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The article offers information on various industries. It states that the U.S. Congress will approve a fund of 500 million dollars as liability coverage for nuclear weapon developers. It mentions that the tallest building in London, England will be built that will amount to 12 million dollars and featuring 700 luxury rooms. It adds that the paper industry in the U.S. have been experiencing rough situations such as the anti-merger complaints between Crown Zellerbach Corp. and Scott Paper Co.

The article profiles Walter Gther, the number one choice to be the next minister of health in West Berlin in 1967. Gther is a war veteran and considered as the first-rate doctor who operated a model geriatrics clinic in 13 years. It points out that he was granted the title of "Doktor" in a Czech prison camp where he treated German prisoners. As hospital director, he limits his medical practice to diagnosis.

The article discusses the significance for medical personnel to ensure quality of medical care provided to patients in the U.S. It notes that thousands of patients die needlessly or have the quality of their remaining life irreparably damaged due to incompetent medical care by physicians, stressing that few standards of ethics or practice have been set within the American Medical Association (AMA). Harvard University professor of legal medicine William Curan emphasizes the importance of including medical ethics which focuses more on patients' rights and patients' equity in medical care in medical schools curriculum.

The article discusses the U. of M. Interns and Residents Association, a union organized by its president, Jay Harness, along with other fellow physicians in the U.S. It states that organizing a union is the only way in which employees can protect themselves from being exploited by their employers. It notes that the rising trend of organizing unions has alarmed the American Medical Association (AMA). It also points out that like other labor organizations, some doctors' unions are formed to acquire more money from their members. Moreover, it mentions the issue of the handling of health-insurance claims and emphasizes that strikes are something unthinkable for doctors.

The article focuses on the effort by a group of medical men, with the funding from the U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO), to develop health centers across U.S. to solve medical poverty. It says that the effort was started by doctor H. Jack Geiger, who believes that it is necessary to help the rural areas and the Negro ghettos to counter urban crisis. It adds that OEO had allocated 94 million dollars for 51 neighborhood health centers, of which 33 are operating and 18 are being organized.

The article focuses on the success of the approval of Medicare and Medicaid in the U.S. It states that the Medicare has two parts wherein in Part A, the hospital bills of older people aging 65 will be paid by the Social Security Administration funds while in Part B, the patient can reimburse 80% of their bills. It says that the Medicaid will only give five essential services including doctor's care, in-patient and out-patient hospital care, and the nursing-home benefits.

The article highlights the 350 million dollars project of American industrialist Henry J. Kaiser known as Hawaii Kai in Honolulu. It states that the project is built on a 6,000 acres land between Maunalua Bay and Kuapa Fishpond. In addition, the project features 11,000 single-family houses, 20 miles of man-made beach, schools and country clubs.

The article discuses the quality of Russian medicine. It states that every Soviet citizen was entitled to "free and highly qualified medical assistance" including compulsory treatment for mental illness, venereal disease, chronic alcoholism and drug addiction before the comprehensive health code that went into effect from July, 1970. It states that some of the provisions of new code goes far beyond individual illness that deals at length with environmental controls to protect health by combating the country's growing pollution and others bar the construction of factories in population centers and promote the development of health resorts.

The article offers information on the joint meeting of the Koch Cancer Foundation and the American Association for Medico-Physical Research to be held at the headquarters of the American Medical Association in Chicago, Illinois in the last week of September 1927.

Information about the annual convention of the American Medical Association (AMA) in Manhattan on how to oppose the medicare proposal of U.S. President Lyndon Johnson is presented. It notes on the official position that Government financing of health care for the aged will bring Government control and deterioration in the quality of care. Also discussed in the convention is the issue that doctors would boycott medicare if the Administration's bill is enacted.

The article explores the status of the National Health Service (NHS) in Great Britain. Launched in July 1948, doctors predicted that NHS will lead to a rapid decline in medical standards in Great Britain. NHS encourages patients to get cheap medical advice and free prescriptions. The British Medical Association (BMA) has warned that NHS is draining government money. However, a report from physician Henry Cohen and his team has said that NHS is improving after patients were required to pay fees for extra services.

The article offers information on the National Health Service (NHS) in Great Britain. It states that state-run health insurance for employed workers are changed into NHS wherein their payroll taxes goes to NHS. It also states that NHS does not accept payments for prescriptions, eyeglasses and dentistry and patients are free to select their doctor and to change doctors when they wish.

The article focuses on the problem of disposing of disposable medical supplies by hospitals. It states that to reduce the risk of spread of infections, hospitals use disposable supplies including presterilized surgical masks and drapes, oxygen canopies, and hypodermic syringes and needles. It states that the majority of hospitals in the U.S. are facing problems disposing huge amount of garbage.