Steward pensions face new questions with hospitals in bankruptcy – The Boston Globe
“Bankruptcy is [pension] “The plan is going to fail,” said Julie Pinkham, executive director of the Massachusetts Nurses Association and a trustee of the Nurses Retirement System. “We won’t know until we see how things play out for the hospitals.” The future of pensions — whether workers can count on them for the long term […]
Delta variant surge dealing major blow to Georgia hospitals | FOX 5 News
Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Hall County said there are not enough rooms for some critically ill patients. The ongoing … source
Hospitals struggle as social care crisis cancels out funding boost, NHS report says | Social care
Strikes and the social care crisis have left thousands more stranded in hospital beds and other patients struggling to access care, reversing increases in funding and NHS staff. It is reported that there are. A damning internal review into NHS efficiency last year found that despite a £20bn increase in funding since 2018 and a […]
Turkey’s Erdogan defends Hamas, claims over 1K members are at his country’s hospitals
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan defended Hamas on Monday, reportedly claiming that more than 1,000 members of the terror group in Gaza were being treated in hospitals in NATO member states. At a joint press conference in Ankara, Turkey, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan disputed Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ classification of Hamas as a “terrorist […]
More Than 1,000 Hamas Terrorists Received Treatment in Turkish Hospitals
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Said On Monday, it was announced that more than 1,000 Hamas terrorists were being treated in hospitals across Turkey. President Erdogan has refused to recognize Hamas as a terrorist group, instead describing it as a “resistance movement.” This greatly disappointed Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who had been meeting with […]
Hospitals facing unprecedented threats; you must secure your health records today
Imagine you rush to the emergency room, only to be told five hours later to find another hospital. Or you see a specialist for a chronic disease, only to find out that the specialist doesn’t have access to your entire medical history. Both of these scenarios have occurred. The cyber attack on Ascension, one of […]
Trans patients to be treated in separate rooms in hospital under Tory plans | Hospitals
Transgender people will be treated in private rooms in UK hospitals under new government plans to amend the NHS constitution. The proposal builds on a pledge last year by then Health Secretary Steve Barclay to ensure that people who have changed their gender identity are no longer treated in men’s or women’s wards. This plan […]
UN demands investigation of mass graves at Gaza hospitals raided by Israel
The United Nations on Tuesday called for a “clear, transparent and credible investigation” into mass graves discovered at two main hospitals in the war-torn Gaza Strip, which were raided by Israeli forces. UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters that reliable investigators must have access to the scene, adding that more journalists needed to be able […]
A&E patients waiting more than a day for a hospital bed increased tenfold since 2019 | Hospitals
More than 150,000 patients had to wait more than 24 hours in A&E for a hospital bed last year, new figures show. Freedom of Information data compiled by the Lib Dems from 73 hospital trusts, around half of all hospital trusts, revealed that the number of patients waiting more than 24 hours in A&E to […]
South Korean Doctor Strike Forces Largest Hospitals to Close Wards
About 10,000 medical trainees in South Korea entered the second month of a nationwide strike in late March, forcing hospitals into “emergency mode” and shutting down key departments, including emergency wards, it said on Wednesday and Thursday. This was confirmed by the Korean News Agency. Medical trainees began a strike in late February to protest […]