New Riverwalk tower on Roosevelt Island is just what doctors ordered
Roosevelt Island is a much friendlier and more enjoyable place than it was before. The biggest reason is the massive 20-year effort known as Riverwalk, which has brought more than 4,000 new residents to eight new buildings on the north side of the bridge. The nearly $1 billion complex, developed by a joint venture between […]
Nurse in India Escapes Gang Rape by Cutting Doctor’s Genitals
Authorities in the Indian state of Bihar arrested three men on Thursday after a doctor and several staff members at a private hospital attempted to gang-rape a nurse, who reportedly slashed the doctor's genitals with a scalpel before fleeing. Dr. Sanjay Kumar Sanju is one of the three Arrested On suspicion of attempted rape, Hindustan […]
Tory health reforms left UK open to Covid calamity, says top doctor’s report | Coronavirus
The UK has been hit much harder by the coronavirus pandemic than other developed countries because the NHS has been “severely weakened” by disastrous government policies over the past decade, a wide-ranging report due to be published this week will conclude. An NHS review by world-renowned surgeon Professor Ara Darzi, commissioned by Health Secretary Wes […]
Undemocratic and secretive: the BMA no longer speaks for doctors trying to protect children | Jacky Davis
TThe BMA is both a trade union and a professional association, and its professional work, such as successful campaigns for seatbelt laws and smoking, has strengthened its standing as a union. It is not known for dramatics or theatrical performances. As a result, its governing body, the BMA Council, recently Cast ReviewIt is an independent […]
Doctors warn Florida voters about purposely ‘misleading’ abortion amendment: ‘Very deceptively worded’
A large coalition of medical experts is warning Florida voters about an intentionally “misleading” abortion amendment that, if passed in the November election, would overturn the state's six-week abortion ban. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) signed the Heartbeat Protection Act into law in 2023. The law bans abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. “It will […]
Health insurance providers to fund street doctors and clinics to serve LA's homeless population – The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Public agencies and private health insurers are teaming up to create a system of street doctors and clinics that will provide medical care, including routine preventive care, to homeless people in Los Angeles, officials announced Wednesday. Dr. Samir Amin, chief medical officer for LA Care Health Plan, a Los Angeles County […]
Searches for Video of Doctor’s Gruesome Rape and Murder Flood Indian Internet
Indian media reported a significant increase this week in Google internet searches for “rape video” and “rape porn” by users in the country, apparently searching for images of a doctor being brutally raped and murdered in a hospital seminar room. The horrific incident took place at a public hospital in Kolkata where the 31-year-old medical […]
5 charged in connection with Matthew Perry’s overdose death, including doctors and ‘Ketamine Queen’
Five people were arrested, including two doctors and a notorious drug trafficker known as the “Queen of Ketamine.” Matthew Perry’s Death Police say the incident is the result of a ketamine overdose last year. Federal and Los Angeles law enforcement officials announced the arrests at a news conference Thursday afternoon. “The investigation uncovered an extensive […]
Doctors Go on Strike After Med Student Found Raped and Murdered in Hospital
Doctors across India launched a strike on Monday after a medical student in Kolkata was found dead in a government-run hospital, suspected to have been raped and murdered at her workplace. The victim is Identified The 31-year-old resident or postgraduate student in thoracic medicine was reportedly on duty at RG Khar Medical College and Hospital […]
New Mexico governor invites Texas doctors to practice in her state following restrictive abortion law
Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced an initiative last Sunday to encourage Texas doctors to consider relocating to neighboring New Mexico in an effort to combat what she called “draconian anti-abortion laws” in the state. The governor took out full-page ads in five major Texas newspapers last Sunday to appeal directly to Texas health care workers, […]