on several occasions when King Haakon visited the A.H. Riise Pharmacy and Riise’s private home. The friendship began when the then Prince Karl served on the frigates Jutland and Fyen, acting as maritime protection vessels in the Danish West Indies and which frequently moored off Saint Thomas.


Team Danmark

Team Danmark is an organization funded by the Danish government through the proceeds from Danske Spil, the state-controlled organization for betting on sports in Denmark, with the purpose of promoting elite sports in Denmark.


Guelph General Hospital

Guelph General Hospital is a medical care facility in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. It is a 165-bed facility employing 224 doctors among a total staff of about 1200. Prior to cutbacks in the 2008/2009 fiscal year, the hospital operated 181 beds.
The facility opened as a 12-bed unit on 16 August 1875.
This hospital rated as one of the safest in Canada in terms of the hospital standardized mortality ratio (the lower the better) at 78 in 2017, compared to the national average of 91. By comparison, Cambridge Memorial Hospital had a score of 95. Also in 2017, the facility was among the best in Ontario in terms of wait times at the Emergency department.


Whistler Weasel Workers

The Whistler Weasel Workers is a volunteer organization of alpine ski race workers that has been active in Whistler, British Columbia(BC), Canada since the 1970s. The Whistler Weasel Workers is a non-profit society dedicated to the advancement of alpine ski racing in British Columbia and Canada. The Weasel Worker's major activity is the preparation and maintenance of ski race courses and the support and organization of ski racing competitions.
The Weasel Workers have participated in the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, in all World Cup, Canadian Championship and NorAm alpine ski races that have been held in Whistler BC. The Weasel Workers have also participated in international ski races at other locations, including the FIS Alpine World Championships in Sierra Nevada, Spain (1996), and in Bormio, Italy (2005), in World Cup alpine ski races in Lake Louise, AB (2000–present), and in Beaver Creek, CO (2006), as well as in the Winter Olympic Games in Calgary, AB (1988) and in Salt Lake, UT (2002). The Whistler Weasel Workers participated in the 2008 Whistler World Cup and they played a role in the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games.
Alpine ski racing in Canada is largely dependent on volunteer workers who prepare a course for racing and then maintain the course during the event. This activity includes creating and maintaining a hard, smooth snow surface and installing and maintaining safety netting necessary to safeguard both the ski racers and spectators. Volunteers also organize and officiate most alpine ski races. Among officiating and other tasks requiring large numbers of volunteers are those of Gate Judging (confirms that competitors properly complete the course) and Course Security (restricts access to the race course).
In the 1970s, while watching a line of course workers walking, arm-in-arm, "boot-packing" the snow on a steep pitch on Whistler Mountain's Dave Murray track, an early race organizer was heard to say, "They're Weasel Workers", naming the group after the slope on which they were working. The name stuck and from that time, Whistler's volunteer ski race workers have been known as the "Weasel Workers".
In 1984, the organization formally registered itself as a society, under the name "Coast Alpine Event Club". This name is rarely used and the group is commonly known simply as "the Weasels". The Weasels are very loosely organized with membership requirements being simply four or five day's participation as a course worker at a Weasel-supported Whistler ski race. Most members are intermediate to advanced skiers, but the organization includes many non-skiers as well.
Whereas the core membership is resident in the Lower Mainland region of BC (Vancouver and surroundings), and in Whistler, Squamish and Pemberton, BC, Weasel Workers reside throughout Canada, as well as in the USA, Australia, New Zealand, and many countries in Europe.
The Whistler Weasel Worker organization is sustained by strong camaraderie and a shared love of and dedication to alpine ski racing. The Weasels are enthusiastic supporters of the Canadian Alpine Ski Team. Many Weasels are or have been parents of ski racers competing at various levels, from local club and regional ski races to international World Cup races.


Sree Vidyanikethan College of Nursing

Located in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India, Sree Vidyanikethan College of Nursing (SVCN) focuses solely on health and medical sciences. Established in 2006, SVCN offers Bachelor of Science degree programs as well as post-graduate programs in nursing, including masters. SVCN has been approved by AP Nursing Council and affiliated to Dr. NTR University of Health Sciences, Vijayawada. It is recognized by Indian Nursing Council, New Delhi. Instituted by Sree Vidyanikethan Educational Trust(SVET).


Gregor Ebner

Gregor Ebner (born 24 June 1892 in Ichenhausen, Bavaria; died 22 March 1974 in Wolfatshausen) was a medical doctor from Kirchseeon near Munich. During the time of National Socialism he served as the medical leader of all the Lebensborn Homes.
Life.
Ebner was born in Ichenhausen to Gregor Ebner, a coffee-house proprietor and his wife Marie (née Maurer). From 1914 to 1918 he took part in World War I as an Army Field Doctor. Thereafter he spent a few months with the Freikorps Epp. Following his graduation from medical school in June 1920 he opened a medical practice in Kirchseeon. In 1930 he became a member of the National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP), commonly referred to in English as the Nazi Party (Membership number 340.925). He immedietly became the Town Group Leader and Deputy Regional Leader. In 1931 he joined the General SS. Ebner met Heinrich Himmler in 1930 and was his house doctor for many years.
In mid-1937 Ebner gave up his private practice and joined the Lebensborn Association full time. He remained in the function of medical head of all the Lebensborn run homes. In addition, he was the Chairman of the Disciplinary Court of the National Socialist Doctor's League 'from 1938. In 1939 he gained the rank of SS-Oberführer.
On the 10 March 1948 Ebner was only found guilty of being a member of the SS at the Nuremberg SS Race and Settlement Main Office Hearing and sentenced to two years and eight months in prison. Thereafter he continued his medical practice in Kirchseeon and Wolfratshausen.


