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It was posted for the SuperBowl but for some reason it shows as today.

By Khetam Malkawi, Jordan Times, Amman

Feb. 22--AMMAN -- New regulations published recently in the Official Gazette governing fees for ambulance use, only apply to Health Ministry ambulances, not Civil Defence Department (CDD) vehicles, a ministry official said on Thursday.

Khalid Abu Hudeib, the ministry's health insurance director, noted that the ministry's ambulances are only used to transport patients from one hospital to another or from a hospital to the airport.

He explained that ambulances that transport patients from their homes to hospitals and victims of road accidents belong to the CDD and do not charge a single "fils".

Starting next month, the ministry will start charging patients who are not covered by public health insurance for the use of its ambulances, Abu Hudeib said.

According to official figures, 87.2 per cent of the population has health insurance coverage, with around 2.5 million Jordanians covered by public health insurance, or 41.8 per cent of the total number of insured citizens.

According to Abu Hudeib, the number of people who ask to be transported from one hospital to another or to the airport does not exceed a score every year.

The rate depends on the distance; in addition, the fees for the doctor and the nurse accompanying the patient are JD20 and JD10 respectively for Jordanians. If the service recipient is a foreigner the charges are JD60 and JD30 for the doctor and the nurse.

"News reports published last week exaggerated the issue and implied that Civil Defence ambulances are included in these regulations," Abu Hudeib told The Jordan Times.

He explained that the fees imposed for the use of the ministry's ambulances are still less than those charged by private and university hospitals.

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By Noor Zahra, Gulf Daily News, Manama, Bahrain

Feb. 04--ALLEGATIONS that six medics arrested during unrest in 2011 were mistreated in custody were denied yesterday by 10 Interior Ministry staff, including senior officials.

They were testifying in the trial of two police lieutenants, a man and a woman, facing torture charges in the High Criminal Court.

During the hearing the witnesses claimed medics were given comfortable conditions in prison, while one of them added that the female defendant worked in the anti-drug unit, which meant she was not involved in the medics cases.

"During the National Safety period, I visited the building where the medics were being questioned," said a senior Interior Ministry official.

"I saw two of the doctors and spoke to one of them as I passed them in an alleyway at the building.

"One was Dr Ali Al Ekri (who is not among the victims) and he was talking normally to the lieutenant (the male defendant) without being handcuffed or blindfolded.

"They were having a friendly conversation where he (Dr Al Ekri) told him (the defendant) that he had studied in Iraq.

"He also asked for a cigarette and the defendant handed him a cigarette to smoke.

"He did not have any injury marks on his body that showed he was mistreated. He was completely fine.

"The other doctor was Jalila Al A'ali and she told me that they needed more equipment at the detention centre, like soap and towels, and to be allowed more calls to her family.

"I did not see any signs of mistreatment on her or on any of the medics.

"The pair I spoke to did not tell me they were mistreated either."

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Lawyers representing the victims laughed during his testimony and claimed that Dr Al Ekri did not smoke.

Meanwhile, a lieutenant in the anti-narcotics unit -- where the female defendant works -- told judges that they were not asked to get involved in such cases.

"She (the female defendant) and I both work in the drugs unit," he said yesterday.

"We just did our job and were not asked to look into other cases.

"Our manager could ask us to look into other cases, but I don't think he asked her to do that."

A third witness, also a lieutenant, claimed the medics were treated well in prison.

"I would see the medics on my way in and out of the building, they always looked fine and were treated nicely," he said.

"They would sit or will be walking around as they wished."

A clerk, who works in the office of the male defendant and who recorded the alleged victims' statements, told judges that the medics were treated with respect.

"He (the male defendant) is a very respectful person who treated all suspects he questioned with good ethics," he said.

"He did not prolong the questioning, but asked them straightforward questions and they answered them without difficulty.

"None of them were ever mistreated or asked questions in a way that would insult them."

Both defendants appeared in court yesterday for the hearing.

The male defendant is accused of abusing four medics -- Ahmed Omran, Sayed Marhoon, Ghassan Dhaif and Bassim Dhaif -- while the woman is accused of mistreating Zahra Al Sammak and Khulood Al Derazi.

Judges adjourned the trial until February 17 to summon more defence witnesses.

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By Elinor J. Brecher, The Miami Herald

Feb. 05--Keiser University Associate Dean Elias Konwufine, who died Jan. 16 after being run over by his own car while a wrecker hauled it away, was still alive and talking and appeared only to have superficial injuries when police arrived at his Lauderhill home four minutes after an emergency call came in, according to an initial incident report.

Officer R. Pearlman wrote that Konwufine, a 38-year-old father of three, was lying in the street and "stated to the bystanders that he was having difficulty breathing. He turned to his side and lied (sic) on his side until Fire Rescue arrived...I observed only road rash on his legs and face.''

Pearlman wrote that the first paramedics on the scene, from Lauderhill Fire Rescue, "advised there were no obvious or external signs of any life threatening injuries.''

Sunrise paramedics took Konwufine to Broward Health Medical Center, where he died in surgery less than two hours later of "serious internal injuries,'' Pearlman wrote.

Wrecker driver Kenneth Jay Schraff had been removing Konwufine's 1999 white Mercedes-Benz C230 from in front of Konwufine's house, on the 3800 block of Northwest 67th Way, because according to Sienna Greens homeowners association rules, it was illegally parked.

Konwufine had parked partly on the swale because a car belonging to his autistic 7-year-old son's tutor, and another car, occupied the driveway.

