Sonia Papiu started her first year of residency as a psychiatrist in the Romanian city of Cluj in January but she plans to move abroad within the year seeking better learning opportunities and hospital conditions "I don't think any of my colleagues are planning to stay," she said You have higher responsibilities as a resident there." doctors go through six years of medical school and then three to five years as a hospital resident treating patients while working under the supervision of senior staff one of Romania's largest cities and a university and business hub hosts several agencies recruiting for western European hospitals Romania has bled out tens of thousands of doctors dentists and pharmacists since joining the European Union a decade ago lured abroad by what the country lacks: significantly higher pay modern infrastructure and functional healthcare systems Germany and Britain are among the most popular destinations Romania is one of the EU states with the fewest doctors Nearly a third of hospital positions are vacant and the health ministry estimates one in four Romanians has insufficient access to essential healthcare "Medical staff leaving Romania at an almost massive pace deepens the problems of the healthcare system," former health minister Vlad Voiculescu has said "Entire hospitals are facing a major personnel deficit and entire towns don't have a family physician." This despite the fact that Romania is a leading EU state when it comes to the number of medical graduates inefficiencies and politicised management - has been unable to motivate them to stay The shortages are even starker in rural areas "Because we have one doctor per section for most specialties when a doctor goes on holiday we need to close down the section," said Cristian Vlad Vlad said three hospitals in the region shared one anaesthetist until last year when his hospital brought in another from neighbouring Moldova "I live in hope that our resident doctors will change their mind and stay in smaller hospitals Romania is taking steps to address the issues although it still does not measure up to western standards The net average monthly wage for the healthcare system stood at 2,609 lei ($606) at the end of 2016 the health ministry created a multi-year plan for the medical profession and subsidies for physicians willing to move to remote villages The strategy has yet to be approved by the two-month-old cabinet of Social Democrat Prime Minister Sorin Grindeanu "Measures to improve healthcare are in place but the system suffers from inefficiencies limited accessibility and corruption," the European Commission said last month Yet not all doctors shy away from remote areas Andreea Kis has been serving as a family doctor for five villages for nearly five years "I chose to be a family doctor because this is compatible with family life," said Kis "People in the villages preserve their humanity better." Snow lies on roofs in the village Salistea de Sus poses for a portrait at home in Salistea de Sus Bottles and glasses sit on a table at the home of Anuta Iuga A mother holds her baby during a home visit from Dr Medicine is seen in a cabinet at the hospital in Borsa A mother and her daughter are treated in the paediatric ward in the hospital in Borsa Andreea Kis's medical practice in Tureni village Medical equipment is seen in the delivery room at the hospital in Borsa A doctor and a volunteer medical student who work for SMURD a Romanian doctor who has been working in Germany for five years looks at her phone as she celebrates a friend's birthday at a bar in Hasdeu A photo is seen on the fridge in a student dorm room at the University of Medicine and Pharmacy Women stand in front of the church during the Epiphany Mass A monument to doctors who worked in Sacel from 1938 until 2016 is seen next to the village practice The key to capturing the beauty of freestyle skiing is about getting the images of competitors flipping and twisting their way through the evening sky The amount of time the competitors spend in the air is impressive The photo of China's Qi Guangpu performing an aerial during the men's aerial training was taken as the sun was setting over the mountains But capturing the aerial as well as the fading sunset was difficult as there was no vantage point to get the two elements in the same frame Cables blocked the view to the jumps and my position was too low to capture very high jumps A small scaffolding tower holding a few cables up became my best bet Without waiting to see if anyone would object and laden with cameras I managed to scale the tower and photograph a handful of athletes before the light disappeared It was not the most comfortable shooting position with one foot wedged between a bar and the other leg wrapped around another bar for support Photographing sports usually includes a mixture of patience Knowing how a sport unfolds and how to position oneself to capture the key action moment or emotion before it is gone is essential the job usually involves skiing into position with a heavy backpack carrying all the day's camera gear Photographers also needs crampons to stop them sliding down into the course from their shooting position covering