[Alma Mata] International Health Talk - Racism within the NHS & IPPNW

[Andrew Khodabukus]

   "OVERSEAS DOCTORS, OVERSEAS PATIENTS. WHERE DO WE STAND? WHERE  
DO YOU STAND?"

   The face of the NHS is changing. What are the rights and duties of  
overseas doctors? What are the rights of overseas patients and what is  
our duty of care? What has been your experience? What do you think?

LEARN MORE
HAVE YOUR SAY
EVERYONE WELCOME
Edwin Borman (chairman, BMA International Committee) and Umesh Prabhu  
(vice-chair, British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin) will  
speak and open the floor to debate.

When? 5.45pm WEDNESDAY 22nd NOVEMBER 2006
Where? KENNEDY LECTURE THEATRE, INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH
         Guilford St, London WC1. Near Russell Square Tube/ Queen Square.

An International Health Forum event. No need to book. Email  
ihforum at yahoo.co.uk[1] for more info. We look forward to seeing you!

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_INTERNATIONAL PHYSICIANS FOR THE PREVENTION OF NUCLEAR WAR (IPPNW)  
(NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNERS 1985)_

IPPNW is a global organization with tens of thousands of health  
professionals and students working towards a peaceful world free of  
nuclear weapons. IPPNW has many projects including campaigns against  
small arms, a project with refugees in Palestine and student exchanges.

_ANTI TRIDENT NUCLEAR WEAPONS CAMPAIGN_
Until now IPPNW has seen minimal action from UK med students. However,  
we recently hosted two popular workshops at the national Medsin  
conference on the urgent issue of the UK's Trident Nuclear Weapons  
system.

Trident consists of four submarines, and 200 missiles each  
approximately 8 times the explosive power of the atomic bomb dropped  
on Hiroshima. Trident will become obsolete by 2020. The decision  
whether or not to replace Trident is to be made by the UK government  
after a parliamentary debate. However, reports have indicated that  
government investment into new nuclear technology may have already  
started.
 

Some reasons for Trident NOT to be replaced:

* Nuclear weapons can indiscriminately kill millions of people with  
long-term fall out causing cancers, leukaemia and damage to  
generations to come- as experienced until now in Hiroshima.
* The use of a nuclear weapon breaks international law, furthermore  
the UK's replacement breaks the non-proliferation treaty.
* How can we expect other countries to disarm or generate new weapons  
while are actively building our own?
* The cost of Trident may cost up to £76bn to buy missiles, replace  
nuclear submarines, and maintain the system for 30 years- money better  
spent on health services, the environment, and reducing the threat of  
conflict.
* Our nuclear weapons are dependent on US technology and support, and  
link us to US policies. 

If you would like to know more about how you can get involved in the  
campaign or IPPNW please contact me. Also, join the yahoo group  
IPPNW_UK and look at the links below for more info regarding Trident.  
We need to start a grassroots movement similar to the one that forced  
the abolition of landmines. Every person that joins is one more step  
towards a world free of nuclear weapons.

/Kiran Cheedella: //KCCASE00 at hotmail.com/[2]
Birmingham University

_USEFUL LINKS AND CAMPAIGNING TOOLS: _http://www.oxfordresearchgroup.org.uk[3]

   http://www.bigtridentdebate.org.uk[4]

   http://www.greenpeace.co.uk/[5]

   http://www.medact.org/[6]

   http://www.ippnw-students.org[7]

   http://www.ippnw.org[8]

Links:
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[1] mailto:ihforum at yahoo.co.uk
[2]  
/ym/Compose?To=KCCASE00 at hotmail.com&YY=5582&y5beta=yes&y5beta=yes&order=up&sort=date&pos=0&view=a&head=b
[3] http://www.oxfordresearchgroup.org.uk
[4] http://www.bigtridentdebate.org.uk
[5] http://www.greenpeace.co.uk/
[6] http://www.medact.org/
[7] http://www.ippnw-students.org
[8] http://www.ippnw.org/