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Before my dad died, he was put on the maternity floor for hospice. The nurses took such good care of us, and it was quiet and calm.
After a fall, my dad was moved from the ER to the maternity floor when it was clear he was going to…
Kelly Burch
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I'm an ICU doctor. When I needed a liver transplant I learned how vulnerable it is to be a patient.
Donald Chalfin's wife made him take a blood test after he showed symptoms of being sick. He needed …
Kelly Burch
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ICU workers in the UK are experiencing probable PTSD rates during the pandemic comparable to Afghanistan war veterans, a new survey finds
Authors of the new research out of the UK warned that worsened mental health among frontline medica…
Reed Alexander
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Oklahoma doctors called 40 hospitals to find an ICU bed for a COVID-19 patient with internal bleeding. None of them had space and he died.
Forty hospitals across four states reportedly did not have an available ICU bed for 69-year-old Joh…
Yelena Dzhanova
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Some nurses are getting paid more than doctors during a nationwide nurse shortage and another COVID surge
Some nurses are making as much as $250 an hour as hospitals around the US struggle to adapt to new …
Ben Gilbert
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Lalu Prasad hospitalized again after a fall from the stairs
Rashtriya Janata Dal president and former Chief Minister Lalu Prasad was admitted to Patna's Paras …
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How an elite Ukrainian unit is using viral videos to attract hundreds of fresh-faced volunteers a month
Over 900 volunteers a month are looking to join the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade, an April report b…
Cameron Manley
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The Texas Medical Center scrubbed data showing ICU beds at full capacity as the state's coronavirus cases spike
The medical center had no empty ICU beds by Thursday. Its ICU capacity is usually between 70% and 8…
Isaac Scher
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COVID-19 ICU patients at risk of acute brain dysfunction, says study
They said ICU delirium is associated with higher medical costs and greater risk of death and …
PTI
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'It's a fierce ongoing war': An ICU doctor who flew from Utah to New York to fight the coronavirus describes resilience and loss on the pandemic's front lines
Dr. Dixie Harris is one of 100 healthcare workers who flew from Utah to New York to help overwhelme…
Lydia Ramsey
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A potentially lethal fungal disease is creeping into recovering Covid-19 patients, and the prognosis is not good
Disclaimer: This should not be considered medical advice. Please check with your doctor on medica…
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I was a NICU nurse and developed OCD because of the intense pressure of keeping sick babies alive
The personal story of a nurse who experienced high levels of stress and developed OCD in the NICU, …
Jane Ridley
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India's former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh hospitalised at the age of 87
Dr Sing was brought to AIIMS at 8.45 p.m. In 2009, Singh underwent a successful coronary b…
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'Unpredictable': NYC's doctors share lessons from the toughest month at the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic
April was a deadly month for New York. It was also a month of learning as hospitals developed new w…
Lydia Ramsey
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Blood clots are the latest life-threatening complication of the coronavirus, but doctors aren't sure how to treat them
Doctors are seeing blood clots in coronavirus patients, and some are dying even after they've recov…
Lydia Ramsey
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Most coronavirus patients who go on ventilators won't survive. But those who do can face long-term trauma.
A ventilator can save people's lives when they can't breathe on their own. Surviving the experience…
Lydia Ramsey,Anna Medaris Mil…
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A study of 48 children in intensive care with the coronavirus found 18 needed ventilators. Most had underlying conditions.
The study examined 48 cases of children who had been admitted into 14 different PICUs in the US and…
Shira Feder
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Patrol dogs are terrorizing and mauling prisoners inside the United States
The US may be the only nation where dogs are set on men inside their cells. The attacks have left m…
Hannah Beckler
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I uprooted my life to take care of my sick mother. The unexpected financial costs of caregiving were the biggest burden.
She uprooted her life to care for her Mom. She wasn't expecting the costs of food, travel, and heal…
Allison Grinberg-Funes
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Hospitals in Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and Texas are running out of ICU beds as COVID-19 hospitalizations increase
In Alabama, 1,621 patients were in need of ICU beds on Tuesday, but only 1,537 beds were available …