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Soccernet Reports : Martin O'Neill quits as manager of Aston Villa Martin O'Neill has resigned as manager of Aston Villa just five days before the start of the Premier League season. There had been speculation over his future at Villa Park with the impending sale of James Milner and interest in Ashley Young from Premier League rivals. O'Neill was close to leaving Villa at the end of last season but opted to stay after talks with owner Randy Lerner. "Aston Villa can confirm that Martin O'Neill has resigned as manager of the football club with immediate effect,'' the club said in a statement. O'Neill, who enjoyed successful spells in charge of Leicester City and Celtic before moving to the Midlands, is thought to have grown frustrated with a lack of funds to push the club on to the next level. That was not helped by the sale of Gareth Barry to Manchester City last summer, and with James Milner almost certain to walk the same path, speculation is rife that a frustration at not being able to strengthen is to blame for O'Neill's departure. He could have been Liverpool manager should he quit at the end of last season .......... Another American own club ...... Those Yankees ...............

Perhaps medical staff in Singapore are overworked and hospitals understaffed. ----------- By Salma Khalik HUMAN error at KK Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH) led to two cancer patients being given more chemotherapy drugs than they were supposed to get. They had the drugs injected into them in a matter of hours instead of over several days. One of them is now in a potentially serious situation. She has been given an antidote to counteract the effects of the overdose, but it will be at least a couple of weeks before doctors can tell whether any of her organs have been damaged by the highly toxic drugs in her bloodstream. The other patient has escaped a life-threatening situation because the chemotherapy drug she was given happened to be one that could be administered in a rapid dose; her doctor had opted to put her on a slow drip to minimise the side effects. Both women are now in hospital. KKH takes full responsibility for the human error in both cases, said Dr Kenneth Kwek, who chairs the hospital's medical board. The mistake, which occurred last Friday, came to light when the alarm went off on the infusion pump hooked up to Mrs L. K. Ng, 51. Three days' supply of the drug had been pumped into her in just three hours. She had already undergone surgery to remove the tumour in her womb, and the chemotherapy was supposed to wipe out lingering cancerous cells. Last week, in the third of her six scheduled chemotherapy sessions, she spent six hours in hospital for one chemotherapy drug. She was then sent home with the infusion pump, which should have slowly released a second drug into her over three days. When the container in the pump emptied out in three hours, she called the KKH hotline and was told to return to the hospital immediately. 'She did absolutely the right thing,' said Dr Kwek. Her call alerted the hospital that something was wrong. Although it was already 10.40pm, the hospital checked on Mrs Yip Poh Hung, 44, the only other patient sent home with an infusion pump that day. When they found that her container with five days' worth of a drug was empty after five hours, they asked her to also return to the hospital immediately. Mrs Yip, a mother of two with early cervical cancer, is in graver danger because the drug she received could seriously damage her organs, said Dr Kwek. Five doctors returned to the hospital on Friday night and pored over the available literature on what could be done to neutralise the overdose. They found a new medication - still being tested and only available in Maryland in the United States - that could do the job. They contacted the manufacturer on Saturday morning and obtained clearance from the Health Sciences Authority to use it. Mrs Yip was on the antidote by Sunday afternoon. She will need to take 20 doses of the medicine over five days and has to be observed in the coming weeks. She has been stable so far. Asked how such a thing could happen, Dr Kwek said investigations are still going on, but he said the error was human, not mechanical. The pumps were wrongly programmed. The pharmacist who programmed them had mixed up the calibration, so doses for three and five days became set for three and five hours. Although a second pharmacist checked the pumps, the mistake slipped through unnoticed. 'We're taking this very seriously,' he said. KKH has reported both cases to the Ministry of Health. Mrs Yip said a pharmacist visited her twice in the ward to apologise. When her husband, taxi driver Yip Yew Keong, visited her the morning after her admission, Dr Y. K. Lim - her oncologist - held him with both hands and said: 'The situation is not good. There might be some difficulty.' With Mrs Yip in a stable condition for now, Mr Yip said he did not want the people involved to get into trouble, since errors do occur. He said: 'So long as they can fix

Was checking my savings account today morning via Internet Banking and realised there was a double deduction for the same amount with the same transaction reference. My acct was a few hundreds $$ short. I immediately called UOB and asked them what is wrong. They acknowledge there was a technical glitch and they are aware of it. They give me 2 options - one is to use the amount to offset next month bill. Next is to refund by sending me a check. I demanded for a refund but the lady said there will be a delay and she can't advice when will that happen. I was quite pissed with the answer but I hang up as I need to go. Then I called their call centre twice demanding for compensation for the lost of use of my money. 1st call was made around 12pm. I left a voice mail requesting someone to call me back but no one did. Then I called again around 7:50pm and was put on message queue for 30 mins. After 30 mins the call just ended abruptly with a message asking me to email them. I never get to speak to anyone. Wasted my 30 mins. Talk about customer service. I'm very very disappointed with UOB . I have just terminated all my GIRO arrangement with them. I will be terminating my card accounts as soon as I get through their hotline. I have also alerted Mediacorp about this incident. Bro here do keep a watchout if you have UOB card with GIRO deduction.