Saturday, April 27, 2024

Topic: Healthcare

More women work in healthcare but they earn 24 per cent less than men: Report

Women working in the health and care sector earn nearly 25 per cent less than their male counterparts – a larger gender pay gap than in other economic sectors, two UN agencies said in a new report on Wednesday.

Yogi’s report card: Five years of crumbling health infrastructure

The image of parents running from pillar to post with their children in their arms, looking for beds and pleading with doctors to save their children reflected the grim reality of Uttar Pradesh's health infrastructure.

Up to 180,000 health workers may have died from COVID-19: Report

Between 80,000 and 180,000 health and care workers may have died from COVID-19 between January of 2020 and May of this year, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.

Does trust matter in healthcare?

Trust is the basis where all kinds of relationships are built on. A review by Goudge and his team suggests that trust is generally understood to be “judgement in a situation of risk that the trustee will act in best interests of the truster, or at least in ways that will not be harmful to the truster”.