Nigeria: Nigerian Govt Indicts Hospital's Chief Medical Director of Job Racketeering
[Premium Times] The statement termed the conduct of the teaching hospital chief and his accomplices as a "flagrant abuse of extant rules and regulations." (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 20, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Governance Health and Medicine Legal and Judicial Affairs Nigeria West Africa Source Type: news
Wirral hospitals strike paused as workers win back pay after lengthy campaign
A strike planned for next week by more than 500 clinical support workers (CSWs) at Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has been called off after the employer agreed to UNISON’s demand for five years of back pay, says the union today (Friday).
The development follows a UNISON campaign over several months, during which workers were on strike for 13 days ahead of the latest offer.
The staff are employed at Arrowe Park and Clatterbridge hospitals.
Clinical support workers on band 2 of the NHS’s Agenda for Change pay scale should only provide personal care such as bathing and feeding.
However, UNI...
Source: UNISON meat hygiene - November 3, 2023 Category: Food Science Authors: Anthony Barnes Tags: News Press release HCArebanding Source Type: news
Allegations of sexual harassment, armed surgeon roil top L.A. teaching hospital
The renowned teaching hospital Harbor-UCLA Medical Center is placed on probation amid lawsuits filed by prominent doctors alleging harassment and retaliation. (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Source: L.A. Times - Health - November 3, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Rebecca Ellis Source Type: news
Knowledge, attitude, and practices about disaster preparedness among resident doctors in a tertiary care teaching hospital in Delhi, India: a cross-sectional study - Sharma P, Roy N, Verma A, Aparnavi P, Khongsit A.
BACKGROUND: Disasters pose various challenges to hospitals' functioning during calamities. Resilient health system is the need of the hour. To work as a safe hospital even during disasters, it is important to sensitize, orient, and train doctors and other ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 30, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Disaster Preparedness Source Type: news
Sudan: MSF Suspends 'Life-Saving' Operations At Khartoum Hospital, Citing 'Military Blockade'
[Dabanga] Khartoum / Brussels -- Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) announced the suspension its support of surgical operations at Bashayer Teaching Hospital in southern Khartoum, due to a critical shortage of necessary supplies that has persisted for a month. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 24, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Sudan Source Type: news
Sudan: MSF Suspends Surgery in Khartoum Hospital As Supplies Remain Blocked
[MSF] Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) announces the suspension of support to life-saving surgical activities at Bashair Teaching Hospital in south Khartoum, Sudan, including trauma surgery and caesarean sections, after military authorities have blocked the transport of surgical materials from Wad Madani to south Khartoum for over a month. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 20, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Aid and Assistance East Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa NGOs and Civil Society Sudan Source Type: news
Sudan: West Darfur's El Geneina Teaching Hospital Resumes Services
[Dabanga] El Geneina -- El Geneina Teaching Hospital in West Darfur has resumed its operations, after a hiatus that lasted for months due to the war that has raged between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) since April. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 17, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Sudan Source Type: news
Nigeria: The Nightmare of Resident Doctors As Resident Donkeys
[Premium Times] The resident doctors are gagged mules. They are made to sign illegal confidentiality agreements not to disclose the atrocities happening in these teaching hospitals. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 26, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Nigeria West Africa Source Type: news
Revealed: More than half of sick Brits wait longer than FOUR HOURS in A&E at the worst performing NHS trusts - so how does your hospital fare?
NHS data revealed 54 per cent of sick Brits showing up to Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust in the year to March 2023 waited at least four hours for care. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Sudan: North Darfur Hospitals Overwhelmed As Malaria, Dengue Surge
[Dabanga] El Fasher -- Doctors in the North Darfur capital of El Fasher have voiced concern at the rising tide of malaria cases, especially among children. Hospitals in the city report being overwhelmed by hundreds of cases daily. This is exacerbated by undercapacity, as the large El Fasher Teaching Hospital has been closed due to the war, and is now reportedly serving as a military barracks. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - September 21, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Malaria Sudan Source Type: news
Sierra Leone: Psychiatrist - Kush Is Not a Criminal Justice Problem
[Concord] The Care Manager at the Kissy Psychiatric Teaching Hospital, Doctor Abdul Jalloh, has noted that the issue of youth intoxicating themselves with 'Kush' is not a criminal justice problem, but rather health and social related problems that need to be addressed holistically. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 20, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Sierra Leone West Africa Source Type: news
Poisonings during the COVID-19 pandemic: attention to children and adolescent admitted to the Referral Teaching Hospitals of Yazd and Taft Cities - Momayyezi M, Peygan P, Fallahzadeh H, Sefidkar R.
BACKGROUND: With the onset of the first wave of COVID-19 in Iran and the general quarantine, children who had to stay at home found themselves in contact with drugs, alcohol, and disinfectants. We aimed to compare the prevalence rates of poisoning for chil... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Ghana: Flokefama Refurbishes KBTH) Blood Bank to Enhance Quality Healthcare
[Ghanaian Times] The Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH)'s Blood Bank has been refurbished to improve the quality of blood testing and storage, and to ensure safe and reliable blood transfusion for patients. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 14, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Ghana Health and Medicine West Africa Source Type: news
Blog: Let ’ s stick together to win the proper pay for the job
Across every UNISON region, we’ve got live campaigns to get health workers the fair pay they deserve.
Dedicated staff have been regularly performing important duties above the level of responsibility their employers pay them for.
This expectation has been put on them for years, but the salary they should be earning has been held back for years too.
Today in Liverpool, clinical support workers went on strike at Arrowe Park Hospital.
Their lively and packed picket line attracted constant beeps from the public driving by.
And a banner was emblazoned with the simple and clear message that Janelle Holmes, Wirral Hospitals CEO...
Source: UNISON Health care news - September 12, 2023 Category: UK Health Authors: Christina McAnea Tags: Article General Secretary General Secretary's blog News pay fair for patient care Source Type: news
Nigeria: 'Japa' Syndrome - Departments in Teaching Hospitals Shutting Down - MDCAN
[Vanguard] The Medical and Dental Consultants' Association of Nigeria, MDCAN, has raised the alarm over the consequences of brain drain in the nation's health institutions, saying some departments in the teaching hospitals are shutting down due to the high rate of brain drain (Japa). (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 12, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Economy, Business and Finance Education Health and Medicine Labour Nigeria West Africa Source Type: news
