Zero tolerance for nursing home abuse By ZHAO XINYING | China Daily | Updated: 2020-12-30 07:57 Share
Vice-minister says job is a laborious undertaking that requires a conscience
Civil affairs departments will show zero tolerance to nursing home staff who maltreat or abuse the elderly, Gao Xiaobing, viceminister of civil affairs, said at a news briefing in Beijing on Tuesday. We ve heard of some staff members at senior care centers who abuse or assault old people, she said. For such behaviors, we insist on the zero tolerance principle and will strongly oppose and crack down on them. Those who have behaved wrongly will be investigated and will be forbidden from working in the industry for a certain period of time.
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Rescuers unload relief supplies in Shuangshi township, Lushan County of Ya’an, Sichuan province, April 24, 2013. Tens of thousands of homeless survivors of China’s most recent devastating quake are living in makeshift tents or on the streets, facing shortages of food and supplies as well as an uncertain future.
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Rapeseed was ripening in the lush fields ringing the village of Renjia when a local farmer, forced from his home, stepped into the sea of green stalks and pitched a tent.
Bosnia has signed an Agreement and paid an Advance for 1,232,000 doses of Vaccines December 30, 2020 11:15 AM by Y.Z
Bosnia and Herzegovina has signed an agreement and paid an advance for 1,232,000 doses of vaccines, while the European Union will provide additional vaccines worth 70 million euros to the Western Balkans.
BiH has ordered vaccines through the COVAX mechanism, which should cover the vaccination of 20 percent of the population, and the purchase of additional quantities of vaccines has been announced.
In accordance with the relevant COVAX procedures, vaccines will be gradually delivered to countries, as they receive certificates/permits for use from the World Health Organization, the European Medicines Agency and the medicines agency of the particular country. In the case of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the procurement of vaccines is coordinated by the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
Croatia, Serbia have started Vaccination, Bosnia is still engaged in Procurement December 29, 2020 12:00 PM by Y.Z
Although vaccination against the coronavirus started in the
neighboring countries of Croatia and Serbia in the previous days, none of the authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina still knows the exact date when this will happen and how much we will be late with the mass vaccination.
The BiH Ministry of Civil Affairs reiterated that the vaccine, through the COVAX mechanism, could be expected in the first quarter of next year, where BiH should receive 1,232,000 doses. We remind you that there were problems with the payment from the FBiH Government, which still fulfilled its financial obligations on December 21, while the governments of RS and Brčko District did it on time, Nezavisne writes.
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