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In the News (Mon 28 Dec 09)

  
  Getforme Singapore KKH TO SERVE ALL HEALTHCARE NEEDS OF WOMEN FrontPage Edition 11 JULY 2005
The KKH brand name was considered too valuable to be diluted by other medical specialties if it were to become a general hospital.
With this full suite of services, KKH will be able to cater to all the special healthcare needs of women, just as it is already a comprehensive general hospital for children.
KKH is used to re-making itself and thrive.
www.getforme.com /previous2005/110705_kkhtoserveallhealthcareneedsofwomen_more.htm   (1596 words)

  
  KK Women's and Children's Hospital - Medical Highlights
Using Doppler ultrasound, KKH is one of few centres in the world, and the only one in Singapore, to routinely look for artery-artery anastomosis (AAA) in monochorionic pregnanies (where identical twins share the same placenta with blood vessels connecting the umbilical cords).
KKH is the first hospital in Southeast Asia to use the Microwave Endometrial Ablation (MEA) procedure to treat heavy menstruation.
KKH is the first in Singapore to use lung surfactant drug in neonates with respiratory distress syndrome.
www.kkh.com.sg /AboutUs/MedicalHighlights   (1902 words)

  
 KKH
The area through which the KKH has been driven is one of the most shattered and geologically active areas in the world and it cannot, therefore, be considered a vital strategic asset for either China or Pakistan.
South of this checkpoint the KKH gradually ascends further through a series of switchbacks with wide vistas to the distant mountains on both sides of the plateau before reaching, at some six to seven hours south of Kashgar, the lonely Karakul Lake at around 12,000 feet which was to be our first night stop.
It was in these areas that the builders of the KKH met some of their most intractable problems and the most copious fatalities, often hanging from suspended slings hundreds of feet long as they set explosive charges into the cliff faces.
www.cullen.demon.co.uk /KKH/kkh-rev.htm   (11112 words)

  
 Pakistan :: Northern Areas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The Karakoram Highway, or KKH, is the greatest wonder of modern Pakistan and one of the most spectacular roads in the world.
The KKH has opened up remote villages where little has changed in hundreds of years, where farmers irrigate tiny terraces to grow small patches of wheat, barely or maize that stand out like emeralds against the grey, stony mountains.
The KKH crosses back to the west bank at Shishkot Bridge, from which the view upstream of the serrated ridge of mountains above the river is one of the most photogenic prospects of the entire drive.
www28.brinkster.com /pakistan4ever/htmls/na/na.asp   (3521 words)

  
 Trekking and Mountaineering in Pakistan, essays, photos and resources--Karakorams.com
I've been up the KKH with busloads of hyper students (140 to be exact) from LUMS who even after 24 sleepless hours still had the stamina to sing.
The KKH is the only road I can think of where you could be in the middle of a searing hot desert in the morning, drive by Nanga Parbat a few hours later, and by late afternoon be in the lush green valleys of Hunza.
The KKH is a single-lane highway that was constructed in the 1960s and 1970s by the Pakistanis and the Chinese.
www.karakorams.com /Resources/resources_kkh.htm   (2381 words)

  
 Karakoram Highway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It connects China to Pakistan across the Karakoram mountain range, through the Khunjerab Pass at a recently confirmed altitude of 4,693 metres (15,397 feet), by far the highest paved international border crossing in the world.
The KKH was built by the governments of Pakistan and China, and was completed in 1978, after about twenty years of work.
The route of the KKH traces one of the many paths of the ancient Silk Road.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Karakoram_Highway   (870 words)

  
 KKH - Kaufm. Krankenkasse - Lesen Sie Erfahrungsberichte
Ich bin nun schon seit 1993 bei der KKH versichert und bin bisher sehr zufrieden.
Was mich aber an der KKH besonders stört, ist folgendes: Nach der Bestätigung der Kündigung bietet sie ihren ehemaligen Mitglieder großzügigerweise das Mitgliedermagazin ein Jahr lang...
...knapp 17 jahren bei der kkh kann ich diese empfehlen.
www.ciao.de /Erfahrungsberichte/KKH_Kaufm_Krankenkasse__123830   (1022 words)

