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<description><![CDATA[The latest from The Examiner Newspaper]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Dangers in anti-tobacco Labor move]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Labor could cop more criticism for trying to ban political donations from tobacco companies than the Liberal Party does for accepting them, a political analyst says. 
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Diabetics at the heart  of hot  and cold research]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[IF YOU have type 2 diabetes then Sibella King needs you.
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Health being put on hold]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[STATISTICS from a new report that show the state's waiting times for emergency treatment and elective surgery are already some of the worst in the nation is just the tip of the iceberg, according to Tasmanian nurses.
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Some brains wired for addiction: study]]></title>
<link>http://www.examiner.com.au/news/local/news/health/some-brains-wired-for-addiction-study/2443811.aspx?src=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[LONDON - A new study suggests that abnormalities in the brain may make some people more susceptible to drug addiction than others, according to researchers at the University of Cambridge]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Heart registry aims to save lives]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[A STATEWIDE genetic heart registry being rolled out over the next four years will save lives, according to Clifton Craig Medical Research Trust chairman Don McTaggart.
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Doctors warn over health cuts]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Doctors have warned it will take more than a decade for the health system to recover from the impact of drastic health cuts. 
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:59:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Health system warning]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[DOCTORS have warned it will take more than a decade for the health system to recover from the impact of drastic health cuts. 
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:41:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Union says emergency is feeling budget pain]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Tasmania's hospital emergency departments are dealing with people left waiting for elective surgery for too long and more patients "rebounding'' after being discharged too early, a parliamentary inquiry has heard. 
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[LGH `managing demand']]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[THE Launceston General Hospital has been ``managing demand to date'' following ward closures, according to Northern Area Health Service chief executive John Kirwan.
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[45 years as nurse set to come to an end]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Launceston General Hospital's Maree Dakin will retire on Friday after a 45-year career in nursing.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Patient waiting times in dire health]]></title>
<link>http://www.examiner.com.au/news/local/news/health/patient-waiting-times-in-dire-health/2437952.aspx?src=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Tasmania's public hospital waiting times for elective surgery and emergency treatment are among the poorest in Australia, a Productivity Commission report has shown.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Former UTAS medical chief 'highly regarded']]></title>
<link>http://www.examiner.com.au/news/local/news/health/former-utas-medical-chief-highly-regarded/2437881.aspx?src=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[Former University of Tasmania medical school chief and science dean Allan Carmichael has died after a short illness.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Government urged to overhaul aged-care system]]></title>
<link>http://www.examiner.com.au/news/local/news/health/government-urged-to-overhaul-agedcare-system/2436097.aspx?src=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[AN  OVERHAUL of the aged-care system is needed to avoid an imminent crisis, the federal government has been warned. 
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<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Cuts run deep for Health Minister]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Health Minister Michelle O'Byrne knows her government's cuts have put her political future in jeopardy, The Sunday Examiner chief reporter ALISON ANDREWS reports.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Pervan takes on new health role]]></title>
<link>http://www.examiner.com.au/news/local/news/health/pervan-takes-on-new-health-role/2435835.aspx?src=rss</link>
<description><![CDATA[FORMER Royal Hobart Hospital chief executive Mike Pervan will take one of the leading jobs under the state's new health model, starting July 1.
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<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Staffing to pain LGH's expanded emergency department]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[BED capacity at the Launceston General Hospital's emergency department is set to double next week but questions remain over whether the government can afford to fully staff it.
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Health workers moving from LGH]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[THE former Drysdale building has become the new home of Health Department employees while the Launceston General Hospital is being redeveloped.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Physios needed to fill shortage]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[LAUNCESTON General Hospital patients may  miss out on physiotherapy as the hospital struggles to fill vacancies.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Checkup a click away]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[MELBOURNE - Cancer patients and the elderly will be able to see their specialist or GP with the click of a mouse, even if they are hundreds of kilometres away. 
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<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Family ties strong at hospital]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Launceston General Hospital intern Ruth Gauden is still having trouble adjusting to her new position.
``When someone calls for Dr Gauden, I look around for dad,'' she said yesterday.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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