The World Health Organisation says it has only three days of fuel for its medical operations in southern Gaza, with shortages already forcing one of three remaining hospitals in the city of Rafah to shut down. The Rafah border crossing with Egypt has been closed since Israel’s military took control of the Palestinian side early […]
The World Health Organisation says it has only three days of fuel for its medical operations in southern Gaza, with shortages already forcing one of three remaining hospitals in the city of Rafah to shut down. The Rafah border crossing with Egypt has been closed since Israel’s military took control of the Palestinian side early […]
A third mass grave was discovered Wednesday at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, Gaza’s media office announced, including some containing bodies without heads, raising concerns of potential war crimes after Israeli military sieges on the territory’s hospitals. The new discovery raises the total to seven mass grave sites between three Gaza hospitals, containing the bodies […]
By Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK (Reuters) – Bankrupt Steward Health Care has put all of its 31 U.S. hospitals up for sale, hoping to finalize transactions by the end of the summer to address its $9 billion in total liabilities, its attorneys said at a Tuesday court hearing in Houston. Steward, which filed for bankruptcy […]
By Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK, May 7 (Reuters) – Bankrupt Steward Health Care has put all of its 31 U.S. hospitals up for sale, hoping to finalize transactions by the end of the summer to address its $9 billion in total liabilities, its attorneys said at a Tuesday court hearing in Houston. Steward, which filed […]
Sarah Woodland and her six miniature Shetland ponies travel to meet elderly animal lovers around the United Kingdom Sarah Woodland Sarah Woodland and the Dinky Ponies Sarah Woodland’s Dinky Ponies business brings six miniature Shetland ponies to meet retirement home and hospital residents around England The Dinky Ponies have gone viral on Instagram with emotional […]
Steward Health Care, the largest physician-owned healthcare network in the U.S., with hospitals across the country and in Florida, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Steward, which owns Palmetto General Hospital in Hialeah and North Shore Medical Center in North Miami-Dade, filed for bankruptcy protection Monday in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District […]
Patient satisfaction scores at hospitals nationwide are improving for the first time since the pandemic, according to the spring 2024 safety survey from the Leapfrog Group, a nonprofit that has been offering analyses of hospitals’ safety records for 12 years. Infection rates at hospitals also have steadily improved since the pandemic. The safety survey assigns […]
icon Semafor Signals Supported by Microsoft logo Insights from Sky News, Le Monde, The Conversation, and Human Rights Watch Arrow Down Title icon The News The European Union and United Nations called for an independent probe into the reported discovery of mass graves near two Gaza hospitals that were raided by Israeli forces. Palestinian authorities […]
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -U.N. rights chief Volker Turk said on Tuesday he was “horrified” by the destruction of the Nasser and Al Shifa medical facilities in Gaza and reports of mass graves containing hundreds of bodies there, according to a spokesperson. Palestinian authorities reported finding hundreds of bodies in mass graves at Nasser […]
Dive Brief: Medical Properties Trust has sold five hospitals in New Jersey and California to Prime Healthcare for $350 million, the hospital landlord said Tuesday. Prime will pay $250 million in cash immediately and provide a $100 million interest-bearing mortgage note in nine months, according to the news release. MPT first teased a Prime sale during […]
Hospitals must obtain written informed consent from patients before subjecting them to pelvic exams and exams of other sensitive areas — especially if an exam will be done while the patient is unconscious, the federal government said Monday. New guidance from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services now requires consent for breast, pelvic, […]