St James Capua Hospital

St James Capua Hospital, or Saint James Hospital Sliema, started out in 1996 as the Capua Palace Hospital. In 2002 it was taken over by the Saint James Hospital Group, which owns other hospitals in Malta, Libya and Hungary.
It is an 80 bed unit in Sliema, Malta. The hospital occupies part of the former "Capua Palace" building (Palazzo Capua), built over 200 years ago.
It is a private hospital offering a very broad range of services, and is very strong in the field of obstetrics and infertility work.


Mahipatsinh Chavda

Mahipatsinh Chavda (Born 10 February 1967) is an Indian academic currently serving as the 15th Vice Chancellor
of Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University, Gujarat, India.
Early life and education.
Mahipatsinh chavda was born on 10 February 1967 to Ramuba and Dansinh Chavda, in Kshatriya Karadia Rajput family in Pachhegam village(Bhavnagar)
After receiving secondary and higher secondary school education from Vallabhipur, Chavda pursued bachelor's (BA) in 1987 from Gujarat University, Ahmedabad. He obtained master's degree(MA) and MPhil in Psychology from Sardar Patel University, Anand in 1989 and 1990 respectively. He received the Doctorate degree(PhD) in Psychology in the year 2003 from saurashtra University, Rajkot. He had been Gold-medalist throughout his academic career.
Career.
Chavda is a firm believer of discipline and best known for his bold and decisive style of working which also gained traction among others.
He is on leave from his position of Principal and Head of Department of L. D. Arts College(Estd:1937) and co-ordinator of Indira Gandhi National Open University and Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University. During his tenure, college received NAAC 'A' grade accreditation and stood among the top ranking arts colleges in India.
Along with teaching experience of over 28 years, he has also served as Dean (Faculty of Arts) and Chairman (Board of Studies) at Gujarat University. Chavda has been an active academic senate and executive council member of several universities for over a decade.
Vice chancellorship.
Chavda assumed charge as Vice Chancellor of Bhavnagar University in March 2019. Under his leadership, university expanded its coverage in a sustainable way while enhancing equalities of access and outcomes, quality and relevance, and effective governance structures and management practices.
Chavda has enriched university's canvas of different academic programmes and its quality through best implementation of the visionary recommendations of NAAC and other eminent experts.
Research experience.
He has contributed with over 60+ National and International research papers, publications and over 15+ books in Psychology.


S. M. Balaji

S. M. Balaji is a dental and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. He is a dental scientist who specialises in repair of cleft palate, rhinoplasty, ear reconstruction, jaw reconstruction, facial asymmetry correction, dental implantology, maxillofacial surgery and Craniofacial surgery.He is the alumni of prestigious Annamalai University where so many efficient oral and Maxillofacial surgeon's are trained.
Balaji conducts medical camps in South India, North America, China, Russia, Andamans and Maldives with the support of the governments as the majority of the people cannot afford these surgeries, by finding sponsors for poor patients and also operating free.
Balaji does craniofacial, maxillofacial, cleft lip and palate surgery at Victoria Hospital, Mahe – Seychelles, Jawaharlal Nehru Hospital Mauritius, Vacua Hospital, Mauritius, Indra Gandhi Hospital, Republic of Maldives. Formerly Consultant Maxillofacial Surgeon at Apollo Hospital, Colombo, Sri Lanka.He is also a Cleft Craniofacial Surgeon at G.P Pant Hospital, Andaman Nicobar Islands.
A documentary on Balaji's surgical expertise and success in skull and face reconstruction surgery was telecast at International Film Festival, Berlin in 1996. The documentary portrays how children with craniofacial deformities from various parts of the world were surgically treated and rehabilitated by him. It showcased how drastically the life of child with facial deformity blooms with happiness, how misery and self-pity turns to a normal and healthy life. The documentary was directed by Dr. Gloriana, International Co-ordinator and Jury for the International Film Festivals.
Balaji has published papers in "International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery", "Implant Dentistry", "Journal of Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery", "Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery" and "Indian Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery". He organised the Indian dental conference in Chennai and was the organising chairman of the conference. He was the first Indian to be the President of the 7th World Cleft Lip & Palate Congress held at Republic of Seychelles.
Balaji is the author of "The Textbook on Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery". The second edition of this book has the foreword written by Daniel M Laskin who is regarded as the pioneer Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon.
Balaji documented his surgical life in the form of Textbook “Clinical Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery”. The textbook is aimed at young surgeons and trainee surgeons and teaches them to solve the challenges posed by complex craniofacial situations.
He was the Chairman of the 4th World Congress on Craniofacial Tissue Engineering, the Joint meet of both the European & Asia-Pacific Conferences, that was held in Male, Republic of Maldives. Previously these conferences used to be held in Paris and London.
 Balaji was conferred with Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) by Dr D Y Patil University, Mumbai, for his contribution to dentistry and craniofacially deformed children.
Career.
Balaji's interest lies in research and improving surgical techniques. Even as a student, he was interested in experiments. He stated, "As a senior resident, I tried applying gutka and betel nut to the lips of rabbits and observing them. After about three months, I noticed changes in the tissues."
Now his research leans towards surgical techniques. He has researched and presented papers on surgical techniques for deformed noses (rhinoplasty), facial paralysis and lesions that may lead to oral cancer, TM Joint Ankylosis and other topics."
Since 2010 he has been the Editor-in-Chief of the "Annals of Maxillofacial Surgery" and the Executive Editor of "Indian Journal of Dental Research".
Awards.
In 2002 he received the Tamil Nadu Scientist Award from the department of Science and Technology, Government of Tamil Nadu.
Balaji received in 2008 from the Indian President Pratibha Patil, the B. C. Roy Award which is presented for Medicine to eminent doctors for their contribution to medical research, teaching and development of specialities in various branches of medicine.
Indian Government awarded twice Best Medical Book Award with 10000 INR cash prize in year 2001 & 2003.
He has been awarded the Brammaiah Sastri Award for ground breaking research findings in the field of reconstructive surgery using novel bone morphogenetic proteins by the Indian Association of Bio-medical Scientist conference at Chandigarh.
He was awarded the "Dr. Ginwallah Rolling Trophy" of the Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons of India twice for scientific research in maxillofacial surgery. He has won the "Modus Award of Merit" for presenting the 'Best Innovative Surgical Technique' at the 6th Asian Conference on Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery held at Tokyo.
Balaji was honored with Prof. David Precious Scientific Award at the 2018 Leipzig in the XII International Cleft Lip and Palate Conference. His research on guided bone regeneration in cleft deformities was selected for this award. He is the first and only Indian to receive this award.


