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WHAT HAPPENED ON 3th October 1996?
2nd October 1996
ME EXISTS SAY THE MEDICAL COLLEGES
The condition known as ME does exist according to a joint report published by three Royal Medical Colleges. The report says ME is "genuine & debilitating...but poorly understood". Doctors say it should be called Chronic Fatigue Syndrome & be treated as a physical & psychological condition. The MS/CFS Charities Alliance said it welcomed the shift by the medical establishment but said it disagreed with the use of psychiatric treatments.
3th October 1996
DESPATCH
The Samaritans have called for more understanding of the problem of stress at work. The Samaritans currently receive one call every eight seconds. Their report suggests about a third of all sick leave from work is now attributable to stress & depression. In a stress league table the high risk occupations include doctors nurses ambulance workers vets & farmers who work in isolated circumstances.
3th October 1996
The Samaritans have called for more
understanding of the problem of stress at work. Female doctors have a risk of suicide three times that of the average woman. Job insecurity & fewer people doing more work are identified as the stress factors of the 90s. The Samaritans challenge the taboo which says personal problems should not be allowed to interfere with work & they highlight the effectiveness of employer helpline schemes.
2nd October 1996
Malcolm Brabant reports as a Florida
radio station broadcasts claims that Aids does not exist: Mr Saint Fleur's comments have outraged health workers in Miami who are trying to stem the spread of the disease. Doctor Laurinus Pierre runs a centre targeting Haitian sufferers. He has accused the broadcasters of encouraging Aids victims & HIV carriers to commit murder.
3th October 1996
DESPATCH
The Samaritans have called for more understanding of the problem of stress at work. The Samaritans currently receive one call every eight seconds. Their report suggests about a third of all sick leave from work is now attributable to stress & depression. In a stress league table the high risk occupations include doctors nurses ambulance workers vets & farmers who work in isolated circumstances.
3th October 1996
NAVY BASE TO SHED MORE THAN 300 JOBS
More than 300 jobs are to go at Portsmouth Naval base the Ministry of Defence has announced. The cuts are to be made by next March the MoD said. They will reduce the workforce at the base to under 1 000 ` less than half the number of 11 years ago. Unions say the cuts will leave the base with too few skilled workers to prepare a fleet in an emergency such as the Falklands crisis.
