Psychology & Psychiatry
Russia must tackle 'critical' suicide rate: experts
Russia must launch a public health campaign to reduce the country's suicide rate, among the highest in the world, top psychiatrists said on Thursday.
Oct 20, 2011
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News tagged with public hospitals
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
On the front lines: 'My first question every time I see a new patient now is: Could this be COVID-19?'
Inside, as usual, patient beds are near capacity, and the emergency department is filled with not only the usual mix of patients with trauma, stroke, chest pain and other concerns, but also dozens of people worried they might ...
Mar 24, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Overwhelming numbers, frequency of uninsured dialysis patients in public hospital emergency rooms may have a solution
Screening protocols to determine who qualifies for "compassionate dialysis" in hospitals with high numbers of uninsured patients are driving an unintended consequence, an SMU analysis has found. The protocols are putting ...
Feb 9, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Legionnaires' disease outbreak linked to hospital's decorative fountain
A 2010 outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in Wisconsin has been linked to a decorative fountain in a hospital lobby, according to a study published in the February issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, the ...
Jan 9, 2012
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Health
Ghana's doctors halt emergency care in allowances dispute
Doctors in Ghana have stopped providing emergency care in a strike over allowances and training, union leaders said on Friday.
Aug 7, 2015
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Surgery
Hospitals shouldn't restart unnecessary elective surgeries after the pandemic
Part of Australia's response to the coronavirus pandemic was a severe reduction in elective surgery, and so private hospitals have stood almost empty for a month now.
Apr 16, 2020
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Improving emergency care for people living with dementia
A new collection of research papers from Northwestern University and collaborating institutions sets out priority areas to provide better emergency care for people living with dementia in the United States.
Aug 9, 2022
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Health
Hong Kong slashes quota for mainland babies
Hong Kong on Friday announced a sharply reduced quota for mainland Chinese women allowed to give birth in its public hospitals, as it struggles to cope with the tens of thousands arriving yearly.
Jun 24, 2011
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
In rural India, fear of testing and vaccines hampers COVID-19 fight
When health worker Neelam Kumari knocks on doors in Indian villages the occupants sometimes run out the back, terrified that she wants to vaccinate them against COVID-19.
Jun 5, 2021
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Medications
Overuse of in-hospital blood pressure medications
Patients in hospital for non-heart related conditions may be unnecessarily receiving blood pressure medication that has no benefit and could instead be harmful in the short term, a new review has found.
Dec 2, 2022
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