Michael Baker (epidemiologist)

Michael George Baker is an epidemiologist with the University of Otago. Baker is a member of the New Zealand Food Safety Authority's Academy and of the New Zealand Ministry of Health's Pandemic Influenza Technical Advisory Group (PITAG).
Early life.
Baker studied at the University of Otago, where he graduated MB ChB and earned a Diploma in Public Health, and the University of Auckland where he obtained a Diploma in Obstetrics.
Career.
He originally wanted to specialise in emergency medicine or psychiatry, but got a job as a medical advisor for the Minister of Health. In that role he worked on the response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, and helped to set up a needle exchange programme.
He was appointed to the faculty at Otago in 1997, rising to the rank of professor in the Department of Public Health at the University of Otago, Wellington in 2013.
He has campaigned to reduce campylobacter contamination in chicken in New Zealand.
COVID-19 pandemic.
In January 2020, Baker began to read reports about the COVID-19 outbreak in China, and he was asked to join the Ministry of Health's COVID-19 Technical Advisory Group. In February 2020 he was advocating with colleagues at the University of Otago to 'stamp out' COVID-19 in New Zealand and keep it out, rather than trying to 'flatten the curve'. The Government eventually introduced a countrywide lockdown.
In April 2020, Baker stated that New Zealand had the "most decisive and strongest lockdown in the world at the moment" and that it is the only Western country where the goal is to eliminate COVID-19. Baker thinks we will look back on COVID-19 as "the most profound public health intervention in our history".
Honours and awards.
In 2013, Baker was awarded the HRC Liley Medal for his contribution to the health and medical sciences.
In the 2021 New Year Honours, Baker was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to public health science.
Baker is the 2020 winner of the Prime Minister's Science Communication Prize, recognising his 2000+ interviews on COVID-19 since January 2020.
Personal life.
Baker lives in Brooklyn, Wellington, with his family.


Pt. Deendayal Upadhyay Memorial Health Sciences and Ayush University of Chhattisgarh

Pt. Deendayal Upadhyay Memorial Health Sciences and Ayush University of Chhattisgarh, formerly Pt. Deendayal Upadhyay Memorial University, is a state university located in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India. It was established under the "Ayush And Health Science University Of Chhattisgarh. Act" with establishment date of 16 September 2008.
Degrees.
The university offers Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BScN), Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS), Master of Dental Surgery (MDS), Doctor of Medicine−MD,and Bachelor of Physiotherapy (BPT)coursework.


Parsi Lying-in Hospital

The Parsi Lying-in Hospital (PLIH), also known as Temulji's Lying-in Hospital, sometimes spelled Tehmulji's Lying-in Hospital, was one of the first maternity hospitals in Bombay (now Mumbai). It was co-founded by physician and obstetrician Temulji Bhicaji Nariman in 1887 and completed in 1895. Dwindling numbers of Parsi births in the latter half of the 20th century led to its closure.
Origins.
During the 19th century, Bombay's Parsi women had largely given birth at home, confined to poorly ventilated and unsanitary conditions. In 1887, obstetrician and dean of Grant Medical College, Temulji Nariman, concerned about the prevalence of puerperal fever, founded the PLIH.
The hospital was initially located in a small house facing the ocean in the Marine Lines. It was run by Nariman as the Parsi Maternity Asylum and established Nariman's name in the community. Shortly, however, a plot was bought from the government on the esplanade in the Hornby Estate of Mumbai. The building was designed by Muncherji Murzban, a key figure in the Bombay Municipal Corporation who was inspired by the Peabody estates of London and who oversaw the construction of the building. It was completed in 1895 at a cost 105,000 rupees but by 1914, the total cost had increased to 130,541 rupees. Fakirjee Dinshaw served as the contractor. It was one of the city's first maternity hospitals built in the Gothic Revival style. Arranged around a courtyard, it could accommodate 50 women. It became popularly known as Temuljinu Suvarvakhana (Temulji’s lying-house).
Early years.
Previously, during their confinement, women had been located in the darkest and dampest corners of the house on the ground floor where sewage gases could contribute to ill-health. The PLIH, however, located women on upper floors with better hygiene and more space. The hospital acquired a reputation for cleanliness and the availability of midwives and clean linen. New mothers stayed for more than a month and it was felt by the Parsi community that it fulfilled an unmet need.
Temulji Nariman became symbolic of "Parsi motherhood". He was the hospital's honorary secretary and chief physician at the time of the opening ceremony on 11 January 1895, and he encouraged the wealthier Parsis to allow those poorer to make use of its placements. The fee structure had three tiers. The third class received free treatment, the second class paid 1.80 rupees per day and first class paid 3 rupees per day. A refundable deposit was also taken.
Within the first four years, about 1,750 patients had been treated and by the turn of the 20th century, Parsi women had three hospitals to choose from within the district of the Esplanade, the Bomanjee Edaljee Allbless Obstetric Hospital, the Pestanjee Hormusjee Cama Hospital for Women and Children and the PLIH.
Among notable Parsis born at the PLIH, were Feroze Gandhi in 1912. Jamsetji Tata was a committee member.
Later years.
In the early 21st century there were plans to convert the grade 2B listed building into an orthopaedic hospital, however, in 2015 the first floor was being used as offices and the remainder of the building was empty.


