_The Evening Post_, 27 February 1925:
      LOCAL AND GENERAL…
  A #Wellington periodical recently published #photographs showing a number of infantile paralysis #patients who are under treatment at the Wellington Hospital. At yesterday’s meeting of the Hospital Board, exception to the photographs being published was taken by Mr. C. H. Chapman, who wanted to know who gave permission for the photographs to be taken. He voiced his strong disapproval of such photographs being permitted to be taken, and said he hoped that whoever had taken them would never be permitted to do so again. The chairman (Mr. F. Castle) said as far as he knew no member of the board gave authority. Mr. C. M. Luke stated that his committee intended to bring up the matter at its next meeting.
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19250227.2.45

Australia keeps on keepin' on

"Two #nurses in a #Sydney #hospital have been suspended from work for threatening to #kill #Jewish #patients and refusing to treat them in a video on TikTok, triggering an investigation by police, authorities said on Wednesday."

https://m.jpost.com/diaspora/article-841749

#NIH Funding Cuts Would Hobble #US #Medical #Research, Insider Says

“Laboratories would literally go dark,” says a medical research insider, if #Trump administration cuts to NIH funding go through. #Patients will suffer from lost medical advances, he tells #ScientificAmerican

#law #science #medicine #PublicHealth #academia #progress #USpol
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nih-funding-cuts-would-hobble-u-s-medical-research-insider-says/

#KRITIS Sektor #Gesundheit

US #healthcare provider #databreach impacts 1 million #patients

"Community Health Center (CHC), a leading Connecticut healthcare provider, is notifying over 1 million patients of a data breach that impacted their personal and #healthdata.

The non-profit organization provides primary #medical, #dental, and #mental health services to more than 145,000 active patients."
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/data-breach-at-us-healthcare-provider-chc-impacts-1-million-patients/

#Trump on Thurs pardoned 8 people convicted in federal court in #Michigan of illegally blockading #AbortionClinics in Sterling Heights & Saginaw & of #conspiracy to violate the rights of clinic #patients & #employees.

The 8 were among 24 that Trump pardoned after they'd been accused of blockading #abortion clinic entrances.

#GP #Practice #Halts #HRT #Services, Forcing #Patients Toward #Detransition.

#Transgender #patients in the #UK are devastated as #JubileeParkMedicalPartnership halts #HRT #services, claiming #funding and #contract #issues.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #UK #Healthcare #GenderAffirmingCare #NHS #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Transphobia #GateKeeping #WorkingAsIntended #TERFIsland

https://www.transvitae.com/trans-healthcare-crisis-forced-detransition-in-the-uk/

Stranded Montreal Statcare patients offered alternative health care site
A week of uncertainty before Christmas culminated with the closure of the Statcare clinic, leaving residents who had relied on it for medical help left without an option.
#health #hospital #care #patients #Montreal #Canada #Elna #Statcare
https://globalnews.ca/news/10950505/montreal-statcare-clinic-patients-move/

'Steve is the guy to call': Anglo patients in Quebec City rely on 1 man to help navigate health system
Patients travelling to Quebec City for medical appointments call Steve Guimond a "godsend." Nearly seven years into his position as a patient navigator, he says helping hundreds of patients has made him aware of the system's failures and highlighted the need for change
#health #system #patients #travel #QuebecCity #News #Canada #Montreal
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/patient-navig...

They can't deny, defend, but should be deposed for this!

Health care giant Ascension says 5.6 million patients affected in cyberattack

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/12/health-care-giant-ascension-says-5-6-million-patients-affected-in-cyberattack/

After being diagnosed with a cancer that he didn’t actually have, Olson dropped out of college, moved back in with his parents and began his doctor's prescribed regimen: four straight days on chemo, four weeks off.

Olson endured this for nine years.
https://propub.li/3ZJXsKq

“I Thought He Was Helping Me”: Patient Endured 9 Years of Chemotherapy for #Cancer He Never Had
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Anthony Olson was told that he’d die without the treatment and to ignore a negative biopsy. He’s one of many patients who, court records show, received harmful or unnecessary treatments from Montana oncologist Dr. Thomas C. Weiner.

#News #Doctors #Hospital #Health #Patients #Healthcare

https://propub.li/3ZJXsKq

Report: Hospitals Rarely Advise #Doctors on How to Treat Patients Under #Abortion Bans
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Doctors described #hospital lawyers who “refused to meet” with them for months, were hard to reach during “life or death” situations and offered little help beyond “regurgitating” the law, according to a Senate Finance Committee #report.

#News #Health #Law #USPolitics #Government #Healthcare #Pregnancy #Patients

https://propub.li/402lEJm

#Cigna tracks every minute that its staff #doctors spend deciding whether to pay for health care.

Dr. Debby Day said her bosses cared more about being fast than being right: “Deny, deny, deny. That's how you hit your numbers,” Day said.

#News #Healthcare #Health #Insurance #Patients

https://propub.li/4fMv9lg

How Lincare Cashed In on the Disastrous #Recall of Philips Breathing Machines — at the Expense of #Patients
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Amid reports of thousands of injuries and hundreds of deaths, Lincare was supposed to supply the most ailing patients with new CPAP machines, but instead diverted the devices to new customers who would deliver greater profits for the company.

#News #Business #Health #Healthcare #Insurance #Safety #FDA #Lincare

https://www.propublica.org/article/lincare-philips-cpap-breathing-machines-recall-healthcare

How UnitedHealth’s Playbook for Limiting #MentalHealth Coverage Puts Countless Americans’ Treatment at Risk
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United used an #algorithm system to identify #patients who it determined were getting too much #therapy and then limited coverage. It was deemed illegal in three states, but similar practices persist due to a patchwork of #regulation.

#News #Healthcare #Health #Insurance #UnitedHealth #Medicaid #Government

https://propub.li/3Ogrfow