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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 […]

U.S. Hospitals Profit Billions By Charging ‘Facility Fees’ When Patients Simply Use Offices To Meet Their Doctors

Stock image. (Photo by Adam Berry/Getty Images) OAN’s Brooke Mallory12:38 PM – Tuesday, March 26, 2024 U.S. hospitals make billions of dollars by charging unwary patients so-called “facility fees” for routine tests at outpatient centers. advertisement recently wall street journal This article explores the discomfort felt by many Americans who are unaware that they are […]

Salesforce’s Marc Benioff donates $150M to Hawaii hospitals

Salesforce’s billionaire CEO, Marc Benioff, announced that he will donate $150 million to Hawaii hospitals. His move comes a week after local residents were alarmed by reports that he had secretly amassed about 600 acres of green space in Waimea, Hawaii. Of the nine-figure donation, $50 million will go to Hilo Medical Center, and the […]

FTC probing drug ‘middlemen’ over generic shortages at hospitals

The Federal Trade Commission is seeking information about the role of drug distributors and other companies that buy drugs for U.S. hospitals over shortages of generic drugs such as chemotherapy drugs and antibiotics, the Federal Trade Commission said Wednesday. It was announced on . The freedom of information request by the agency and the Department […]

Car crashes into Texas hospital’s emergency room, multiple injured

At least 10 people were injured after a vehicle crashed into a Texas hospital emergency room. According to a Facebook post from Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services, the incident occurred Tuesday evening at 5:38 p.m. The car crashed into St. David’s North Austin Medical Center Tuesday evening around 5:30 p.m. (Google Maps) A vehicle crashed […]