Delhi Pharmaceutical Science and Research University

Delhi Pharmaceutical Science and Research University (DPSRU) is a state university located at New Delhi, India.
History.
The Delhi Pharmaceutical Science and Research University has its root in the Delhi Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences & Research (DIPSAR). DIPSAR was founded in 1964 as Department of Pharmacy and was located in Kashmiri gate, Delhi. In 1972, it was converted into the College of Pharmacy and moved to the campus of the Pusa Institute. Finally, in 1979 it moved to its present campus in Pushp Vihar. In 2004 it was named as Delhi Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences & Research and affiliated to University of Delhi.
In 2008, the Government of Delhi passed the "Delhi Pharmaceutical Science and Research University, 2008", The institute finally opened its gates in 2015, with DIPSAR as its constituent college, both operating from the same premises.
University has currently following units:


Richard Scolyer

Richard Scolyer is an Australian pathologist. He is a senior staff specialist in tissue pathology and diagnostic oncology at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, co-medical director at the Melanoma Institute Australia, and clinical professor at the University of Sydney.
Career.
Scolyer provides clinical consultation services for the diagnosis of difficult pigmented lesions and leads a translational melanoma research laboratory.
In February 2019, he was ranked the world's 10th leading publisher on the topic of melanoma and the world's leading publisher in melanoma pathology. Scolyer has co-authored more than 700 publications and book-chapters on the subject, and was an editor of the 4th Edition of the WHO Classification of Tumours"."
Scolyer was a recipient of the New South Wales Premier's Award for Outstanding Cancer Research in 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2020.


Hugh Burry

Hugh Cameron Burry (29 October 1930 – 18 June 2013) was a rugby union player from New Zealand. He was also an accomplished cricketer, and was eligible for representing New Zealand in international competition, though he did never did so.
Burry played 41 times for Canterbury between 1955 and 1962, in the back row. He played for the All Blacks on the 1960 tour of South Africa; despite a groin injury he played 11 games, scoring 8 tries, but played in no tests.
Because of the demands of medical studies and practice, Burry did not play for the All Blacks until 1960. He was a general practitioner in New Brighton, Christchurch from 1957 to 1965, then a medical registrar at Christchurch Hospital. Burry then went to London until 1976, working at Guy's Hospital and lecturing at London University. He could not get his views on the dangers of scrums and of potentially life-threatening injuries from poor scrum techniques accepted until he published them in the "British Medical Journal". Later he was a member of the IRB's medical advisory committee, and oversaw medical services for the first Rugby World Cup in 1987.
Burry was an associate professor of rheumatology at the Wellington Clinical School until 1987, then was professor of rehabilitation medicine at Melbourne University until he retired in 1991. He retired to Hanmer Springs in North Canterbury, where he conducted research for the ACC, and was a consultant on rheumatology and rehabilitative medicine until 2000. Burry died on 18 June 2013, in Hanmer Springs.
Burry's son Mark is an architect, best known for his role as executive architect and researcher for the Sagrada Família.


Rampurhat Government Medical College and Hospital

Rampurhat Government Medical College and Hospital is a full-fledged tertiary referral Government Medical college. It was established in the year 2018. The college imparts the degree Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBBS). Nursing and para-medical courses are also offered. The college is affiliated to West Bengal University of Health Sciences and is recognised by Medical Council of India. The hospital associated with the college is one of the largest hospitals in the Birbhum district. The selection to the college is done on the basis of merit through National Eligibility and Entrance Test. Yearly undergraduate student intake is 100 from the year 2019. The medical college is divided into two campuses, main campus beside SH 14(District Hospital, Super Speciality Hospital and Academic Block) and the other at Chakmandala(Hostels).
Courses.
Rampurhat Government Medical College, West Bengal undertakes education and training of students MBBS courses.


