Hospitals

Hospitals have changed rules for visiting of certain Covid-19 patients. Some hospitals will start allowing visits to Covid-19 patients, who are at an "end of life" stage. This will provide some comfort through the distress of not being able to see loved ones, in what might be their final hours. It will be at the discretion of…

Science Photo Library | Getty ImagesCovid-19 patients might have been flooding into emergency departments in the spring, particularly in states like New York. But for everything else -- heart attacks, strokes and other kinds of emergencies -- the numbers were down for many hospitals across the country. A new study collating data from five health systems…

KwaZulu-Natal Health MEC Nomagugu-Simelane Zulu PHOTO: Kaveel Singh, News24 The KwaZulu-Natal health department said it will not be deterred from using a new hospital near Eshowe to treat Covid-19 patients.Parts of it were burnt down, allegedly by people unhappy over its conversion into a Covid-19 treatment facility.KZN's health MEC has said if the community didn't…

Anchorage The Providence Alaska Medical Center emergency department. (Loren Holmes / ADN file) We're making coronavirus coverage available without a subscription as a public service. But we depend on reader support to do this work. Please consider joining others in supporting local journalism in Alaska for just $3.23 a week. As Alaska’s coronavirus cases banked…

But he warned that there’s a limit to what Houston hospitals can do to respond to the crisis.“We are adding more capacity, but we are absolutely stretched now, and if it keeps going this way, we’re going to run out of room. We’re going to look like New York,” McCarthy said, emphasizing the need for…