Bitter rain
Article Abstract:
Doctors and nurses who work in or have visited the areas most affected by the radioactive fallout from the two explosions at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine on Apr. 26, 1986, report a rise in serious illnesses and a decline in resources with which to treat them. Professor Fomin, chief surgeon at Hospital 12 in Kiev, Ukraine, points out that the full effects of the disaster are beginning to come to light 10 years later. He explains that he is seeing six times as many people with stomach cancer but that budget cuts have left his hospital with no anaesthetics or antibiotics.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1996
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A nurse in any language
Article Abstract:
Recruitment of foreign nurses by British nursing agencies is increasing, yet British nurses who have worked abroad often fail to have their achievements recognized. Although many countries are suffering from their own problems with recruitment, especially of intensive care nurses, others such as Finland have a surplus of unemployed nurses. There is concern about the extra costs of employing foreign nurses but they do not seem to be earning more than their British counterparts. Working abroad is seen as integral to their career development.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1996
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