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Nursing shortage in plain view in Renton

It's a sign of a statewide nursing shortage -- dozens of nurses stood outside overnight at Renton Technical College to try to get into a registered nursing course.

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Family members help out as caregivers strike

Family members of intellectually disabled people at Brackenridge Estate in Christchurch will be helping out at the facility while the employees are on strike.

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Brown backs organ donation overhaul

Gordon Brown signalled his support for the removal of organs from dead patients without their explicit consent.

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Norris Burkes' Spirituality: Important questions guide your spirituality

As a hospital chaplain, I ask a lot of personal questions. They aren't as personal as the ones nurses ask about bowel movements and pregnancies, but they don't hurt as much either.

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County Works To Keep Health Professionals

Forsyth County is trying to keep nurses, dentists and doctors for its public health department, and wants to increase salaries to stop the exodus.

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Miracle on 66th Street: Window Cleaner Survives 47-storey Fall

There was a touch of Carry On Doctor about the moment the power of speech returned to Alcides Moreno. His wife, Rosario, had been at his bedside almost constantly since the window cleaner survived a fall from the 47th floor of a Manhattan skyscraper, communicating with him the only way he could - through touch.

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Zimbabwe: Doctors And Nurses Deny Calling Off Strike

The president of the Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association, Amon Siveregi, has denied state media reports that they have called off their strike action. Speaking to Newsreel Siveregi said some doctors had gone back to work but the majority remain on strike for better pay.

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The Case for Socialized Medicine in the United States, and the Struggle to

The California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee blasted insurance giant CIGNA for failing to approve a liver transplant one week earlier for 17-year-old Nataline Sarkisyan, who tragically died just hours after CIGNA relented and agreed to the procedure following a massive national outcry.

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