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International health care news links from JCI

►    Clemenceau Medical Center Celebrates JCI Accreditation Clemenceau Medical Center , Lebanon , invited all staff, community health care leaders and physicians to a reception celebrating its accreditation by JCI (Read more here)

►      A Professional Uprising Nurses in acute care settings are finding out that the JCI accreditation process has increased recognition and respect for the nurse’s role in the health care process (Read more here)

►    Sheikh Khalifa Medical City Celebrates International Childhood Cancer Day

Sheikh Khalifa Medical City (SKMC) raised awareness of early diagnosis of childhood cancer and promoted access to a specialist child cancer unit for appropriate diagnosis and treatment of pediatric oncology with its International Childhood Cancer Day on 26 February 2009. Activities included distribution of educational brochures, arts and crafts for children, and a mobile blood donor bus to promote onsite donations (Read more here)

►      Singapore Leads Asia-Pac in Computer Aided Reconstructive Facial Surgery Singapore has taken the lead in medical innovation in the Asia-Pacific region with the introduction of a predictive computer system that virtually promises 100 percent accuracy in the difficult area of facial reconstruction surgery. The NationalUniversityHospital, a leading teaching and research hospital in Singapore and a JCI–accredited organization, has performed more than 250 craniomaxillofacial surgeries (Read more here)

►      Bangkok Hospital's Million Dollar Machine Makes Patients' HeartsBeatAgainJCI–accreditedBangkokHospitalMedicalCenter recently acquired a robotic machine for minimally invasive heart surgery that provides many benefits to surgeons, hospital staff and patients (Read more here)

►      Wockhardt Hospitals Shares Medical Breakthroughs In Cardiac Care With Chinese Specialists As part of the knowledge sharing process, Wockhardt Hospitals (two of which are JCI–accredited) has been receiving senior doctors across the world to share the clinical expertise and medical breakthroughs positioning Wockhardt Hospital as an innovator in Cardiac Care (Read more here)

►      Bangkok Hospital Doctor Receives International Attention for His Work The director of JCI–accredited Bangkok Heart Hospital, Dr.Kitipan Visudharom M.D., PhD., has received recognition for his work through an international publication (Read more here)