Tag: Hospitals

‘It’s Like Parallel Realities’: Rituals of Life and Death Blur in a Vibrant Ukrainian City

LVIV, Ukraine — The tiny wail of newborn babies echoes out from…

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A Clunky, Reusable Mask May Be the Answer to N95 Waste

“Elastomerics for us really were a game changer,” Dr. Chalikonda said. “When…

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11 Families in Senegal Welcomed Newborns. A Fire Left Them Devastated.

TIVAOUANE, Senegal — The baby boy did not yet have a name.He…

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She Was Told Surgery Would Cost About $1,300. Then the Bill Came: $229,000.

When Lisa Melody French needed back surgery after a car accident, she…

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In Ukraine, Gruesome Injuries and Not Enough Doctors to Treat Them

Operating with skeleton crews, doctors and nurses race to save limbs, and…

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How Australia Saved Thousands of Lives While Covid Killed a Million Americans

MELBOURNE, Australia — If the United States had the same Covid death…

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Loss of Pandemic Aid Stresses Hospitals That Treat the Uninsured

“It’s horrible,” he said.Dr. Philip Elizondo, his orthopedic colleague, said the hospital…

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Myanmar’s Health System Is in Collapse, ‘Obliterated’ by the Regime

The surgeon was in the middle of operating on a patient when…

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From the U.S. to China: A 3-Month Quarantine Horror Story

Before boarding his flight from Los Angeles to the Chinese city of…

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