Topic: health
Lockdown is a mass casualty incident: 600 US physicians
More than 600 physicians in the United States sent a letter to President Donald Trump calling the coronavirus pandemic controlled lockdowns a “mass casualty incident” with “exponentially growing negative health consequences” to millions of non-COVID-19 patients.
Body of coronavirus patient found at a bus stop in Gujarat
67-year-old Gunvant Makwana had some trouble breathing on 10 May, when he suddenly started to feel unwell. His family members immediately called the ambulance by calling 108, and he was taken to the hospital with his son.
Delhi: Refused by multiple hospitals, cancer patient dies
Irfan Ali's name will not figure in the list of COVID-19 casualties in India's capital city New Delhi. It should not. Ali was not infected by the novel virus. However, his sister says had the outbreak not occurred Ali would have been alive today.
WHO: People living longer and healthier lives but COVID-19 threatens to throw progress off track
“The good news is that people around the world are living longer and healthier lives. The bad news is the rate of progress is too slow to meet the Sustainable Development Goals and will be further thrown off track by COVID-19,”
Coronavirus threatens to overwhelm India’s health care system
Meaningful community engagement where government and experts don’t treat local people as ignorant, but rather treat them as having a critical role to play in information sharing, influencing behavioral change, etc., is essential,
WHO and partners call for urgent investment in nurses
The Covid-19 pandemic underscores the urgent need to strengthen the global health workforce. A new report, The State of the World’s Nursing 2020, provides an in-depth look at the largest component of the health workforce.
