HIV-Positive Ugandan Nurse Gets 3 Years In Jail For Trying To Infect Patient With Dirty Needle

 

A Ugandan nurse has been sentenced to three years in jail after being found guilty of criminal negligence for allegedly trying to infect her 2-year-old patient with HIV.

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Working Shifts Can Harm Women's Fertility

Those whose rotas varied took longer to conceive a child, and were more likely to suffer menstrual disruption, according to the study.

Women who only worked night shifts did not suffer when trying to conceive, but were significantly more likely to have a miscarriage, it found.

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Nurses To Be Asked To Work Until 68 Years Of Age

Nurses will be asked to work until the age of 68 in a new drive to avert a staffing crisis in the NHS.
More than 200,000 nurses are set to retire in the next few years but Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt hopes many will keep working.

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