Lewis County General Hospital in Lowville, N.Y. has announced it is planning to stop delivering babies temporarily later this month after multiple employees quit their jobs over a Covid-19 vaccination mandate. The mandate required all healthcare workers in the state …
Malaysia reported that its Intensive Care Units (ICU) in three provinces, Selangor, Johor, and Penang, have surpassed 90% capacity on Sunday. Health Director-General Noor Hisham Abdullah said that Selangor and Johor are at 96% capacity while Penang has reached 94% …
The British army was called in to assist the North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) to cope with a 68% rise in demand for emergency services, the highest level in NEAS history. “In response to the increased demand we are facing, …
The United States will send medical assistance to India amid a recent surge of COVID-19 cases in the South Asian country, the White House announced on April 25. “Just as India sent assistance to the United States as our hospitals …
At least 22 COVID-19 patients died in a hospital in the Maharashtra state in western India due to the disruption of oxygen supply following a leakage from an oxygen storage plant, officials and local media said on Wednesday. According to …
Nursing students at Hawkeye Community College in Iowa have administered around 150 COVID-19 vaccinations at a campus clinic this week. The Black Hawk County Health Department issued a unit of Moderna vaccine to the college to store in its clinic …
Healthcare Improvement Scotland has approved Scotland’s first medicinal cannabis clinic to provide safe access to medical cannabis to Scottish patients. Sapphire Medical Clinic, based in Stirling could now offer virtual appointments from today but face-to-face consultations would be conducted in …
Hospitals have neared collapse after more than 80% of intensive care unit beds are occupied in the capitals of 25 of Brazil’s 27 states because of high COVID-19 caseloads. Biomedical center Fiocruz said Porto Alegre in southern Brazil has no …
Germany’s military will deploy medical workers and equipment to Portugal where intensive care units (ICUs) in hospitals across the country nears full capacity amid a third wave of COVID-19 cases. Germany will send a plane carrying 26 doctors, nurses, and …
The Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has suspended its operations in El Salvador following an attack by an armed group on one of its teams, over the weekend. The organization said, “MSF activities will be suspended until the causes of this …