Healthcare :: Canada’s New Government announces Patient Wait Times Guarantees
Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced that all ten provinces and three territories have agreed to establish Patient Wait Times Guarantees by 2010.
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Dental :: BDA, UK challenges Welsh Assembly to address problems facing dentistry
The British Dental Association (BDA) has today challenged those standing for election to the National Assembly for Wales to solve the problems facing dentistry in the country. Included in the BDA Wales 2007 manifesto for dentistry, which is launched today, are calls for free check ups for under 25s and over 60s to be restored, increased funding to help those in rural areas access NHS dentistry and action to ensure Wales has enough dentists.
Healthcare :: 1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East leader Dennis Rivera accepts new post
1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East leader Dennis Rivera accepts new post to become chair of SEIU Healthcare.
WHO :: Dr. Margaret Chan takes office as Director-General of the World Health Organization
Dr. Margaret Chan of China took office as Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) following her election in November. She pledged that her term of office and the effectiveness of the Organization would be judged by the impact they have on two specific populations.
Health :: Dr Margaret Chan nominated to be WHO Director-General
Dr Margaret Chan of China was nominated today by the Executive Board of the World Health Organization for the post of Director-General. The Director-General is WHO’s chief technical and administrative officer.
Psychiatry :: First Mani Bhaumik Award to UW Scientist for Insights into Brain’s Neuroplasticity
The Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology at UCLA has named University of Wisconsin’s Richard Davidson as the first recipient of The Mani Bhaumik Award. The award was established earlier this year to support scientists in the international community who advance the understanding of the brain and the conscious mind in healing through visionary research, books and education. Bhaumik, co-inventor of the laser technology that made LASIK surgery possible, has funded the annual $10,000 award.