William Orchard (water polo)

William Henry "Bill" Orchard (31 October 1929 – 27 October 2014) was an Australian water polo player and psychiatrist. He represented Australia at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics and at the 1956 Olympics in his home city of Melbourne.
Water polo career.
He played for Australia over the period 1950-56 earning 50 Test Caps. He was studying towards his final year of medicine at the University of Melbourne whilst travelling by boat to and from Helsinki for the 1952 Olympics but nevertheless managed to finish amongst the top students of his graduating year.
Medical career.
He trained in psychiatry in the United States (on a Fulbright scholarship) and England and returned to Australia where he practised in psychiatry for over fifty years. He had special interests in the treatment of bipolar disorders and adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). At his consulting rooms in St. Kilda Road, Melbourne he conducted individual and group therapy sessions for many years. He was known for his advocacy of lithium medication.
Orchard decided to retire voluntarily in 2010, however he later applied to the Medical Board of Australia for re-registration, which was initially refused by the board, but overruled on appeal finding no grounds were made out.
Death.
On 28 October 2014, Orchard died at the age of 84, less than a week before his 85th birthday. He had four children, including John Orchard (doctor), and twelve grandchildren.


Michael Ho (politician)

Michael Ho Mun-ka, (born 6 November 1955) is a member of the Hong Kong Democratic Party and was the member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (1991—2000) for the Health Services (constituency).


Benjamin Goode

Benjamin Goode (23 January 1924 – January 2014) was an Australian cricketer and general practitioner. He played in three first-class matches for South Australia between 1946 and 1949.
Ben Goode attended Scotch College, Adelaide, from 1931 to 1941. In 1941 he was School Captain, dux of the school and captain of cricket, football and tennis. He studied Medicine at the University of Adelaide and graduated MBBS in 1949, going to join his father and older brother in practice in Adelaide. He worked as a general practitioner until he retired in 1991. He married Jean Phillipps, a physiotherapist at the Adelaide Children's Hospital, in March 1948. He died in January 2014, aged 90.
In his first match for South Australia, in March 1946, Goode batted at number six and top-scored with 72 not out in South Australia's first-innings total of 211 in reply to Victoria's 697. However, he played only two more first-class matches, four seasons later.


Alan Sherlock

Alan Frederick Sherlock OBE, OAM (7 June 1938 – 11 December 2016) was an Australian politician.
A former Scout Commissioner, Sherlock was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in 1986 as the Liberal member for Ashgrove serving one term before his defeat in 1989. He subsequently contested the federal seat of Petrie unsuccessfully in 1993.
In January 2014, Sherlock was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the General Division for service to the Scouting movement and to the community. He died on 11 December 2016 at the age of 78.
Community.
Alan was appointed (1998 - 2004) as Board Director of the Duke of Edinburgh's International Award - Australia, Acting Chair and Chair 2004-2005 and as Queensland Chair (1998 - 2004).


Tom Dadour

Gabriel Thomas Dadour AM (19 April 1925 – 17 March 2011) was an Australian doctor and politician who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1971 to 1986, representing the seat of Subiaco. He was a member of the Liberal Party until 1984, when he resigned to sit as an independent. He was remembered as an outspoken member of parliament unafraid of criticising his own party on issues he felt strongly about.
Early life.
Dadour was born in Sydney to Nabeeha (née Zazbeck) and Alexander Elias Dadour, his mother being of Syrian origin. He attended Sydney Boys High School before going to study medicine at the University of Sydney. Towards the end of World War II, he enlisted in the Royal Australian Naval Reserve, serving on HMAS "Hobart", HMAS "LST 3008", and HMAS "Waree" before being discharged in November 1946. Dadour moved to Perth in 1953, and eventually opened a doctor's surgery in the suburb of Subiaco (which he maintained throughout his political career). He was elected to the Subiaco City Council in April 1967, and would serve as a councillor until October 1977.
Politics.
At the 1971 state election, Dadour was invited to stand for Liberal preselection by the serving premier, Sir David Brand, and subsequently won the seat of Subiaco. He was re-elected at the 1974, 1977, 1980, and 1983 elections. He was a vocal critic of his own governments decision to close the Fremantle to Perth railway in 1979 and presented a 95,000 signature protest petition to parliament. In 1984, he left the Liberal Party after a series of policy disagreements, and sat as an independent until his retirement at the 1986 state election. One of his most notable achievements in parliament was the introduction of a private member's bill restricting tobacco advertising, which was the first of its kind in Australia. It passed the lower house, but was narrowly defeated in the upper house.
Later life.
Dadour was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 2001, and died in Perth in March 2011, aged 85. He had married twice, firstly to Lesley Joan Clarke in 1953, with whom he had four children. He was divorced in 1982 and remarried the same year to Betty Douglas.


Bex (compound analgesic)

Bex was a strong compound analgesic which was popular in Australia for much of the 20th century. It came in the form of APC (aspirin–phenacetin–caffeine) tablets or powder, containing 42% aspirin and 42% phenacetin plus caffeine.
Bex was a product of Beckers Pty Ltd, originally based at Pym Street, Dudley Park, South Australia, but which relocated to Sydney in the 1960s. It was advertised with the phrase, "Stressful Day? What you need is a cup of tea, a Bex and a good lie down". Bex powders, as well as other APC products such as Vincent's, were particularly seen as the housewife's drug of choice in the 1950s and 1960s. However, it became recognised that these medications were addictive, and Priscilla Kincaid-Smith found that the large doses of phenacetin ingested by habitual users were responsible for widespread kidney disease. The phenacetin was removed from Bex in 1975. Bex has also been linked to kidney cancer.
In popular culture.
"A Cup of Tea, a Bex and a Good Lie Down" was a comedy revue that opened at Sydney's Phillip Street Theatre on 18 September 1965. It was the longest running show at the theatre in 1966 and was performed over 250 times during its extended run. The cast included John Ewart, Gloria Dawn, Ruth Cracknell and Reg Livermore. The play was written by John McKellar.
The expression "A cup of tea, a Bex, and a good lie down" had gained currency through much of Australia in the post-World War II period when aspirin became readily available. McKellar's play reinforced the phrase "and the title quickly became a common Australian saying". It was often abbreviated to "go and take a Bex" and used in a pejorative sense to indicate to an over-eager person that they should take a more relaxed attitude to a situation. As such, it has had currency in bar room discussions, particularly where someone has become animated in expressing a point of view that is contrary to the general view of the group. In September 2011 former Prime Minister of Australia, Kevin Rudd, told the media, "I just think it would be a good thing if everyone seriously had a cup of tea and a Bex and a long lie down, OK?" over reports of his possible challenge to his leader, the incumbent prime minister, Julia Gillard.