a competitive winter event such as the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboard World Championships can be a gruelling physical feat I was also allowed underneath the jump to shoot pointing straight up as the athletes shot off the ramp into the night sky The spray of snow appeared like stars - a picturesque setting for the athletes' impressive feats Dmitry Lim of Kazakhstan trains during the Snowboarding and Freestyle Skiing World Championships Stanislau Hladchenko trains during the Snowboarding and Freestyle Skiing World Championships Olivier Rochon of Canada trains during the Snowboarding and Freestyle Skiing World Championships Silver medalist Iouri Podladtchikov of Switzerland competes during the final at Snowboarding and Freestyle Skiing World Championships Laura Peel of Australia competes during the Snowboarding and Freestyle Skiing World Championships Bronze medalist Xu Mengtao of China competes during the Snowboarding and Freestyle Skiing World Championships Mischa Gasser of Switzerland trains during the Snowboarding and Freestyle Skiing World Championships Stanislav Nikitin of Russia trains during the Snowboarding and Freestyle Skiing World Championships Wang Xindi of China trains during the Snowboarding and Freestyle Skiing World Championships Freestyle Skiing - FIS Snowboarding and Freestyle Skiing World Championships - Men's Aerials training - Sierra Nevada trains during the Snowboarding and Freestyle Skiing World Championships Log in and download the free e-publication of the latest A&B The printed version is available for sale online in our store and press salons throughout Poland unique e-mail [will also be used as login in the portal] Only name - check the correctness of the data Only the last name - check the correctness of the data password must be at least 8 characters long * fields required for registration; data can be completed in account settings after logging in ** establishment of a student account follows verification of the validity of the student ID card Please try later or let us know: contact Technology: aitnet.pl Ⓒ AiB Publishing House 2025 Habau Romania recently signed with Transgaz the contract for the construction of the project ‘Natural gas transmission pipeline in the direction of Sighetu Marmatiei – Viseu de Sus – Borsa’ a development project on Romania’s territory of the National Gas Transmission System on the corridor Bulgaria – Romania – Hungary – Austria The Romanian branch of the Habau Hoch und Tiefbaugesellschaft with Transgaz the contract for the construction of the project ‘Natural gas transmission pipeline in the direction of Sighetu Marmatiei – Viseu de Sus – Borsa’ a project of national importance in the field of natural gas They will be joined by another local company Antrepriza Montaj Instalatii (AMI) SA Baia Mare the project is financed from Transgaz’s own funds in the Maramures area there are no natural gas supply pipes and liquefied gas to heat the houses and commercial spaces in the area The gas pipeline is designed and constructed to supply natural gas to the local administrative units The construction of the gas transmission pipeline will spread over the territory of several localities The designed pipeline route is divided into 17 sections The tubular material has a diameter of DN 300 The construction of the Sighetul Marmatiei – Viseu de Sus – Borsa pipeline creates the premise of interconnecting the natural gas transmission system from the North-West part of the country (Maramures area) with the North-East part (Campulung Moldovenesc – Vatra Dornei area) the natural gas supply is provided for each area from two directions This is an important project for Maramures and is now going in a straight line for its implementation it will be possible to provide natural gas to the localities in the area of interest of the objective respectively a number of approximately 51,500 household consumers etc.) and approximately 2000 economic agents The opportunity of the project results from the fact that by building the natural gas pipeline such as: development of the national natural gas transmission system and implicitly development of the natural gas distribution system in the area natural gas supply of the tourist resorts Ocna Sugatag and Borsa creating new jobs during the construction period stimulating other investments and related businesses stimulating the development of the local economy by providing non-polluting energy sources ensuring a healthy environment by reducing greenhouse gases and attracting additional revenues to the state budget and local budgets Villagers in northern Kenya have begun to burn piles of animal carcasses hoping to head off an outbreak of disease as their livestock starve to death in the region's worst drought in five years The smell of death hangs heavily over Lake Turkana and dried animal corpses dot the cracked mud where the lake has receded Nomadic communities store their savings in animals rather than banks and each carcass is a major loss The Kenyan government said 2.7 million people are affected by the drought It estimates 20 percent of livestock has died in the arid and semi-arid counties an area comprising about 80 percent