hospitals

Cancer Deaths Likely to Rise for First Time in Decades Due to Covid Backlog, Charities Warn

A coalition of cancer charities has warned that cancer deaths could rise for the first time in decades due to the Covid backlog. They said that almost 45,000 UK patients are "living with cancer without knowing it".
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Record 4.6 Million People on Waiting List to Begin Hospital Treatment

4.6 million people were on the waiting list to begin hospital treatment in January, the highest since records began in 2007. The number waiting more than a year was 300,000 – up from 1,650 last year.
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Up to Two Thirds of Serious Covid Infections are Caught in Hospital – Study

Public Health Scotland finds up to two thirds of serious Covid infections are caught in hospital and people shielding are 7.6 times more likely to wind up in ICU or die. Is this why lockdowns don't work?
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Despite Media Announcements to the Contrary, Hospitals Have Ample Capacity for COVID-19 Patients. In Fact, They Are Almost Empty

In 2020, millions of dollars were invested in new medical facilities for the anticipated onslaught of COVID-19 patients that never materialized. Most of these facilities have been closed. For example, Chicago spent $120 million on four facilities that only treated 38 patients.

Oxfam: Saudis Carry Out Equivalent of One Attack Every Ten Days on Yemen’s Medical and Water Facilities

Yemen is already living through what the United Nations calls “the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.” Yet despite twin epidemics of cholera and COVID-19 raging through the embattled nation, the Saudi-led coalition continues to target medical and water infrastructure, having done so over 200 times since the conflict began, a new

Hospitals Are Suing President Trump Over a New Rule Requiring Them to Publish Their Prices

Hospitals hide prices from patients, thus, making it impossible for people to seek less expensive options. Hospitals privately negotiate with insurance companies to set the price of procedures. Trump's mandate simply requires that the hospital disclose the cost of the service before the patient accepts it.

Putin’s State of the Nation, Part VII – Healthcare

Healthcare is a major hot-button issue in the United States, most particularly among the socialist-minded and liberal ideologues in the country. They have often gone on record decrying the United States’ refusal to grant free healthcare as a right to all citizens, and often the best-looking models of socialist western nations, such as Sweden, are brought to represent examples of such systems working.

The Exploitation of Medical Students and Residents is a Metaphor for the Post-New Deal Barbarism

I was happy, secure, and mostly unafraid until med school. I recall in vivid detail the first orientation day. Our anatomy professor stood before an auditorium filled with 125 eager, nervous, idealistic would-be healers and said these words: ‘If you decide to commit suicide, do it right so you do not become a burden to society.’ He then described in anatomical detail how to commit suicide.
— “Why Doctors Kill Themselves”, by Pamela Wible, KevinMD.com, March 23, 2016

Malware Built On NSA Tools Used In Massive Cyber-Attack Hitting 74 Countries

A screenshot of the warning screen from a purported ransomware attack, as captured by a computer user in Taiwan, is seen on laptop in Beijing, Saturday, May 13, 201. (AP/Mark Schiefelbein)
Apparent National Security Agency (NSA) malware has been used in a global cyber-attack, including on British hospitals, in what whistleblower Edward Snowden described as the repercussion of the NSA’s reckless decision to build the tools.