C. Kesavadas

Chandrasekharan Kesavadas is an Indian radiologist and a professor of radiology at the Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology. His research focus in the fields of magnetic resonance imaging, neuroradiology medical imaging informatics and brain Computer interface. He led a team of scientists who developed an imaging protocol for scanning intractable epilepsy, a computational software for detecting cortical dysplasia and novel neuroimaging systems for weighted imaging of brain cancer. His studies have been documented by way of a number of articles and ResearchGate, an online repository of scientific articles has listed 275 of them. The Department of Biotechnology of the Government of India awarded him the National Bioscience Award for Career Development, one of the highest Indian science awards, for his contributions to biosciences, in 2009. The award orations delivered by him include the 2010 edition of the M. N. Sen Oration of the Indian Council of Medical Research.


Janie Mason

Elizabeth Anne Mason (better known as Janie Mason) is a nurse, educator and curator based in Darwin in the Northern Territory of Australia.
Career.
Mason became a registered nurse working in acute care in urban and remote communities. She then taught secondary school science and Darwin Hospital nurse trainees.
Mason entered academia in 1983 and as of 2021 is Senior Lecturer in Health/Nursing at Charles Darwin University. She was instrumental in starting the Charles Darwin University Nursing Museum there in 1987 and is its current curator. It features photographs, uniforms, documents, equipment and other ephemera.
Mason was the first woman president of the NT Trades & Labor Council from 2000 to 2004 for which she received a Centenary Medal for service to Australian society in union leadership in 2001. She was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 2019.


William Lane Milligan

William Lane Milligan (1795–1851) was a British military surgeon. He became an early resident of the Swan River Colony in Western Australia.
Early life.
Milligan was born on 1 February 1795 in Cavan, Ireland. He received a Licentiate of Midwifery and a Doctor of Medicine from the University of Edinburgh.
Career.
He was a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London and served as a military surgeon. He originally joined the 16th Regiment of the British Army, but he transferred to the 63rd Regiment on 8 February 1827.
Some records claim that Milligan emigrated to Western Australia with his wife on James Stirling's expedition arriving aboard on . Others claim that he emigrated to Western Australia with his wife, child and a nephew, arriving aboard on .
The painting "The Foundation of Perth 1829" shows Milligan as being present at the foundation of Perth on . However, if he only arrived in Perth on , more than five months after the foundation ceremony, he cannot have been present.
Milligan opened the first hospital in the colony in June 1830 and served as its superintendent.
He was the original owner of the land at the southern end of Milligan Street, Perth, which was named after him. He moved to Fremantle in 1834, but was then transferred to India and left on "Merope" on . He was Staff Surgeon at Poonamallee, near Madras (Chennai) in 1837.
In 1837 Milligan published a paper in the Madras Journal of Literature and Science titled "Some Account of the New Colony of Western Australia".
Milligan retired from the army in 1847 due to ill health, and lived in Nuneaton, England.
Personal life.
He married Elizabeth Sybil Lane in 1823. They had four children: Anna, William, Harriet, Maria. The last three were born in the colony; William lived only four days.
Death.
He died on 2 September 1851 in London, England.


Guillaume Dupuytren

Baron Guillaume Dupuytren (; 5 October 1777 – 8 February 1835) was a French anatomist and military surgeon. Although he gained much esteem for treating Napoleon Bonaparte's hemorrhoids, he is best known today for his description of Dupuytren's contracture which is named after him and which he first operated on in 1831 and published in "The Lancet" in 1834.
Birth and education.
Guillaume Dupuytren was born in the town of Pierre-Buffière in the present-day department of Haute-Vienne.
He studied medicine in Paris at the newly established École de Médecine and was appointed prosector, by competition, when only eighteen years of age. His early studies were directed chiefly to anatomical pathology. In 1803 he was appointed assistant surgeon at the Hôtel-Dieu and in 1811 he became professor of operative surgery in succession to Raphael Bienvenu Sabatier. In 1816 he was appointed to the Read chair of clinical surgery and became head surgeon at general the Hôtel-Dieu. He held this post until his death. He is buried in the Père Lachaise Cemetery.
Practice.
He visited the Hôtel-Dieu morning and evening, performing at each time several operations, lectured to vast throngs of students, gave advice to his outpatients, and fulfilled the duties consequent upon one of the largest practices of modern times. By his indefatigable activity he amassed a fortune, the bulk of which he bequeathed to his daughter, with the deduction of considerable sums for the endowment of the anatomical chair in the École de Médecine, and the establishment of a benevolent institution for distressed physicians. The most important of Dupuytren's writings is his "Treatise on Artificial Anus", in which he applied the principles laid down by John Hunter. In his operations he was remarkable for his skill and dexterity, and for his great readiness of resource.
Dupuytren was one of the first surgeons to successfully drain a brain abscess using trepanation, in which a hole is cut in the skull, and he also used the method to treat seizures.
He claimed credit for originally describing melanoma and claimed Laennec stole the idea from his lectures.
He died in Paris, and there with his bequest established the Musée Dupuytren.
He was a brilliant teacher, an astute diagnostician and a gifted surgeon. On the other hand, he was extremely critical of students and colleagues who failed to live up to his exacting professional standards. This, along with his desire to be the best of the best won him numerous critics, not all of them objective. He has been described by such colourful epithets as 'The Brigand of Hôtel-Dieu by Jacques Lisfranc and 'First among surgeons, least among men' by Pierre-François Percy.