  
 [No title]
The building of the Third Class Block at KKH with new lying-in wards were opened at the end of September 1933 resulting in increased accommodation for patients.
KKH accredited as a recognized training centre for fellows pursuing Certificate/Diploma in Gynaecological Oncology of the Royal Australian-New Zealand College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
It records the progressive number of deliveries in the maternity hospital at Victoria Street and later in KKH, from 1915 with 174 deliveries, leading up to KKH being the world's busiest maternity hospital since the 1950s with a peak of 39,835 deliveries in 1966, a record which was maintained till 1975.
www.ispub.com /ostia/index.php?xmlPrinter=true&xmlFilePath=journals/ijgo/vol2n2/singapore.xml   (9268 words)

  
 Pakistan Travel Web > Destinations > Mountains & Valleys > Karakoram Highway
The KKH has opened up Remote villages where little has changed in hundreds of years, where farmers irrigate tiny terraces to grow small patches of wheat, barley or maize that stand out like emeralds against the Grey, stony mountains.
The KKH hugs the banks of the Indus for 310 kilometers of its climb north, winding around the foot of Nanga Parbat, the ninth highest mountain in the world and the western anchor of the Himalayas.
The KKH continues almost due west along the Gilgit River valley, crossing dry alluvial fans, and in a dozen miles passes south of the Bagrot valley, a tributory nala with a road that leads directly north to the southern base of Rakaposhi, the 25,550-foot peak.
travel.web.pk /destinations/mountains_valleys/karakorum_highway.asp   (897 words)

  
 KKH Kurator   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
To be qualified for an employment as professor in fine arts, the applicant must have shown both artistic and pedagogical skills.
KKH values the qualities of a balanced distribution according to sex, and an ethnical and cultural diversity.
KKH has the right to prolong this period with an additional five years, without the professorship being announced vacant.
www.kkh.se /english/aktuellt_prof.htm   (290 words)

  
 KKH - Karakoram Highway   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The Karakoram Highway [ KKH ], runs from Islamabad in the Pakistan plains, to Kashgar [Kashi] China.
It would be recommended to look at the rocks along the way, anything to ignore impending death off the edge of the road or in the oncoming trucks.
I travelled the KKH with Catherine, who was in Pakistan for the first time.
www.mango.itgo.com /kkh.htm   (1012 words)

  
 Northern Areas Development Gateway - What's New   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
However, true potential of the KKH as a mean to uplift the socio-economic conditions of the broader NA society has yet to be realized.
Many people are of the opinion that the KKH besides bringing in loads of Chinese toys and other consumer goods has brought far-reaching impacts on the livelihood of the once self-sufficient mountain communities.
The Highway has not only altered the work pattern but has changed the way people use to look at their subsistence aquiculture, depletion of agriculture and natural resources they fear will lead to further out migration of the indigenous communities.
www.northernareas.org.pk /Article4.htm   (1430 words)

  
 KKH stellt klar: Gentest auf Eisenspeicherkrankheit hilft schlimme Folgekrankheiten vermeiden
Bei der PKV besteht nach Angaben der KKH eine Selbstverpflichtung, auf genetische Informationen bei der Antragsprüfung zu verzichten.
Die KKH würde es allerdings sehr begrüßen, wenn auch durch den Gesetzgeber klargestellt würde, dass genetische Merkmale weder zu Gunsten noch zu Ungunsten der Betroffenen verwendet werden dürfen.
Nach Auffassung der KKH spricht alles für eine gezielte Früherkennung der Eisenspeicherkrankheit.
www.verbrauchernews.de /artikel/0000007145.html   (600 words)

  
 ReliefWeb » Document Preview » First for Singapore and Indonesia - Singapore hospitals sign memorandum of ...
Another 15 trainees, who recently arrived in Singapore on 20 February, are currently attached to SGH, KKH and AH for the programme.
SGH also plays a key role in the provision of clinical services in Singapore, accounting for about one third of acute hospital beds in the public sector and about one quarter in both the private and public sectors combined.
KKH is the only integrated women and children's hospital in Singapore.
www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/SODA-6MF8CA?OpenDocument   (1220 words)

  
 Karakoram '99: The Dispatches   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The KKH is a test of steel nerves along the precipitous Indus River Gorge, through some of the most wild and rugged regions in Pakistan.
For centuries, Kohistani Pattans made their income from taxing or robbing caravans passing through their valley, which is one of the many routes that made up the ancient Silk Road.
In the mid-'70s, the KKH was completed and joined Kohistan to the outside world.
classic.mountainzone.com /climbing/99/karakoram/update-7-31greg.html   (578 words)