Schraff, who has a long history of traffic infractions and criminal charges, told a reporter from Local 10 after the incident that Konwufine's wife and 14-year-old son were "beating me on the back on back of my head and my back," after Konwufine fell under the Mercedes.

But the incident report, which Lauderhill police sent to The Miami Herald on Monday, makes no mention of a physical attack on Schraff, who has been named in a wrongful-death lawsuit filed by Konwufine's family.

The report says that Schraff, 48, of Lauderdale Lakes, "advised that after lifting the car, he was confronted by Elias. He stated that Elias kept yelling at him to drop his car and even attempted to open the door to his tow truck.

"After Elias was on the driver side of the tow truck toward the rear of the truck, Schraff stated that he attempted to drive away but Elias jumped on the truck trying to hold onto the tool box.

"He stated by the time he realized Elias was on the vehicle and tried to stop, Elias had fallen off and was run over by the front passenger side of the Mercedes, which was hooked up by the rear wheels.''

Konwufine's wife, Francisca, is suing Superior Lock & Roadside Assistance, Sure Fire Auto and Capitol Towing, interrelated companies, as well as Schraff, in Broward Circuit Court.

The suit accuses Schraff of failing to control of his vehicle, negligently accelerating and turning the wrecker so that it endangered Konwufine, and failing to watch out for pedestrians.

The suit also says he violated a state law which requires a wrecker driver to give the vehicle owner the chance to pay a fee on the spot and reclaim the vehicle.

Francisca Konwufine told Lauderhill police that a neighbor alerted her that the tow truck was about to take her husband's car, and "asked the tow truck driver not to tow the car. When Elias came outside he kept asking the driver not to tow the car. She advised the two got into a verbal argument and then the tow truck attempted to drive away," the report said.

"She stated that Elias was holding onto the driver side rear passenger door for (sic) the tow truck when it was trying to drive away. She stated that Elias then fell off and was run over.''

The report says that Francisca Konwufine "was very emotional,'' and difficult to interview.

Police are still investigating the incident, and have not filed criminal charges.

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Ambulance hit by road bomb in Mali's Gao region

BAMAKO, March 8 (Xinhua) -- An ambulance was hit by a road bomb in Mali's northern region of Gao, injuring the driver, according to local sources.

The vehicle was hit in the Bourem zone of Gao on Thursday morning. "A military convoy was the first to fall into an ambush in the Bourem zone and shortly after, an ambulance vehicle stepped on a mine, leaving the driver seriously injured," a Gao resident told Xinhua.

The incident occurred on the same day, when French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian arrived in Mali for a visit.

The minister's visit was scheduled to begin in Mali's extreme northeastern region of Kidal and end after talks with Malian President Dioncounda Traore and other government officials in the capital Bamako.

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-Title changed to get the spelling/grammar police off the new guys back.

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Thanks,

Comments about this should be handled in PM to me. Public ones will be deleted.

Perhaps we can get admin to include a new forum titled "Random Internet Garbage/Drivel/Tripe" for stuff like this to go into.

This is the best spot for this.

http://www.google.com

Wrong answer.

If someone wants to help out this person, please feel free to reply.

Happy New Year !

OK. Back on topic. Spelling and grammar police take it to PMs.

Sorry Dfib. That is worth at least a one month suspension, but with our awesome and wonderful admin here, things go "unnoticed".

The news robot brings in EMS related news to the site. We were testing a different service and it was pulling fire stories. That is why it was posted....

Hi there,

I just stumbled upon this thread. Although I do appreciate everyone's passion about EMT City, we have never condoned or allowed the bashing of other sites.

The internet is large, and there is room for everyone.

Thanks!

I would like to wish AK all the luck with his new venture and will welcome him back anytime.

AK has been a great supporter here, and his decision to leave will be felt for some time to come.

He has been with this site for as long as I can remember and has stuck in there through the good and bad times here.

Good luck AK, and thank you very much for all of your support though the years.

Hi there,

It would bill automatically.

Interesting article: http://www.ncsl.org/issues-research/health/breastfeeding-state-laws.aspx

"President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, H.R. 3590, on March 23 and the Reconciliation Act of 2010, H.R. 4872, on March 30, 2010. (See the combined full text of Public Laws 111-148 and 111-152 here.) Among many provisions, Section 4207 of the law amends the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) of 1938 (29 U.S. Code 207) to require an employer to provide reasonable break time for an employee to express breast milk for her nursing child for one year after the child's birth each time such employee has need to express milk. The employer is not required to compensate an employee receiving reasonable break time for any work time spent for such purpose. The employer must also provide a place, other than a bathroom, for the employee to express breast milk. If these requirements impose undue hardship, an employer that employs fewer than 50 employees is not subject to these requirements. The federal requirements shall not preempt a state law that provides greater protections to employees."

Hey needing equipment and I didn't know the best place to get it. Any suggestions

Here is a good place:

http://www.emtcity.com/store/

If you guys can post some of the stuff in the download area, it would be a great resource to all.

I have had no other complaints. Do you have a time? I can look at the logs.

It is the amount of "reps" that have been given to you by other members. It is a way for members to let each other know who is providing really good posts.

Members are encouraged to click the green up arrow in a post if they feel that it was a quality post.

If you want to see who gave up arrows, and down arrows, you need to be a sponsoring member. Sponsoring members can also give down reps. (To get sponsorship status, just click on "store" in the menu bar.)