The embargo prevented Cuba's cardiology programme from obtaining consumables used in interventional cardiology procedures directly from the manufacturers.

In 61 Centers for Mother and Child Protection and Family Planning, there are 321 obstetric doctors, 60 pediatric doctors, 228 pediatric assistant doctors and 367 midwives.

By 31 December 2003, 93.2 of ward clinics have midwives and obstetric pediatric assistant doctors.

Telehealth had been successfully used for pathology, radiology, magnetic resonance imaging, cardiology and further medical consultations.

Dr. Neal Herman, a Pediatric Dentist, performed dental examination of more than 700 students in Ghana

Expert on children apos s mental health at the International Pediatric Association (Served four consecutive years beginning 1984)

While still in a research phase, stem cells may one day herald a quantum leap in the field of cardiology.

474. According to estimates of the Cardiology Institute, there are about 1 million people suffering from coronary disease in Poland.

A number of applications derived from space technology had influenced areas such as biomedical instrumentation, cardiology, surgery and medical imagery.

Specialist services in cardiology, chest diseases, gynaecology and obstetrics, and ophthalmology were provided from the largest centres under a weekly rotating schedule.

131. The Committee notes with appreciation the initiatives taken to make hospitals more baby and child friendly, including the measures being taken to improve pediatric ward facilities in hospitals and also to provide play areas for children in pediatric wards and areas for parents to stay with their children in hospital.

Some 46 specialists in gynaecology obstetrics, cardiology, chest diseases and ophthalmology provided ambulatory care to patients referred by medical officers at UNRWA health centres.

Specialist services in cardiology, chest diseases, gynaecology and obstetrics, ophthalmology, paediatrics and diabetes were provided at the largest centres under a weekly rotating schedule.

It has a very well equipped pediatric ophthalmic center, which was made possible in part by a gift from the Ronald McDonald charity.

So I am a pediatric cancer doctor and stem cell researcher at Stanford University where my clinical focus has been bone marrow transplantation.

39. A programme of visits by consultants from the United Kingdom covers specialties, such as pediatric neurology, cardio thoracic surgery, and plastic surgery.

(k) Provision of specialist obstetrics, gynaecology and cardiology care secondary care through a hospitalization scheme for approximately 120,000 refugee patients at government and non governmental organization hospitals

Well there was a little piece of that Women's Health Initiative that went to National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, which is the cardiology part of the NIH.

I think this aspect of training in cardiology that the Heart Institute of the Caribbean has introduced in Jamaica is very important in terms of diagnosing cardiac diseases.

And Doug was really disappointed to learn that nearly 80 percent of the pediatric patients in this hospital had to be sedated in order to deal with his MRI machine.

Purchase and distribution among selected centres of Holter apparatus, equipment for strain tests as well as echocardiography apparatus, which has enabled an increased number of cardiology centres to undertake full non invasive diagnosis

We have taken care of over 1,000 indigent patients that could have died, including four free pacemakers in patients with complete heart block. For those that understand cardiology, complete heart block means certain death.

Specialist care comprising gynaecology and obstetrics, internal medicine, cardiology and ophthalmology was provided through a weekly rotating schedule whereby pre screened patients were referred by health centre medical officers for further assessment and management.

Specialist care comprising gynaecology and obstetrics, internal medicine, cardiology and ophthalmology was provided through a weekly rotating schedule whereby pre screened patients were referred by medical officers for further assessment and management by specialists.

According to the pediatric hospital, the research results show that after implementing the EPIQ intervention for two years, the infection rate of premature infants will drop by 35 , and the usage rate of antibiotics will drop by 20 .

123. A novel feature of the new Labour Code is that it provides for special leave of one half day every month during the first year for the working mother to take her baby for a pediatric consultation.

Of those facilities, 24 offered special care for management of diabetes mellitus and hypertension, 17 provided dental care, three had X ray facilities and 15 offered specialist care in cardiology, obstetrics and gynaecology, paediatrics, ophthalmology and treatment of ear, nose and throat diseases.