  
 Karakoram Highway Cycle Tour   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Difficulties in communication and transportation in what is now Northern Pakistan allowed small isolated communities and kingdoms of diverse ethnic groups to exist outside of direct government control until as recently as the middle of the 20th century.
The KKH in Pakistan was completed in 1979 and the entire route to Kashgar opened for tourism traffic in 1986.
Here we spend one full day hiking before descending the KKH some 2000 meters in elevation in about 130 kilometers to the Tarim Basin and the predominately Uighur oases communities surrounding Kashgar.
adventurepages.com /GtxPg.asp?rq=Pg&GtxId=2242   (974 words)

  
 Global Care Solutions ::KK Women's and Childrens Hospital ::
KK Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH), is the largest medical facility in Singapore that provides specialized care in the areas of obstetrics and gynecology, neonatology and pediatrics.
Since its inception in 1924, KKH has grown into an 888-bed hospital for women and children.
KKH annually registers over 400,000 in and out patient visits.
www.hospital2000.com /english/customer_kkh.asp   (135 words)

  
 KKH - Bedeutung, Definition, Erklärung
Dem ehrenamtlichen Verwaltungsrat, dem Versichertenparlament, das alle 6 Jahre in der Sozialwahl von den Mitgliedern der KKH gewählt wird, gehören 30 Personen an.
Sie wurden von der KKH in die neu gründete "Hallesche Krankenversicherung V.V.a.G. Berlin" übertragen, die heute nach einer Fusion 1975 mit dem Nationalen Krankenversicherungsverein als "Halleschen-Nationale Krankenversicherung aG" zu den privaten Krankenversicherungen gehört.
Bedeutende Wachstumsschübe erhielt die KKH durch die Zulassung von Krankenkassen in West-Berlin (1958) und dem Saarland (1960) und ganz besonders durch die Wiedervereinigung 1990.
www.calsky.com /lexikon/de/txt/k/kk/kkh.php   (689 words)

  
 DAS B4B-PORTAL
KKH und LVM bauen Zusatzangebot in der Krankenversicherung aus
Bereits seit Januar 2004 bietet die Kaufmännische Krankenkasse (KKH) ihren Versicherten in Kooperation mit der LVM Krankenversicherungs-AG eine umfangreiche Erweiterung ihres Versicherungsschutzes an.
Die KKH ist die viertgrößte bundesweit tätige Krankenkasse und betreut rund 1,9 Mio.
www.b4bmainfranken.de /index.php3?UIN=0&goto=0505&codes=7777,10,6   (409 words)

  
 Hunza and Karimabad Pakistan Tours
The fair skinned and light-eyed Hunzakuts claim to be descendants of soldiers lost from Alexander's army as he invaded India.
We spend about a week on the Batura; walking over rocks and sand laid between jagged peaks, through pine strewn hills with occasional wild roses, to high shepherd meadows with staggering views of the Batura massive and the largest ice fall in the world.
After an overnight rest there, we drive on the KKH to the Khunjerab Pass (4833 m.) on the border between China and Pakistan.
www.concordiaexpeditions.com /hunza_trip.htm   (1080 words)

  
 Presseportal: Kaufmännische Krankenkasse - KKH (Pressemappe)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
KKH zieht positive Bilanz: Finanzüberschuss und anhaltendes Mitgliederwachstum sowie weiterhin stabiler Beitragssatz / Kritik an Parteiaussagen zu weiteren Reformen
KKH fordert Ausgleichssystem zwischen gesetzlicher und privater Pflegeversicherung / Berliner Reformpläne werden unterstützt
Hannover (ots) - Der Beitragssatz der Kaufmännischen Krankenkasse (KKH) bleibt weiterhin stabil bei 13,2 Prozent und wird nicht erhöht.
www.presseportal.de /story.htx?firmaid=6524&range=all&start=30   (584 words)

  
 Aestheticism Articles: Farewell to KKH
KKH is a tricky little devil of a story.
KKH managed to do it with the whole damn gang.
And yet it wasn't so frequent or deep that it made KKH qualify as "angsty", either---the story remained a comedic romance from start to finish.
www.aestheticism.com /Visitors/manga/kkh_over   (1724 words)