of Kenya's landmass "It is the worst drought since 2011," said James Oduor head of Kenya's National Drought Management Authority The government is running a "destocking" program which pays herders for animals they would struggle to sell It pays 2,000 Kenya shillings ($20) for a goat or a sheep That's half of the price of a healthy animal the animal is slaughtered so the community can benefit from more food," said Oduor Villager Lokuukwi Achembe said his village lost around 2,000 goats "This is our food and our way of living," he said sadly famed for the harsh beauty of its landscape residents are burning carcasses to stop the bodies from infecting water supplies if the rains come "We are collecting the goats around the manyatta (group of thatched huts) to stop the spreading of disease." A Sudanese man hopped out of a taxi just before daybreak a duffle bag slung over his shoulder as he headed for the U.S who was bravingnegative 6 degrees Celsius (21 degrees Fahrenheit) weather was confronted by a Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officer who shined her flashlight on him as he crossed into Hemmingford desperately trying to plow past the officer Several hundred asylum seekers have entered Canada as U.S President Donald Trump vowed to crack down on immigration the man only stopped when the officer said he put his hands in the air as she told him he was under arrest and that he had entered Canada illegally pressed a doll under her arm as she tread through the snow behind her father She kept her head high and eyes focusedstraight ahead looking back only once to make sure her little brother and mother were safe Tears began rolling down her cheek when she and her family were placed inside a police car two parents and five children from Sudan arrived at the Champlain border in a white Chevy van after having driven from Texas He then helped his wife and children over it Border Patrol agent yelled to the RCMP officers while pointing to the van The father dropped his cell phone on the U.S side but was told by a patrol agent that if he crossed back to get it he would be arrested has been a cab driver in Champlain for 10 years "It's definitely gotten busier," Seymour said estimating that some mornings he makes upwards of 10 trips to the border you will be brought to immigration and held there for who knows how long.' They say "I feel bad for these people" referring to his customers who are trying to reach Canada "They have kids - a lot of them newborn babies It doesn't take them much time to cross the border," he said "But they have to go down a ditch and then climb over a big snow bank Many customers leave their child's car seat behind Kneeling on a patch of flat earth with a shovel in hand Thea Nonce Jean tips cement where a floor is about to be laid His house is the first to be built in a tiny Haitian community on the edge of Tijuana "There's room for around 100 families on these plots They can't keep living in the shelters," said Gustavo Banda a local pastor who gave up the land for the construction of the settlement a 32-year-old Haitian stranded thousands of miles from home after hopes of asylum in the United States faded last year is one of hundreds from the poor Caribbean nation now seeking to make a life in Tijuana "Our country has hit rock bottom," said Jean part of a steady stream of Haitians leaving the island since a devastating earthquake struck in 2010 Paying thousands of dollars to human traffickers and crossing up to seven countries Jean's American dream ended when the United States decided to deport all who tried to enter illegally We thought the decision would be temporary who is building a wooden house for himself and his wife nothing at home and we have to find a place to live." Some 3,500 Haitians are now in the border cities of Tijuana and Mexicali Amid the hammering of tools and the swell of songs from their homeland dozens of Haitians are working to build the "Haitian Villa" in the Cañón de Alacrán (Scorpion's Canyon) on the western flank of Tijuana Some of them who were interviewed by Reuters said they were waiting to hear from Mexico's National Migration Institute to see if they would be allowed to stay and work in Mexico The institute told Reuters that "legalisation for migrants is not immediate and there are various requirements foreigners need to fulfil." turned round and there was a man lying about 10 yards away from me," Reuters photographer Toby Melville recalls describing the moment a man fell from London's Westminster Bridge to the pavement below during Wednesday's attack It had been a quiet afternoon in central London and Melville was taking pictures around parliament for stories about Britain's exit from the European Union Melville was standing below the bridge on the south bank of the River Thames opposite the Houses of Parliament at around 2:30 p.m "There was a lot of blood coming from his head I thought this must be a domestic or horrible accident," Melville said "The noisiest part I can remember is the initial thud which I'm sure was the shock in my mind of hearing the bloke landing behind me Melville immediately phoned the emergency services and decided to go to nearby St Thomas's