In a declaration, John Kenny, Rotary International president-elect said, “Rotary has committed 200 million dollars to polio eradication in the next three years and we hope to see the world free of polio by 2012.”

Kenny, who was in Pune for two-days, made this announcement during a press meeting on Friday.

Kenny also said that all projects backed by Rotary in the zone will never be short of funds and Rotary has committed $200 million to polio annihilation within the next 3 years and wish a polio free world by 2012.

Thus far, foreign countries had marrow donor registries, but now, India has also registered its name in the same list.

India’s Mumbai first became the first to join the league with the Marrow Donor Registry India (MDRI).

MDRI will be a database of bone marrow donors and the donor marrow can be used treating patients fighting life-threatening blood disorders in India or abroad.

Bone marrow transplants are still a rarity in India, mainly because no there’re no registries.
 

The Rotary International president-elect John Kenny committed at a Friday press conference in Pune that the Rotary-supported projects will receive all the requisite funds, with $200 having been earmarked for polio eradication by the year 2012.

Everyone working in this world wants promotion i.e. higher position in his/her field.

But a study conducted by British scientists disclosed that job promotion can be risky for one’s health, and leave them substantially less time to visit their physician.

Economics and psychology scientists at the University of Warwick in central England discovered that promotion on average produces 10% more strain, and leaves up to 20% less time to visit the doctor in the event of sickness.

The latest report prepared by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) revealed that there are about 25 lakh cancer patients in India.

ICMR report also said that cancer scenario in the country is quite disturbing as the number of people living with this deadly disease continues to rise.