It is reported that in the Prognosis Quality Improvement Project of NICU Hospitalized Premature Infants in China , the pediatric hospitals has introduced the EPIQ methods into 25 large NICU in 19 provinces in order to solve the disturbing problem of neonatal infections in China NICU.

And the last slide I want to show you is from I was again, this swami that I studied with for so many years, and I did a combined oncology and cardiology Grand Rounds at the University of Virginia medical school a couple of years ago.

Of those facilities, 24 offered special care for management of diabetes mellitus and hypertension, 17 provided dental care, 15 contained laboratories, three had X ray facilities and 15 offered specialist care in cardiology, obstetrics and gynaecology, paediatrics, ophthalmology and treatment of ear, nose and throat diseases.

The provision of medical services in the Gaza Strip, particularly specialist medical care in fields such as cardiology, paediatrics, gynaecology and ophthalmology, was also affected during the reporting period, as medical staff and health workers were often unable to reach their health centres, resulting in the loss of approximately 2,528 staff days.

According to Professor Cao Yun's introduction, the pediatric hospital will play a leading role as an important construction unit of Children's National Medical Center. This project covers Xinjiang, Guizhou, Gansu, Shaanxi and many other western provinces, with the goal of gradually promoting the homogenization and standardization of neonatal treatment throughout the country.

UNICEF will strengthen its partnerships with constituencies that play critical leadership and mobilizing roles for maternal, newborn and child health and nutrition issues, such as professional associations (e.g., the International Pediatric Association and the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics), parliamentarians, faith based organizations and religious leaders, youth alliances and sports organizations.

So, there are many, many more children who need to be treated, and in order to expand the scope of the project, we are planning on launching The Prakash Center for Children, which will have a dedicated pediatric hospital, a school for the children we are treating and also a cutting edge research facility.

In the 1950 s, a group of clinical scientists recognized that, because childhood cancer was a rare disease, no single medical center could study enough patients to make the necessary advances across the spectrum of pediatric oncologic diseases. The decision to conduct collaborative research across multiple institutions resulted in the development of cooperative group research.

The connection between Nigerian cashew farmers and Devi Shetty s pediatric cardiac surgery is that they both represent decentralized private activity, undertaken through the market, unlike the operations of the China National Petroleum Corporation, Sinopec, and others in Darfur and elsewhere. They all add value, but decentralized market based activity appears likelier to engender additional goodwill.

Adding further fuel to the fire, New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer recently filed a civil lawsuit against GlaxoSmithKline for potentially misleading doctors by publicizing a favorable study of paroxetine for pediatric depression while downplaying other unfavorable trials. In response, GlaxoSmithKline made full trial reports of all studies involving paroxetine in patients under 18 available on their website.

The case points to several changes in the way data are collected and released that are urgently needed to determine definitively whether SSRI s are safe and effective for treating pediatric depression. Tighter regulation of all clinical trials is needed, as is a public worldwide database that contains trial protocols and regularly updated information about trial status and publications.

The last 12 months have witnessed radical changes and considerable controversy regarding how childhood and teenage depression is treated. Although few antidepressant drugs have been licensed for pediatric use, rates of prescribing in the under 18 age group have risen by around 60 over the past decade, with over a million children and adolescents receiving what are called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI s).

UNRWA s health programme remained focused on comprehensive primary health care, including a full range of maternal and child health (MCH) and family planning services, school health services, health education and promotion activities, outpatient medical care services, prevention and control of communicable diseases and of non communicable diseases, such as diabetes mellitus and hypertension, and specialist care, with an emphasis on gynaecology and obstetrics, paediatrics and cardiology.

And it is childhood cancer that has the greatest potential to catapult a remote fear into an unimaginable reality. As a pediatric oncologist, having cared for children with cancer and their families for more than 25 years, I know that only a parent who has confronted such a diagnosis truly understands the depth of this fear, as it touches the core of who we are as parents.