Whether in times of peace or conflict, a set of medical ethics and principles guides the work of healthcare workers and hospitals – the commitment to save lives and reduce suffering.
In times of war, to maintain some humanity in armed conflict, certain rules and agreements have been made that mean targeting civilians and civilian buildings – including healthcare facilities – constitute a war crime.
Read more at:
Is Russia committing war crimes by bombing hospitals in Ukraine? | Russia-Ukraine war | Al Jazeera
Showing posts with label Hospitals. Show all posts
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3/10/22
1/25/22
Anti Vaccers to blame: Derriford Hospital consultant frustrated at unvaccinated patients
A senior hospital consultant says he is frustrated about the number of unvaccinated people in intensive care.
Surgeon Commander Stuart Dickson, of Plymouth's Derriford Hospital, said nationally, 61% of people in intensive care with Covid had not been jabbed.
"There have been times in the last month where that rate has been as high as 80% at Derriford Hospital," he said.
Derriford Hospital consultant frustrated at unvaccinated patients - BBC News
Surgeon Commander Stuart Dickson, of Plymouth's Derriford Hospital, said nationally, 61% of people in intensive care with Covid had not been jabbed.
"There have been times in the last month where that rate has been as high as 80% at Derriford Hospital," he said.
Derriford Hospital consultant frustrated at unvaccinated patients - BBC News
11/25/21
The Netherlands: Dutch COVID-19 patients transferred to Germany as Dutch hospitals struggle
The Netherlands started transporting COVID-19 patients across the border to Germany on Tuesday to ease pressure on Dutch hospitals, which are scaling back regular care to deal with a surge in coronavirus cases.
A patient was transferred by ambulance from Rotterdam to a hospital in Bochum, some 240 km (150 miles) east, on Tuesday morning, and another would follow later in the day, health authorities said.
Read more at: Dutch COVID-19 patients transferred to Germany as hospitals struggle | Reuters
A patient was transferred by ambulance from Rotterdam to a hospital in Bochum, some 240 km (150 miles) east, on Tuesday morning, and another would follow later in the day, health authorities said.
Read more at: Dutch COVID-19 patients transferred to Germany as hospitals struggle | Reuters
11/9/21
The Netherlands: COVID-19: Dutch hospitals sound alarm as eastern Europe reports record daily deaths
Hospitals in the southern Dutch province of Limburg warned the government on Tuesday that they can no longer cope with new COVID-19 patients.
"We are heading straight for a healthcare blockage and the entire system is grinding to a standstill," five hospitals in the border province said.
"We are convinced that other parts of the Netherlands will soon follow," they added in a statement.
Read more at: https://www.euronews.com/2021/11/09/covid-19-dutch-hospitals-sound-alarm-as-eastern-europe-reports-record-daily-deaths
"We are heading straight for a healthcare blockage and the entire system is grinding to a standstill," five hospitals in the border province said.
"We are convinced that other parts of the Netherlands will soon follow," they added in a statement.
Read more at: https://www.euronews.com/2021/11/09/covid-19-dutch-hospitals-sound-alarm-as-eastern-europe-reports-record-daily-deaths
7/29/19
Bacteria: Drug resistant superbug spreading in Europe
Drug-resistant superbug spreading in Europe's hospitals
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-49132425
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-49132425
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12/7/16
War Criminals: Hospitals Cannot Be Targets in War - by Jason Cone
On April 27, a series of airstrikes hit Al Quds hospital in the embattled Syrian city of Aleppo, killing upwards of 50 people, including at least 29 women and children, and wounding scores more. The hospital—its emergency room, its intensive care unit, its operating theater, all of it—was destroyed. Doctors were among the dead as well, including one of the very few, if not the last, pediatrician in Aleppo.
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) supported Al Quds hospital with supplies and funding to help its remarkably brave staff assist patients. The bombing was shocking news. But, like a painfully recurring nightmare, it was not surprising.
There have been far too many of these attacks in recent years, in far too many places. It seems obvious enough that people, even people at war, should not attack hospitals and kill medical workers and patients. And yet in Syria, Yemen, Afghanistan, South Sudan and elsewhere, it happens over and over again—a man-made, and eminently avoidable, epidemic of death and destruction.
Read more, click here: Time Magazine
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) supported Al Quds hospital with supplies and funding to help its remarkably brave staff assist patients. The bombing was shocking news. But, like a painfully recurring nightmare, it was not surprising.
There have been far too many of these attacks in recent years, in far too many places. It seems obvious enough that people, even people at war, should not attack hospitals and kill medical workers and patients. And yet in Syria, Yemen, Afghanistan, South Sudan and elsewhere, it happens over and over again—a man-made, and eminently avoidable, epidemic of death and destruction.
Read more, click here: Time Magazine
11/18/13
The Netherlands: Health Insurers have also become too big to fail
Health insurers like banks have also become too big to fail '. That says Chris Oomen, CEO of health care provider ' Achmea. In 2008 it received state bailout funds and today controls one third of that tmarket ',
"Assume Achmea goes down - there will be no health care provider which is able to accept our insured in the Netherlands, because no one has enough equity to take on our 5 million customers. That requires so much capital, that you will become bankrupt immediately. We have therefore also become 'too big to fail.' says Oomen.
According to Oomen hospitals now also fall in this too big to fail category in the Netherlands.
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"Assume Achmea goes down - there will be no health care provider which is able to accept our insured in the Netherlands, because no one has enough equity to take on our 5 million customers. That requires so much capital, that you will become bankrupt immediately. We have therefore also become 'too big to fail.' says Oomen.
According to Oomen hospitals now also fall in this too big to fail category in the Netherlands.
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