#Hospitals

A few readers emailed me about some info they heard re: #coronavirus and Riverside County - specifically, that patients are being "airlifted" from border areas to Riverside County hospitals per
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Pathetic state of affairs in Gurgaon regarding availability of beds @mlkhattar Father has decrementing blood oxygen level and we cannot avail beds anywhere. Tried medanta and artemis.He is due to
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A war without a shot fired:The coronavirus traveled all over the world from Wuhan China, but it did not reach Beijing or Shanghai or other major cities in China. Can
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The U.S. has just reached 100,000 deaths from #covid19. What have we learned? A thread of 10 lessons: 1. This is an extremely contagious respiratory illness that spreads rapidly from
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Each year on the same night as @NYCDHS’s Homeless Outreach Population Estimate (HOPE) of people experiencing homelessness on streets and subways, we lead the Hospital Homeless Count to identify those
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NYC’s healthcare system is being pushed to the limit.And sadly, now so is the city’s system for managing our dead. And it, too, needs more resources.This has big implications for
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A man came to LUTH Lagos.Said he had only fever/tiredness.But he had cough and just came back from Europe- but family hid that information. He died today of Coronavirus.Many doctors
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COVID Update April 22: Shiny objects, who’s getting screwed, and what can we do. Will tweet after @CNN with @ChrisCuomo at 9:35 Eastern. Follow if interested. 1/ Quiz while you
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"How did China beat COVID?" I'm seeing this question asked again even though the answer is right there. Awhile ago I read two tweets from @minority1121 and I haven't been
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Read an article on SVT about an otherwise healthy COVID-19 patient over 80 being refused intensive care despite available space because he's probably going to die anyway. I wonder if
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NEW: a deep-dive into the situation in India, where a devastating second wave is overwhelming hospitals and crematoriums, eclipsing global records as it goes https://www.ft.com/content/683914a3-134f-40b6-989b-21e0ba1dc403250,000 new cases e
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1. A design for a mask, as good as you might be able to get due to shortage of #n95 masks. And it's beautifully illustrated. I'm trying to get hold
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Many rural communities in the U.S. that watched the coronavirus unfold in far-away cities are now experiencing the crisis first hand.More than two-thirds of rural counties have confirmed at least
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Some personal news: Everyone in Gannett newsrooms is taking either pay cut or three weeks of furlough. My first week begins at midnight today. While this is frustrating for a
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I agree with calls for transparency + more frequent information. But expecting the media or the public to act responsibly with projections has already been shown to be extremely foolish
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Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis now speaking in today's briefing. Says too many people still on the roads and out and about. Police enforcement stepped up. Thread>> Effective 8pm tonight,
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