Rolf Gomes

Rolf Gomes is an Australian cardiologist. He founded Heart of Australia, an organisation that delivers specialist medical services (currently cardiac and respiratory health) to people in rural Queensland using large trucks to carry the diagnostic and treatment equipment normally only available in cities.


Nargis Dutt Foundation

The Nargis Dutt Foundation (NDF), also known as Nargis Dutt Cancer Foundation, is a non-governmental organization, founded in 1981. It is headquartered in Mumbai, India.
The organization works toward health care, disaster relief, women's empowerment, education and sports. It has equipped 80-100 hospitals across rural India with medical equipment and camps and E learning system in rural schools.
History.
The Nargis Dutt Foundation was first established in 1981 in New York City by Sunil Dutt in memory of his wife and legendary actress Nargis Dutt, who died of cancer in 1981, and the foundation had been working in the area of Health and Education. Nargis Dutt Foundation had been engaged in spreading cancer awareness and knowledge,organising free screening camps in rural areas of country. The foundation is also engaged in financially and holistically supporting needy cancer patients with their treatments especially in TATA Memorial Hospital and equipping rural hospitals with medical diagnostic equipment. The foundation had also collaborated with Apollo Hospital, Tata Memorial,NM Medical and Asian Cancer Institute for excellence in offering cancer screening packages wherein patients can register themselves to avail service benefits. Additionally, LIC and HDFC Cargo are also offering attractive insurance packages specific to cancer.
As of May 2005, It has 20 chapters worldwide of which about a dozen are in the United States including at Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Palm Spring, Las Vegas, Houston, Florida, Chicago, New York City, Detroit and Boston.
The Nargis Dutt Foundation financed the first fully air-conditioned Intensive care unit at Tata Memorial Hospital, the "Nargis Dutt Intensive Care Unit". It also runs a hospital named, Nargis Dutt Memorial Cancer Hospital at Barshi in Sholapur District of Maharashtra.
Activities.
In September 2018, Nargis Dutt Foundation along with Grameen Sneh Foundation organized heath camps in remote areas of Bihar to spread the awareness about cancer.
In February 2017, NDF launched an initiative called "My Hair For Cancer" to help cancer patients battle hair loss due to chemotherapy. Richfeel, a Haircare brand, and Nargis Dutt Foundation announced the launch of their social cause campaign 'My Hair for Cancer' to help cancer patients fight cancer and loss of self-esteem due to loss of hair during chemotherapy and radiotherapy,and through this initiative both companies invited public to come forward and donate their hair for patients fighting the disease. The event kicked off from Kala Ghoda festival in Mumbai and was held from 4 February to 12th February,2017 and also included an art installation at the festival that depicts the fight against the stigma associated with cancer detection.
In July 2017, In collaboration with The South African Consulate, the foundation distributed packaged hygiene kits to school girls that contained sanitary napkins, soap, hand towel and sanitizer in Mumbai, on the occasion of Nelson Mandela International Day.
In January 2019 Nargis Dutt Foundation,Mumbai has provided three ophthalmic equipments to KLSM Rotary Eye & ENT Hospital Udhampur to treat the patients living in far-flung areas of Udhampur and its surrounding districts.The equipments included Nidek Autoref- Keratometer, Welch Allyn Spot Vision Screener and I-Care Handheld Portable Tonometer.
Awards.
In October 2016, Nargis Dutt Foundation received the "Award For Fight Against Cervical cancer" by American Cancer Society and Women Deliver.


University Medical Center Groningen

The University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG, ), formerly Groningen University Hospital, is the main hospital in Groningen, Netherlands.
The medical centre is affiliated with the University of Groningen and offers supraregional tertiary care to the northern part of the Netherlands. It employs almost 17,000 people and numbers almost 1400 beds. It is located in the centre of Groningen. It is also one of the largest centres for transplant surgery in the world. Organ transplant operations of all possible kinds are carried out at the UMCG, including combined transplants of multiple organs in one operation.
The main building was opened in 1997. Its design theme is based on light and air, and its 32 elevators each have a different theme. Art plays an important role in the hospital, with several exhibitions, statues, and a big fountain in the centre of the hospital. The UMCG contains several shops, including two coffee shops, a restaurant, a minimart, a candy & card store, a travel agency, a barber, a bookstore, a library for patients, and a Rituals flagship store. The ground floor is designed so that visitors do not feel as if they are in a hospital - the space is airy, there is a lot of green, and the glass roofs are opened when the weather is fair. Patient wards are on the outside of the building, so that all rooms have windows with a view. Each ward has a balcony that opens to one of the main 'streets' of the hospital. The operating centre, intensive care units, and staff rooms are in the central part of the building. At four stories in height, the UMCG does not rise above the surrounding city.
Special units include:
Buildings.
The buildings of the UMCG are designed with the idea that the buildings and the surroundings that patients stay in can help with the healing process. The buildings are also built a 'City within the city' concept: by bringing the outside in, patients are able to continue to participate in society. This is why the hospital has brought the outside world into its walls, including a bookshop, a hairdresser, a chemist, a pharmacy, cafés, and a travel agency.


