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…
People who are over the age of 50, obese or living with diabetes or high blood pressure are more likely to die from Covid-19 than those who are younger or without these conditions.One out of five registered nurses and midwives in South Africa, as of 2017, was over the age of 60.A national health department…
The construction of 4 000-bed field hospitals in the Eastern Cape is expected to ease the burden on strained provincial hospitals.Democratic Nursing Organisation of SA (Denosa) said three doctors, two cleaners and 30 nurses tested positive at Humansdorp Hospital.On Tuesday, Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane will open phase one of a R107 million field hospital…
June 21, 2020Updated 6:22 p.m. ETNEW DELHI — Neelam Kumari Gautam woke up at 5 a.m. with shooting labor pains. Her husband put her gently in the back of a rickshaw and motored with her to a hospital. Then another. Then another. Her pain was so intense she could barely breathe, but none would take…
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — With new cases skyrocketing and hospitalizations increasing, Florida hospitals are confronting a scary new trend: people entering hospitals without the symptoms of coronavirus they were showing a few months ago. The fever check, a basic tool for screening for coronavirus, likely is not much value anymore, as the number of asymptomatic…
9 min read The following story contains spoilers for Landman season 2, episode 10, “Tragedy and Flies.” "LIFE AIN'T GOT a plan for you. You got to have the plan. Then you wrestle with life to make it come true.” It was only one episode ago that T.L. (Sam Elliott), summabitch prophet that he is
You’re going through something big, but you don’t speak up. You’re exhausted, but you white-knuckle through the day. Your friends offer help, but you brush it off. If this sounds familiar, you probably pride yourself for being self-sufficient and always tending to your own needs. But when you make a conscious choice to remain an
Honestly, I am trying to take a few days off and enjoy time away for my wife’s birthday. However, I just got the below photo from the father of one of the 51 children impacted by the ByHeart botulism outbreak. He found the formula still on the shelf at a Safeway in Flagstaff, Arizona –