DAILY MAIL; ZERMATT ISOLATED DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL.

13,000 TOURISTS UNABLE TO LEAVE. ENJOYING EXTENDED APRES-SKI LIFE.

55 YEARS AGO IN APRIL 1963 ZERMATT HAD EPIDEMIC OF TYPHOID DUE TO CRACKS IN SEWAGE PIPE CLOSE TO CRACK IN WATER SUPPLY PIPE.

( COMMENT: FAMOUS CASE OF NURSE WITH SWINGING FEVER AT ROYAL HAMMERSMITH POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL SCHOOL AND HOSPITAL. PUO DIAGNOSIS UNTIL A VISITING DOCTOR FROM A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY RECOGNISED THE STEP FEVER PATTERN AND ASKED THE CONSULTANT WHETHER THE NURSE HAD TYPHOID. PROBLEM SOLVED TO GREAT CLINICAL LOSS OF FACE.BY ENGLAND'S TOP ACADEMIC HOSPITAL. STORY CIRCULATED VERBALLY AROUND LONDON.  HAVE NEVER SEEN A REPORT. )

DEATH OF PAST QUEBEC MP STANLEY HARTT OC QC AT TORONTO SUNNYBROOK HOSPITA FROM MALIGNANT MELANOMA AT BACK OF LEFT SCHOULDER.

SERVICE AT BETH TZEDEC SYNAGOGUE. AMONG MOURNERS MR CONRAD BLACK.  SADLY THE L SHOULDER MOLE WAS IGNORED. AFTER DIAGNOSIS MADE WIDE SURGERY WAS PERFORMED BUT CANCER SPREAD  TO WITHIN SPINAL COLUMN. CHEMOTHERAPY AND RADIOTHERAPY WAS USED BUT DID NOT SHRINK THE TUMOUR. MR HARTT WAS  ALERT TO THE END, DETAILS GIVEN AT THE EULOGY.

LANCET PUBLIC HEALTH MARRIAGES OF FIRST COUSINS IN CERTAIN ETHNIC GROUPS CAUSING RISE OF PREVALENCE OF BIRTH DEFECTS TO 4 PER CENT IN UK FROM 2 PER CENT.

GERMANY AND NOW USA; STROKE AMBULANCE WITH CT SCANNER AND BLOOD LAB. WITH NEUROLOGIST , CT TECHNICIAN, PARA-MEDIC AND NURSE.

AFTER 2012 LANCET NEUROLOGY REPORT ON BERLIN EXPERIENCE NOW 12 USA HOSPITALS COPIED THE SYSTEM.

SWISS MEDICAL INSURANCE.: CHF 330 PER MONTH.PER ADULT. NO FAMILY DISCOUNT. CHF 100 PER MONTH FOR A CHILD UNDER 18. THERE ARE EXTRA FEES. DENTISTRY NOT INCLUDED.

CBC; ONTARIO; TWO SENIOR EX-POLICE OFFICERS OPEN OFFICE IN VAUGHAN STRIP MALL ( NORTH TORONTO SUBURB) CONNECTING CLIENTS WITH MEDICAL CANNABIS SUPPLIERS.. "ALEAFIA TOTAL HEALTH NETWORK."

PARTNERS; PAST RCMP DEPUTY COMMISSIONER MR. RAF SOUCCAR LLB, OOM AND PAST TORONTO POLICE CHIEF, MP AND PC MINISTER FOR INT. COOPERATION THEN MIN VETERANS' AFFAIRS.MR, GIULIANO  FANTINO. PC, COM, O.ONT (NO COMMENT YET FROM ONTARIO COLLEGE PHYS. AND SURGEONS  REGISTRAR DR. ROCCO GERACE MD FRCPC )

DAILY MAIL AND BMJ OPEN; UNIV CAMBRIDGE GP DEPT; GREG IRVING ET AL INTERNATIONAL VARIATIONS IN PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN CONSULTATION TIME; A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF 67COUNTRIES.

TOP COUNTRIES; APPROX TIME.IN MINUTES
SWEDEN 24
USA 23
BULGARIA 21
NORWAY 18
FINLAND 17
RUSSIA 17
SWITZERLAND 16
FRANCE 16
CANADA 16
PORTUGAL 16

BOTTOM;
CHINA 2
BANGLADESH 2
PAKISTAN 2