Hospital to alert doctors about the injured man He climbed the steps to reach the bridge above and that's when he saw other injured women lying on the pavement "At which point I thought this looks like it's more than someone's fallen over the wall," he said Other bystanders were already rushing to help the victims At the top of the bridge he began taking pictures British police say four people were killed A car hit pedestrians on Westminster Bridge and an attacker stabbed a policeman close to parliament and was shot I didn't know there had been a vehicle involved at the time someone said 'car' someone said 'shooting'," he said "It was just surreal and it was a fairly quick computation that this was a serious incident and a lot of people injured." A man lies injured after an incident on Westminster Bridge A woman assists an injured person after an incident on Westminster Bridge Injured people are assisted after an incident on Westminster Bridge A woman ducks under a police tape after an incident on Westminster Bridge Paramedics treat an inured person after an incident on Westminster Bridge An armed police officer runs across the road during an incident on Westminster Bridge When the Schwerzenbach family saw a wildfire racing toward their remote ranch in Lipscomb "We had a minute or two and then it was over us," said 56-year-old Nancy Schwerzenbach was one of several across more than 2 million acres (810,000 hectares) that hit the Texas Panhandle causing millions of dollars of damage and killing thousands of livestock Burning through nearly all 1,000 acres of the Schwerzenbach ranch a young man in the rural community was killed "The fire was about two miles away before we knew what happened to us," she said according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Oklahoma and Texas ranchers are returning home to survey the damage from the fires fueled by tinder-dry vegetation and high winds Local farmers from the Great Plains have helped those who have been affected by the wildfires by donating hay and fencing material “When we drive down the road and look out on the pasture lands It looks like a complete desert," said Ashland Veterinary Center co-owner Dr who is helping in relief efforts in Clark County Oklahoma Department of Agriculture State Veterinarian Rod Hall said bulldozers were being used to bury dead animals state government agencies estimate about 1,500 cattle were lost an economist at Texas A&M AgriLife Extension "When we value the deaths of cattle at market value we're talking about $2.1 million at this point Amosson estimates it could cost $6 million to recover 480,000 acres burned in Texas fires along with $4.3 million to replace and repair fences in the northern Texas Panhandle either destroyed by the fire or by cattle trampling them to escape the blaze cattle producing state with some 12.3 million head and Kansas is third at 6.4 million the impact from the fires has been devastating He lost livestock worth about $35,000 and fencing worth about $40,000 Some places further west of here lost much more," he said The sun sets over pasture destroyed by wildfires near Laverne A young boy yells to his father as they prepare to unload a trailer of donated hay to feed cattle that have been displaced by wildfires near Laverne A man drives his truck past shuttered storefronts on the main street of Buffalo Ranchers tease each other as they gather for breakfast in a cafe in Buffalo Monty Ediger watches as a friend clears the site his home used to stand on after it was destroyed by wildfires in Englewood Remnants of sage brush stand above pasture burned by wildfires near Higgins A rancher uses a tractor to load cattle killed by wildfires into a trailer for disposal near Higgins A tractor damaged by fire stands parked in an equipment shed that has been destroyed by wildfires near Laverne Pitchforks that have had their handles burned by wildfires rest amongst remnants of a ranch outbuilding near Lipscomb A cow killed by wildfires lies in a pit before being buried near Laverne A pile of young calves lie in a pit with cattle killed by wildfires before being buried near Laverne A fire-damaged fence stands above pasture that has been destroyed by wildfires near Ashland A fence stands above pasture that has not been destroyed by wildfires near Ashland In the cancer ward at Damascus Children's Hospital doctors are struggling with a critical shortage of specialist drugs to treat their young patients - and it's not just due to the general chaos of the Syrian civil war Local and World Health Organization (WHO) officials also blame Western sanctions for severely restricting pharmaceutical imports even though medical supplies are largely exempt from measures imposed by the United States and European Union Six years of conflict have brought the Syrian health service Fewer than half of the country's hospitals are fully functioning and numbers of doctors have dived The result is tumbling life expectancy - even after accounting for the hundreds of thousands directly killed in the fighting - and soaring deaths in pregnancy and childbirth cuts in health spending by the government that is fighting a hugely expensive war a drastic fall in the