Pharmacist Fired for Denying Emergency Contraception

Advocates of conscience protection laws for pharmacists have long warned that the lack of legislation leaves Christian pharmacists in an impossible dilemma. The Wisconsin state Department of Regulation and Licensing has filed a complaint against an objecting pharmacist with the Wisconsin Pharmacy Examining Board. The pharmacist, Neil Noesen, refused to fill a woman's prescription for abortifacient "contraceptive" pills, and declined to refer her prescription
to another pharmacy.

Noesen had a verbal agreement with his employer, Kmart pharmacy in Menomonie, that he would not be required to fill prescriptions, such as birth control pills, and that he would be allowed to defer those prescriptions to other pharmacists on duty. Noesen informed the patient that he was not required to fill the prescription but that another pharmacist could do so later. He was alone on duty. The complaint against him states that the woman asked where she could have her prescription filled, but "because of his personal religious objections, (he) refused to provide (her) with that information."

Kmart has a history of firing conscientious pharmacists for refusing to dispense abortifacients. Karen L. Brauer, a Cincinnati area pharmacist was fired by Kmart in 1996 for the same reason. In 2003, Wisconsin bill 63 was introduced to protect against, "employment discrimination based on creed and exemption from liability and discipline for pharmacists who refuse to dispense for abortions, assisted suicides, and euthanasia." Noesen testified in the Wisconsin legislature, "We first have the duty to do no harm. Then, the duty to do good. It (is) unethical to force (medical) practitioners to participate in cooperation with abortions, assisted suicides, and euthanasia."

Noesen faces the summary suspension of his licence to practice if the board finds against him. The case is scheduled to be heard by an administrative law judge in May and Noesen vowed to contest the Wisconsin Pharmacy Examining Board's charges of unprofessional conduct.


Moderator: If you have such staunch beliefs, what would you do?? It's time to start thinking!

Future PhD!!

Future PhD - Dr. JoeQuah posing with his beloved "Research Journal"!! It will be posted up in Pubmed, in the effort of discovering a potent antibiotics from Typhonium Flagelliforme!! SYABAS!!


Compare & Contrast - This is the comparison between an UNDERgraduate thesis with Joe's POSTgraduate research!! Its a HARD COVER & full COLOUR of 160 pages!! How could a 50pages b/w report compare to it?!!

Final Year Project... completed!!!

So, this is the hangover effect if you have been having sleepless nights for the past week!! Today, everyone looked stoned and like a zombie. Imagine, most of us only slept for 2-3 hours every night, and last night I bet many didnt sleep at all! Well, finally it's over and done. And we have other things to look forward to... Ah.. this is life...

Anyway, today is our last day in whole of Mpharm programme.... Not long to go......

Have a good rest everyone!!

Post dedicated to: Chee Yang, Foo and Philip. The three musketeers who didn't sleep last night. Maybe Pei Sung as well... =)

Husband Store

Note: This post is for all men to have a good laugh and only for
women who can handle the truth!

A store that sells husbands has just opened in Sauchiehall St (Glasgow City-Centre),
where a woman may go to choose a husband.

Among the instructions at the entrance is a description of how the store

operates. You may visit the store ONLY ONCE !

There are six floors and the attributes of the men increase as the

shopper ascends the flights. There is, however, a catch . . .. you may

choose any man from a particular floor, or you may choose to go up a

floor, but you cannot go back down except to exit the building! So, a

woman goes to the Husband Store to find a husband . .

On the first floor the sign on the door reads:

Floor 1 - These men have jobs and love the Lord.

The second floor sign reads:

Floor 2 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, and love kids.

The third floor sign reads:

Floor 3 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, love kids, and are

extremely good looking.

"Wow," she thinks, but feels compelled to keep going.

She goes to the fourth floor and sign reads:

Floor 4 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, love kids, are drop- dead

good looking and help with the housework.

"Oh, mercy me!"she exclaims, "I can hardly stand it!"

Still, she goes to the fifth floor and sign reads:

Floor 5 - These men have jobs, love the Lord, love kids, are drop- dead

gorgeous, help with the housework, and have a strong romantic streak.

She is so tempted to stay, but she goes to the sixth floor and the sign

reads:

Floor 6 - You are visitor 4,363,012 to this floor.

There are no men on this floor. This floor exists solely as proof that

women are impossible to please.

Thank you for shopping at the Husband Store. Watch your step as you exit

the building, and have a nice day!

PS: This post is dedicated to the lovely TSM,
who had been posting 'emo' posts the past 1 week.
Hopefully she lightens up soon!
Happy Shopping!!! (not for husband la, sale is on in Glasgow!)

Neno Lee... This one's 4 u!!

This post is specially dedicated to Ai Lian, the Neno. Since Week 1 in IMU, she had been my partner in numerous meetings. Meetings with Peter Pook, medic reps, student unions and now with ang mohs in Strathclyde. From what I see, she's really dedicated and she cares about the class a lot. Ai Lian is very supportive of what the class is up to and never fails to turn up in every event!

Since last year, she was put in charge of handling the MSL tickets to and fro from Malaysia to Glasgow. If it's hard enough to handle your own ticket, imagine dealings for 100 students! I'm sure she went through A LOT of though times, so spared her the agony next time you want to change your tickets ok. Or.. buy her some food... =)

Tomorrow will be our last meeting as batch reps in IMU/Strathclyde. Surely we'll be asking about the ridiculous time-table, but I'm skeptical that our complains will lead to any drastic changes... We'll see....

