Electric car manufacturer Tesla Motors announced on Tuesday (Jun 12) it was cutting nine per cent of its workforce to enhance profitability but said the move would not affect an ambitious production ramp-up of its Model 3 sedan. Tesla to cut 9pc of staff, says layoffs won't affect Model 3 production, (AFP Photo/Johannes Eisele) The job cuts are part of a company-wide restructuring to address excess staff in some areas due to the company's speedy growth, Tesla chief Elon Musk said in an email to employees. The cuts concern salaried staff but not production workers and will not affect Model 3 output targets, said Musk, who characterized the downsizing as an acknowledgement of the need to focus more on costs. "Given that Tesla has never made an annual profit in the almost 15 years since we have existed, profit is obviously not what motivates us," Musk said in the message. "What drives us is our mission to accelerate the world's transition to sustainable, clean energy, but we … [Read more...] about Tesla to cut 9pc of staff, says layoffs won’t affect Model 3 production
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Twenty-seven more communes and wards this year join family medical practice A health staff member takes blood for testing at An Hòa ward health station in Cần Thơ City’s Ninh Kiều District. Source http://soytecantho.vn The Department of Health in the Mekong Delta city of Cần Thơ this year plans to expand a model of family medical practice clinics to 27 more communes and wards. Family medical practice clinics aim to provide comprehensive and continuous health care services to each local individual and family in order to reduce overcrowding of patients at city or central-level hospitals. These clinics are located at health stations in communes and wards. Each commune or ward has one health station. Cần Thơ aims to equip more than 80 per cent of its 85 health stations with these clinics by 2020. According to Dr Bùi Thị Lệ Phi, the department’s head, the city now has 18 commune-based health stations with family … [Read more...] about Social News 5/4 (Hourly Updated)
600 additional hospital beds introduced in Binh Dinh Province
The extension section of Binh Dinh General Hospital has 25 departments and 600 beds to serve patients. It is well-equipped with state-of-the-art devices such as digital subtraction angiography machines (DSA), 128-slice dual source computed tomography scanners (CT), 1.5-tesla magnetic resonance imaging scanners (MRI), and an updated automatic testing system. According to Vice Chairman of Binh Dinh People’s Committee Nguyen Tuan Thanh, this is the first case of public-private partnership in the medical field and being the milestone in the process of socializing health. Deputy Health Minister Nguyen Viet Tien affirmed that this model will contribute to clearing the congestion in the effort to increase health capacity of the nation and improving healthcare ability to serve citizens.By NGOC OAI – Translated by Thanh Tam Tags: additional hospital beds introduced Binh Dinh Province Binh Dinh General Hospital … [Read more...] about 600 additional hospital beds introduced in Binh Dinh Province