| Eye Surgeon At Dublin Clinic Faced Misconduct Charge In The U.K.
An Eye Surgeon who narrowly avoided a serious professional misconduct sanction in Britain is now operating in Dublin.
Ballsbridge,Dublin.Dec,06,2007--Dr. Anupam Chatterjee was the subject of a British General Medical Council (GMC) fitness to practice hearing in 2003 after a patient on whom he performed Laser Surgery accused the Doctor of permanently damaging his sight.
The Manchester-based Doctor was cleared of the charge but admitted during the hearing that he had gone against guidelines warning Doctors not to operate on both eyes on the same day.
The guideline was intended to make sure that any potential damage suffered by patients with complications would be limited to only one eye.
After his eyes were left permanently damaged, Manchester lawyer Paul Burton complained to the GMC saying he had not been warned of the potential risk.
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It happened on the road I walk from the station to my flat, so any time I was out in town, it was something in the back of my mind throughout the evening. "That stuck around for years. When I was making plans with people I would be thinking: 'That seems like something I want to do but it will mean coming home in the dark. Will I get a cab? Will I walk it? "If someone spontaneously phoned me up and asked if I wanted to do something that evening, I would struggle. It was only a 4 cab from the station but when I did that I felt a bit pathetic, like it was an admission of weakness." It is experiences like this, multiplied by their telling to friends and media coverage, and magnified by our fascination with the sinister, which shape fears and behaviour. But is it really so different abroad? A straw poll of people living in diverse inner-city areas in some of the other cities mentioned by Mr Davis suggests not.
Abortion battle shifts from rallies to ballots
Only a few months after Alito was confirmed on Jan. 31, 2006, South Dakota passed a law to ban abortion, but a referendum to put it in place was rejected by voters because it did not provide exceptions for pregnancies caused by rape or incest. .
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Reliever Shingo Takatsu agreed Friday to a minor league contract with the Cubs and was invited to spring training. The 39-year-old Takatsu pitched for the Chicago White Sox in 2004 and 2005 and also with the New York Mets in 2005. He had a Japanese Central League record 286 saves for the Yakult Swallows for them from 1991-2003 and again in 2006-7. He has 27 major leagues saves in 31 chances, including 19 of 21 for the White Sox in 2004.
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Prices, sales up for AK Steel in 4Q
Fourth-quarter sales jumped for AK Steel Corp., despite continually rising prices, the company reported Tuesday. AK Steel's net income surged to $107 million, or 95 cents per share, in the fourth quarter as sales rose 7 percent to $1.69 billion, compared to the fourth quarter of 2006. The company had reported a net loss of $49 million, or 45 cents per share, in the same quarter a year earlier, reflecting a non-cash charge related to postretirement benefits. The Wall Street consensus estimate was for earnings per share of 59 cents, and sales of $1.68 billion. The company shipped 1.57 million tons in the latest quarter, up 3 percent from the 2006 period. The average selling price per ton was 4 percent higher at $1,079. Excluding a pretax charge in the 2006 period of $133 million related to retiree health care benefit plans, operating profit tripled to $154 million and operating profit per ton nearly tripled to $98 versus $34 per ton in the 2006 period.
SFWMD approves Miami-Dade's 20-year water permit
With Miami-Dade County's promise to build about $1.9 billion in water projects, the governing board of the South Florida Water Management District approved a permit on Thursday for the next 20 years of the county's water use. The consumptive use permit allows Miami-Dade to use about 76 million more gallons of water a day by the time everything is built. That would support the county of 2.4 million people to grow to 2.7 million residents by 2027. However, the permit is contingent on the county building those water projects along a strict timeline. The district could revoke the permit and limit water allocations if the county doesn't perform. "Not only does it impose deadlines for the project to be in service, it also requires interim milestones to ensure the financial service plans are met," said Santiago Echemendia, a Tew Cardenas attorney in Miami who represents the district's governing board.
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