A doctor at a hospital in the Gaza Strip warned Monday that nearly 10 babies in their neonatal unit will soon be dead if the facility runs out of fuel in about two days due to shortages. Dr. Hatem Edhair made the
A thousand highly trained nurses are set to fly in from India to help tackle chronic staff shortages in care homes across the UK. They will work as healthcare assistants and senior carers – roles not typically filled by qualified nurses. It
South Africa’s RCL Foods said on Thursday its poultry unit Rainbow has culled 410,000 chickens due to the country’s worst outbreak of avian flu, heightening fears of chicken meat and egg shortages. The outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), a bird
Greece’s minister for migration says the government is planning a major regularization program for migrants to meet pressing demands in the labor market despite a recent increase in illegal arrivals. Dimitris Kairidis told state-run radio Tuesday that the program would target an
Italian officials met for crisis talks today on how to get a handle on power cuts in Sicily which has left hundreds of thousands without water or electricity during a sweltering heatwave. Nello Musumeci, the civil protection minister, conceded that the Sicilian
The NHS is “rationing care” by admitting few patients owing to bed shortages, a new analysis has suggested. The research by The Health Foundation stated that fewer patients in England were admitted to hospital in 2022 than in 2019, while at the
An ongoing shortage of the cancer treatment drugs carboplatin and cisplatin is forcing American doctors to delay or modify treatment plans – or in some cases, try alternative medications altogether. The head of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) is calling the
A new report from the Milken Center for Public Health suggests “panic buying” of medications by patients and providers caused drug shortages. Click the article below for more. (iStock) TRIPLE THREAT – Amid COVID, flu and RSV, households and hospitals stockpiled meds,
As the “triple threat” of COVID-19, influenza and RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) caused a spike in patients seeking medication in the winter of 2022, drug shortages were the highest they had been in five years, according to a March 2023 Senate report.
Healthcare worker shortages could lead to excess deaths, a new study suggests. Academics, led by a team from the School of Public Health at Peking University in China, assessed mortality data between 1990 and 1999 and compared it to the ratio of