Ravishankar Ramachandran

Ravishankar Ramachandran is an Indian molecular biologist and a senior principal scientist at the department of molecular and structural biology of the Central Drug Research Institute. Known for his studies on the molecular mechanisms of human pathogens such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Ramachandran is a DBT-nominated member of the Institutional Bio-Safety Committee of Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University. His studies have been documented by way of a number of articles and ResearchGate, an online repository of scientific articles has listed 142 of them. The Department of Biotechnology of the Government of India awarded him the National Bioscience Award for Career Development, one of the highest Indian science awards, for his contributions to biosciences, in 2010.


Carl Wilhelm Heine

Carl Wilhelm Heine (later von Heine) (26 April 1838, in Cannstatt – 9 September 1877, in Cannstatt) was a German physician, surgeon and President of the German medical fraternity of Prague.
Start of career and military service.
Heine was the son of the German doctor and orthopaedist Jakob Heine, who became known as the discoverer of Poliomyelitis. He studied medicine in Tübingen and Würzburg and received his doctor degree in 1861. After assisting his father in his orthopaedic institution he visited several European countries and stayed in Paris, London, Glasgow and Dublin. He reported on his experiences in English hospitals in the 'Journal of the Württembergian Medical Association' ('Correspondenzblatt des Württembergischen Ärztlichen Vereins'). In 1864 he volunteered in the Second war of Schleswig as a military surgeon. He wrote about his experiences in military surgery in a book published in 1866. He was decorated for his merits both from the Prussian and the Austrian government.
Professor in Heidelberg und Innsbruck (1865–1873).
In 1864/65 Heine went to Berlin and worked with well-known physicians like Rudolf Virchow. The following year he was an assistant doctor in Heidelberg and qualified as professor. He succeeded his teacher Karl Otto Weber as professor and director of the surgical hospital. In 1869 Heine took up the job of director of the surgical hospital at the University of Innsbruck. In the Franco-Prussian War Heine once more worked as a military surgeon and was highly decorated.
Head of Hospital and president of the doctors' fraternity in Prague (1873–1877).
Heine's successful work in Innsbruck induced the Austrian government to start a similar project in Prague. From 1873 onwards Heine established a second surgical hospital as an exemplary institute of European rank. At the same time he engaged in improving the hygienic situation and the water supply of the city. Heine was elected president of the German medical fraternity in January 1877. In 1876 he had become a citizen of Austria and was given a peerage. In the summer of 1877 he surprisingly came down with a diphtheritic angina and died at his parents' home in Cannstatt.


Indian Medical Association

The Indian Medical Association (IMA) is a national voluntary organisation of Doctors of Modern Scientific System of Medicine in India, which looks or cares after the interest of doctors or the well being of the community at large. It was established in 1928 as the All India Medical Association, renamed "Indian Medical Association" in 1930. It is a society registered under The Societies Act of India.
With over 305,458 member doctors through more than 1,700 active local branches in 29 States and Union Territories in India, it is the largest association of physicians and medical students in India.
It is headquartered in Calcutta (Kolkata). The general control management and direction of the policy of the Association is vested in the 'Central Council' to which local branches send representatives and which meets once a year to lay down policies. It delegates its powers to a Working Committee (A representative body of all state Branches) for implementation of programmes and activities. This committee meets at least three times a year to execute various activities for welfare of members and the people in matters of health.
The Indian Medical association is a founder member of the World Medical Association.
Surgeon Dr J.A Jayalal took charge as a national president of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) for the year 2020-2021.
"Journal of the Indian Medical Association".
The "Journal of the Indian Medical Association", popularly known as JIMA, is indexed in the index medicus. It is a monthly journal and has the largest circulation of all the indexed journals in the world with over 240,000 subscribers for its electronic version. The journal is also available in microfilm through Bell & Howels, US. The Journal was founded by Sir Nilratan Sircar, Bidhan Chandra Roy, Kumud Sankar Ray and other scholars and doyens of the medical profession in 1930. The Journal office is in Calcutta.
Indian Medical Association-Junior Doctors' Network.
The Indian Medical Association also includes Indian Medical Association – Junior Doctors Network which is an official wing for junior doctors. This new initiative Indian Medical Association-Junior Doctors Network was started with the goal of bringing all the young doctors of our country underneath one roof i.e. Indian Medical Association, IMA Headquarters New Delhi. The Junior Doctors' Network is an international platform where junior doctors can facilitate an open dialogue of global events and activities that are relevant to their postgraduate training, and the World Medical Association.
Indian Medical Students' Association.
On 5 October 2013, Indian Medical Students' Association was inducted as official students wing of Indian Medical Association. It claims to have more than 50,000 members from different medical colleges in the country and aims to promote new endeavours among medical students in India. The IMA-SW now includes 25 state chapters throughout the country.


Lam Wah Ee Nursing College

Lam Wah Ee Nursing College, abbreviated as LWENC, is a private nursing college located in George Town, Penang, affiliated to Lam Wah Ee Hospital. It is the first private nursing college in northern region of Peninsular Malaysia.
Its 3-year Diploma in Nursing accredited by Malaysian Qualifications Agency, recognized by Malaysian Nursing Board and Ministry of Health Malaysia.
History.
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Lam Wah Ee Nursing College was started in 1986.