Government hospitals are likely to run out of beds before the end of July. The national health department has negotiated agreements with the private healthcare sector for additional beds at set prices. But how does this work in practise? We’ve asked Nicholas Crisp, one of the health department’s chief negotiators. Provinces are under pressure to finalise…
SO WITH THAT. I’M GOING TO IT UP WITH SCOTT. GOVERNOR STATE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION CAME OUT TODAY SAYING THAT WE SHOULD ISSUE A STATEWIDE MASKED MAN BARRY YOU’VE DONE 13 COUNTIES SO FAR. WHY NOT DO A STATEWIDE MANDATE FOR MASKS? WELL WHAT I WOULD TELL YOU, IS THAT THE THOSE INDIVIDUALS AT THE STATE…
NewsThe Hawai'i State Department of Health has traced 44 cases of COVID-19 on O'ahu to a single person.Monday, July 13th 2020, 11:42 PM HST by KITV Web StaffThe Hawai'i State Department of Health has traced 44 cases of COVID-19 on O'ahu to a single person.The state says 24 cases associated with a training program at Hawaiian Airlines…
NewsMonday, July 13th 2020, 5:05 PM AKDTGov. Mike Dunleavy and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Anne Zink, well-known figures in the state's ongoing efforts to battle the pandemic, spoke to Alaskans Monday evening in another livestreamed address.The duo was joined by public health director Heidi Hedberg and Dr. Joe McLaughlin, the state's chief of epidemiology.Dunleavy touted the state’s…
Ranjeni Munusamy. (Photo by Gallo Images / Sunday Times / John Liebenberg) Journalist Ranjeni Munusamy no longer intends to cross-examine witnesses at the state capture inquiry.She is, however, willing to testify if called by the commission to do so.Her lawyer said it had become apparent to Munusamy that the two witnesses who implicated her did…
Here in the northern hemisphere, winter famously contributes to widespread vitamin D deficiency as sunlight exposure decreases. The trend is “very marked in clinical practice," Mary Gover, MD, an internal medicine doctor at Montefiore Einstein Advanced Care in New York City, tells SELF. What you might not know, however, is that vitamin D isn’t the
Your 30s and 40s are what some would consider the best years of your life. You’re no longer “figuring it out,” but you aren’t “old” by society’s ageist standards either. It should be a sweet spot—right? But despite the illusion of stability and security, it’s also common for anxiety and self-doubt to worsen during your
5 min read WHEN THE JUSTICE Department released a trove of Epstein-related files on January 30 and then pulled down thousands of pages after redaction failures exposed victims’ identifying information and explicit material, I felt a familiar gut-drop. Once again, the people with the least power were being asked to pay twice—first for the abuse