So, to Ai Lian, well done and I've enjoyed working with you. Good luck in the future!


JoeQ

Malaysia Boleh (??)

Because of this car's many sins, Jeremy Clarkson tortures the Perodua Kelisa to death!!! Quoting JC (not Pei Sung, mind you), this car was not designed by one man who wanted to make a great car, but by a corporation who simply wanted to make money. Look out for the part where he said it's built with no flair or passion,just like a fridge or washing machine!

Officially, classes are over (forever?)!!

Meet Prof Peter Pook. Have you been working hard the past 4 years? Have you tried your best and strived for better results??

If the answer is no, then this is our last chance to shine. Next week, we'll hand in our final year thesis, and then it's time to hit the books! [But let's relax in London first okie?]

Officially, today's Pharmaceutical Care prescribing tutorial was the last class that we'll have in the Mpharm program? Anyone still remember what happened in our first class? Because I don't have a clue. It's been that long! =)

Doesn't it sound scary?? We're gonna graduate soon!!! [Hopefully... =)]

Thanks!! JoeQ!!

Weekly Stats Report: 12 Mar - 18 Mar 2007
Project: Elite Team
URL: http://www.imelite.blogspot.com/

This post is dedicated specially to Joe Quah as the BEST moderator of the month!! Without him, we wouldn't be able to reach a staggering 10,000 visitors!! SYABAS!!


Here's a photo when AhFoo passed on his "tough" moderating job to JoeQuah by giving an official kiss to him!! Congrats!!

London Anyone 2

Common Elite Team, let's go London! Chelsea players are calling you!!!

Chelsea Football Club (also known as The Blues or previously The Pensioners) are an English professional football club based in west London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier in English football. They have had two broad periods of success, one during the 1960s and early 1970s, and the second from the late 1990s to the present day. Chelsea have won three league titles, three FA Cups, four League Cups and two UEFA Cup Winners' Cups. During the 2005-06 season, they became Premier League champions for the second consecutive year. Chelsea's home is the 42,055 capacity Stamford Bridge football stadium in Fulham, West London, where they have played since their foundation. Despite their name, the club are based just outside the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. In 2003, the club were bought by Russian oil tycoon Roman Abramovich. The club's traditional kit colours are royal blue shirts and shorts with white socks. Their traditional crest is a ceremonial blue lion holding a staff; a modified version of this was adopted in 2005. Chelsea are one of the best-supported clubs in the UK, with an estimated fanbase of around four million.The club have also made a contribution to popular culture, appearing in films and the music charts.


PS: This post is dedicated to Kelvin, the "self-proclaimed" fan of Chelsea...

Memoirs of a Kampung Boy

We grew up watching Transformers, Thundercats, Woody Woodpecker, Chipmunks, Mickey Mouse, Jem, Mask, Ninja Turtles, Voltron, Baja Hitam and Ultraman.

Had to brush our teeth during recess at primary school?
Had to hold plastic cups, line up with your classmates side
by side and start brushing our teeth at some open area...
or maybe near some drain??

Do you still remember that we had 'dentist' rooms
Where we had to have our teeth checked?

Not to forget our 'program minum susu' in primary school...
everybody is suppose to buy like cartons of milk that cost 30 cents...
and you would see everyone drinking it everyday...
Do u remember the Milo van that served the most delicious Milo ever!!??

The teachers who would want to punish us
Must use the huge yellow rulers to hit us on our palms??
Or the ever famous 'rotan' with chicken feathers!!!

That a bowl of mihun soup or mee soup
Only cost 50 cents at the school canteen...

Went to some sundry shop near the school
or to the 'roti' man waiting outside our schools
so that we can buy junk food like Chickedees, Mamee, Ding Dang with some toys in it,
'Ti Kam' and ice-cream
And we would play games like Monopoly (Saidina??), Uno, Old Maid...
and all other card games like that.

Another fun time would be during Pendidikan Jasmani.
The boys would play football while the girls would play netball...
And it would be like we were playing in the World Cup...

But of course, the best would be:
main guli, batu seremban, bottlecaps, ice-cream sticks, 'Pepsi Cola one-two-three',
Polis dan Pencuri, main kejar-kejar-duduk...
When was the last time you heard "Zero Girl" or "Zero Boy"??

And for the not so active:
Those kind of 'book games'
where we would use buku latihan to draw and ask our friends to play...

Do you remember the ice-cream tubes
which were actually only ice and colouring
that were sold for 10 to 20 cents..
the colourful ones..
where you usually bite off the top to glup it down...

What about days when we felt like doing naughty things such as folding papers
so small to make 'lastik' and shoot each other... and even teachers!
How about throwing chalks??

Back then, Micheal Jackson was just turning white...
and still had mega-hit albums coming out..
compared to CD's, we were listening to cassette tapes that were sold for RM9.90...

In computer class, we were still using black and white computer moniters..
Played 'Atari'... maybe SEGA or NINTENDO...


Well, are we all getting older or what?


If you understand what you have read and you are smiling:

You have friends from school that are already married...

You shake your heads every time you see high school students fussing about their handphones in school..

You don't hang on phone with your friends for hours a day talking about nothing...

When you meet back with your friends from time to time, you feel excited and happy talking about old times, the funny 'adventures' or stories that you guys experienced as a kid..

Last but not least, that when you read this, you would think of all the happy & sad memories that you have experienced when you were still a kid and cherish the moments that have passed you by within a blink of an eye...