  
 Day 14: Gilgit to Hunza. - Khunjerab 2000 - 4x4 Offroaders Club Karachi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Although the KKH continues on the Nagar side of the valley, across the river the first Hunza village (khizerabad) can be seen.
The KKH then passes through Murtazabad, Beyond the vilage, a jeep road crosses a rope suspension bridge to Shayar, on the Nagar side.
The road to Hunza is a back track on the KKH for about ten kilometers and then the left fork to the bridge, which crosses the Gilgit river and then heads on to Daniyor.
offroadpakistan.com /travels/khunjerab_2000/day_14_gilgit_to_hunza.html   (832 words)

  
 Sahara-Mike: Karakorum - Cycling the KKH
The KKH, connecting Pakistan with China, was constructed between 1966 and 1978 and cost the lives of more than 500 Chinese and Pakistani workers.
The KKH is definitely a "must-have" for every serious biker.
At the end of KKH waits the world's highest border pass, the Khunjerab with 4733 m and is then followed by a downhill towards famous Kashgar, considered the most spectacular market in whole central Asia.
www.sahara-mike.de /Pakistan_1992_e.htm   (2321 words)

  
 Karakoram Highway - Kohistan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
As we move north along the KKH, huge peaks appear from behind the ridges.
Already lacking in sleep, we were sad to pass it by.
We followed the KKH after a few days up to Hunza, then Gojal as well.
www.mango.itgo.com /kkh_kohistan.htm   (429 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Die KKH übernimmt keine Haftung für die ständige Erreichbarkeit, für die technische Verfügbarkeit oder Virenfreiheit der Internetseiten oder von Dateien.
Weiterhin haftet die KKH nicht für Schäden, die dadurch entstehen, dass ein Dritter durch fehlende Sorgfaltspflicht des Nutzers in den Besitz des Passwortes gelangt, nachdem das Passwort durch die KKH zugesandt wurde.
Die KKH ist weiterhin berechtigt, den Zugang zu den Online-Services zu schließen oder einzelne Teilnehmer vorübergehend oder dauerhaft von der Nutzung der Online-Service auszuschließen.
www.kkh.de /detail.cfm?pageid=225   (470 words)

  
 Kardiyovasküler Sistemin Gelişimi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Bundan anlaşıldığı gibi, KKH insidansı çok yüksek olmasına karşın, bunların çok büyük bir kısmı yaşamla bağdaşmadığı için fetal hayatta kaybedilmektedir.
Bu nedenle ameliyat olmuş veya olmamış KKH bulunan anne ve baba adaylarına genetik danışmanlık verilmeli, prenatal tanı konulması için gebelik yakından izlenmeli ve tanısal yöntemlere başvurularak gerekirse terapötik abortusa gidilmelidir.
Siyanotik KKH ‘nda ise şant genellikle, hakim olarak sağdan sola doğrudur ve bu nedenle akciğere daha az kan gider (AO<1).
www.kardiyo.net /kitap/ckonkenitelgiris.shtml   (480 words)

  
 Caravan Tour Along the KKH
June 07/Sep 06 : Drive along the karakorum Highway which acted as resting stop in the old days for travellers on the silk route, the famous road from China to the Arabian Sea.
June 08/Sep 07 : Morning leave for Gulmit, Gulmit village is located on the main KKH about 45kms north of Karimabad, and the village consists of a built fabric with a more or less balanced ratio between constructed and open spaces.
High mountain pastures, fruit orchards, terraced agricultural fields, and glacial streams surround the Gulmit Qalah.
www.silkroute.cn /Caravan-KKH2.htm   (1056 words)

  
 WWF Malaysia - Newsroom - Press Releases   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
KKH is the Malaysian chapter of the Global Forest and Trade Network (GFTN).
Borneo Tsang is committed to support sustainable forest management, and with the signing of the MoU, will demonstrate their commitment through increasing the purchase of materials from forests moving towards environmentally and socially sustainable standards.
KKH Manager Prem Chandran Venugopalan congratulated Borneo Tsang on joining the Kumpulan Khazanah Hijau.
www.wwfmalaysia.org /Newsroom/pressrel/2004/pr040824.htm   (353 words)

  
 Siberia 2004.
Although the KKH was generally in excellent condition there were a few bits missing!
John fills Speed by hand at the unexpected fuel station between Sost and Dih on the KKH in Pakistan..
OJ crosses the one bit of rough road on the whole of KKH between Islamabad (Pakistan) and Kashi (China).
www.xor.org.uk /silkroute/siberia2004/20040529.htm   (270 words)

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