#healthcare-crisis

#healthcare-crisis

Grieving families are increasingly having to delay burying relatives because of hold-ups in carrying out post-mortems in multiple counties. The post-mortems, ordered by coroners to find cause of death, are resulting in funerals taking place later than wished, with delays of several days or more than a week in some parts of the country, adding to the distress of the bereaved.

Level of virus now circulating is 'unprecedented', says CHI clinical director An unprecedented surge in flu cases has plunged Children's Health Ireland (CHI) into crisis mode, with record numbers of children requiring admission to hospital. The paediatric hospital group held two crisis meetings on Friday to create bed space for the influx of sick children, as doctors warn that the worst of the flu crisis is yet to come.

The number of patients waiting for a lifesaving organ transplant in the UK has increased to a record high while there has been a sharp drop in donors.

For the past seven years, Sohan's family has paid for private lab tests in neighboring Tunisia and ordered medication through private pharmacies. Without this medication, Sohan would not have been able to survive until today.

...the only treatment for ectopic pregnancies is to remove the egg, either by using medicine (methotrexate) to dissolve it, or by surgically removing it.

The clinical use of fentanyl contaminated with bacteria is wreaking havoc on the Argentine healthcare system, with authorities confirming 69 infections and 33 related deaths.

Today, MSF's hospital in Old Fangak, South Sudan, was bombed. The pharmacy was destroyed. All medical supplies lost. There are reports of people killed and injured. This is the only functional hospital in the area.