Healthcare Authority Newsletter - June 2025 #4

News Briefs Federal Judge Rejects Nursing Home RN Staffing Mandate A federal judge has struck down the federal nursing home staffing mandate's demands that a registered nurse be on duty 24/7 every day of the year, as well as calls for specific...

Hospital apologises over south Essex GP's 11-hour wait in Basildon A&E after fall

Dr Anjam Bose, 77, who over his 50-year career as a doctor worked in Thurrock surgeries and medical centres, suffered a fall outside his Stanford-le-Hope home on Friday where he laid on the ground with a neighbour for an hour and a half until an...

Doctors warn that HIV still runs rampant across Louisiana

La. (KPLC) - According to the Louisiana Department of Health, our state ranked fourth in the nation for HIV diagnosis rates. What was once seen as a death sentence is now a condition people can live fulfilling lives with. However, HIV can still...

Doctors warn flour sacks entering Gaza laced with Oxycodone: Report

Nurses in Duluth, Superior set to go on strike beginning July 8

Thousands of nurses and other health care workers at Essentia Health and Aspirus Health facilities in the Twin Ports could soon go on strike. Members of the Minnesota Nurses Association have been in contract negotiations with 16 Twin Cities and...

'Uplifting' artwork by children to feature in new North Yorkshire hospice

The initiative is led by The Arts Society Hambleton, who are involving children in their final year of primary school to create artwork for Herriot Hospice at the Lambert. The hospice in Thirsk, which is hoping to open its in-patient unit later...

Alps trek team raise thousands for hospice

Their efforts have so far raised £16,621 for the Worcester-based hospice, which provides specialist care and support to people living with life-limiting illnesses and their families. The team of 10 hikers took on a demanding 40-kilometre route...

'We’re so excited to bring the event back,' hospice bosses say ahead of popular duck race in Brierley Hill

The Black Country Duck Race and Family Festival in aid of The Mary Stevens Hospice will take place at The Waterfront, Brierley Hill, on Sunday June 29. Kicking off at 12pm, the event will feature live music, family entertainment, stalls, and...

Sutter Tracy Community Hospital

For more than 76 years, Sutter Tracy Community Hospital has been an integral part of the history of this city. Generations of families have come through our doors for care, comfort and support. We are proud to be woven into the fabric of this...

Lack of psychogeriatric beds putting patients and doctors at risk

Placing physically and sexually aggressive older psychiatric patients in general hospital wards is both unsafe and unethical, a University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka-led paper argues. The authors are urgently calling for more inpatient beds...

T.N. Village Health Nurses demand filling up of vacant posts, to stage series of protests

Image used for representational purposes | Photo Credit: M. Sathyamoorthy Village Health Nurses (VHN) affiliated with the Tamil Nadu Government All Health Nurses Association have flagged a number of concerns, including a delay in filling the large...

Punjab Doctors shut OPD in protest demanding stipend hike, rationalised fee structure

Patiala: The revised fee structure for MBBS and BDS courses in the government medical colleges, government society-run institutes, and private health science institutes in Punjab has been opposed by the doctors in the State, who have now moved the...

Essex woman with motor neurone disease on why she is against assisted dying

Nicola Waters, 51, lives near Halsted and was diagnosed in 2019 with motor neurone disease (MND) - a condition affecting the brain and nerves. The disease eventually leads to death, although some people live with it for many years. Nicola said: “I...

Rology: Egypt’s AI Teleradiology Startup Transforming Global Healthcare

In the bustling heart of Cairo’s tech scene, one startup is making waves in healthcare with a bold mission to tackle the global shortage of radiologists. Rology, an AI-assisted teleradiology platform, is not just another healthtech venture—it’s a...

'Shocking' figures show ambulance parked outside Ayrshire hospital for 15 hours

Recent data obtained by Scottish Labour through FOI requests show an ambulance turnaround time of nearly 15 hours at University Hospital Ayr. The figures reveal an ambulance at University Hospital Ayr was parked for 14 hours and 54 minutes, while...

Foundation donates wheelchairs to patients at Gbagada General Hospital

To assist underserved communities, the Adunni Olayiwola Foundation (AOF) has donated seven manual wheelchairs to patients at Gbagada General Hospital in Lagos State. The donation, made during an empowerment programme held at the hospital, is aimed...

LOC Cattlemen’s Roundup brings in $77,000 benefiting Driscoll Children’s Hospital

The South Texas Cattlemen’s Roundup, held June 16 at the Live Oak Livestock Auction Barn, raised more than $77,000 to benefit Driscoll Children’s Hospital. With additional donations still coming in, this year’s total marks the third-highest amount...

Junior doctors in Telangana to go on strike on June 30 over pending stipends, poor infrastructure

HYDERABAD: Junior doctors in Telangana have announced a strike on June 30, demanding the state government address long-pending stipend payments and critical infrastructure deficiencies in medical colleges. Dr Ajay from Gandhi Medical College told...

Dear Abby: I’m tired of listening to my friend rant about greedy doctors

DEAR ABBY: I have a male friend (attorney) who is married to a dermatologist. Nearly every time this friend interacts with a medical provider, he is dissatisfied and feels he is being ripped off. He attests that doctors order unnecessary tests and...

Jamaal Bowman Blames ‘Being Called the N-Word Directly or Indirectly’ for Cancer, Heart Disease in Black Community

On Friday’s “Alex Marlow Show,” host and Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow talked about former Rep. Jamaal Bowman’s comments on health. After playing video of Bowman saying that being called the n-word directly or indirectly is to blame for...