Syrian currency and indirect effects of the sanctions are all deepening the misery of patients who need foreign-made drugs At the children's hospital in government-held Damascus the waiting room outside the cancer ward was crowded with relatives mattresses and blankets in case they had to spend long periods far from their homes outside the city who has been living in Damascus for a year to secure regular treatment for his 10-year-old daughter Waad They left his wife and six other children behind in the eastern city of Deir al-Zor where government forces are besieged by Islamic State "My daughter was first diagnosed with kidney cancer and treated," he said "Now cancer has been found also in her lungs." Syria produced 90 percent of the medicines it needed but anti-cancer drugs were among those where it traditionally relied on imports said medicine imports have been hit by significant cuts in the government's health budget since the war began in 2011 plus a 90 percent drop in the value of the Syrian pound which has made some pharmaceuticals prohibitively expensive a lack of cash is not the only reason why supplies of cancer drugs are falling far short of increasing demand "The impact of economic sanctions imposed on Syria heavily affected the procurement of some specific medicine including anti-cancer medicines," said Hoff The sanctions were preventing many international pharmaceutical companies from dealing with the Syrian authorities as well as hindering foreign banks in handling payments for imported drugs The United States and EU have imposed a range of measures targeted both at the government and some of the many armed groups operating in the country Washington has banned the export or sale of goods and services to Syria from the United States or by U.S with sanctions also targeting financial ties with Syrian institutions buying oil and gas from the country or investing in its energy industry President Bashar al-Assad has partly blamed the sanctions for turning many Syrians into refugees and EU regimes include exemptions for medicines and other humanitarian supplies by clamping down on financial transactions and barring much business with the Syrian government the sanctions are indirectly affecting trade in pharmaceuticals Many drugs companies have erred on the side of caution avoiding any business with Syria for fear of inadvertently falling foul of the sanctions State Department said the Treasury had authorised services in support of humanitarian activities in Syria adding that there were legal ways to bring medicine into the country The EU also rejected criticism of its sanctions "Such measures are not aimed at the civilian population," an EU spokeswoman said "EU sanctions do not apply to key sectors of the Syrian economy such as food and medicine." She acknowledged firms had increasingly pulled out of business with Syria but said this was also due to other reasons anti-money laundering measures" and the presence of jihadist groups The WHO brings essential medicines and medical supplies into Syria procuring generic drugs from approved sources in Europe products cannot be imported due to the sanctions situation the WHO has delivered life-saving medicine including to more than 16,000 cancer patients of whom thousands are children with leukaemia specific antibiotics needed for intensive care intravenous fluids and other blood products and vaccines The overall collapse in Syrian healthcare has contributed to a drop in life expectancy to 60 years for men and 70 for women in 2014 Only 44 percent of hospitals are now fully functioning and more than a quarter aren't working at all the number of doctors in Syria had dropped to 1.3 per 1,000 people less than half the level in neighbouring Jordan and Lebanon Damascus Children's Hospital has also come under increasing pressure Cancer units in the provincial cities of Aleppo and Latakia were both put out of service in fighting earlier in the war Now about 200 children visit the Damascus hospital every week with more than 70 percent from outside the capital The weight of demand has delayed treatment for dozens of sick children by 15-20 days the state-owned company that buys drugs for government-funded hospitals across Syria was able to provide only 5-10 percent of the cancer medication that is required "Most of the cancer medicines are imported Pharmex used to import the stock of medicines that public hospitals need But it has not been able to do so largely because of the economic sanctions with 17 of those allocated to children with cancer a woman who identified herself only by her first name Nawal said she travels from the Qalamoun area north of Damascus every fortnight with her 14-year-old daughter who requires chemotherapy treatment for leukaemia "We don't have hospitals or charities in Qalamoun Free treatment is offered only at the Children's Hospital in Damascus," Nawal said is trying to help out by funding cancer drugs for poor families The proportion of patients who need assistance has risen from about 30 percent to nearly 80 percent since the war began Salem finds the delays in treatment worrying "A child with cancer might die waiting for his turn to get treatment," she said