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		<title>In support of 350 &#8211; 24th October &#8211; International Day of Climate Action</title>
		<link>http://afaal.net/?p=136</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 08:15:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>An Achievement &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://afaal.net/?p=129</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 06:51:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-130" title="logo_iso" src="http://afaal.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/logo_iso-300x300.gif" alt="logo_iso" width="300" height="300" />It’s been over an year since we started to work on getting the Hospital Laboratory internationally accredited. It is important that as many of our services are certified to internationally accepted standards in order to gain and maintain confidence of the public.]]></description>
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		<title>The Queue!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:16:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyday people queue up to take a token in the morning, at noon and in the afternoon. Almost five queues are formed everyday at different times. The number of people in the queue depends very much on the doctor on duty and the times when the doctor starts appointments. Tokens for a particular doctor’s duty [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rebranding &#8211; why did we choose a new logo?</title>
		<link>http://afaal.net/?p=115</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:49:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many people still ask me about the change in the Hospital logo. It&#8217;s been over an year since the logo has been changed through a process of corporate rebranding that all the companies in the ADK Group went through. This article was previously published in my old blog and now I republish it for those [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cheating on the Insurance Scheme &#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:07:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the recent past, many employers are paying for medical insurance of their employees. I have to say that most of major companies have now done this for their employees or are on the verge of doing it. It is of course to the benefit of those people who are enrolled. But unfortunately some people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Corrupting the Citizen</title>
		<link>http://afaal.net/?p=103</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:54:42 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[My lousy politics!]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;This article was first published at Dr. Abdullah Waheed&#8217;s Blog on Monday, November 24, 2008. This is a slightly controversial article representing my views. There were some very strong comments to the article. If you would like to see the comments please visit this article at Dr Waheed&#8217;s blog. I have brought it to my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Presidential Address &#8211; what do we make of it?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:40:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;This article was first published at Dr. Abdullah Waheed&#8217;s Blog on Friday, November 14, 2008 after President Nasheed was sworn in. This article got a large number of responses from readers and with mixed views. If you would like to see the comments please visit this article at Dr Waheed&#8217;s blog. I have brought it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FLASHBACK: The Math &#8211; A few scenarios for swinging the votes!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:29:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;This article was first published at Dr. Abdullah Waheed&#8217;s Blog on Wednesday, October 29, 2008 after the second round of the elections. If you would like to see the comments please visit this article at Dr Waheed&#8217;s blog. I have brought it to my blog so that I will have an archive of all what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Math &#8211; a few scenarios for swinging the votes!</title>
		<link>http://afaal.net/?p=66</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:09:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;This article was first published at Dr. Abdullah Waheed&#8217;s Blog on Saturday, October 11, 2008. There was a very rich and heated discussion about it in that blog. If you want to see those comments please visit this article at Dr Waheed&#8217;s blog. I have brought it to my blog so that I will have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Empowering the patient</title>
		<link>http://afaal.net/?p=59</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 08:07:11 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Health Care]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<img src="http://afaal.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/old-and-young-hands-clasped-300x189.jpg" alt="old-and-young-hands-clasped" title="old-and-young-hands-clasped" width="300" height="189" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-60" />"Patients as consumers have the right to make their own choices and the ability to act upon them" (Wikipedia - The free encyclopedia)

The outcome of successful service depends on empowering the patient. The patient shall be considered an equal member of the health care team. It is a responsibility of the care providers to provide complete information and communicate with the patient regarding diagnoses, treatment and procedures. Such relations would help towards smooth and successful outcomes. [...]]]></description>
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