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The parents of a nine-year-old <keyword id="20019227" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="boy" source="keywords">boy</keyword> from Shahapur in <keyword id="19897316" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Maharashtra" source="keywords">Maharashtra</keyword>'s <keyword id="19919131" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Thane" source="keywords">Thane</keyword> district have complained to the police that <keyword id="20000183" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="doctors" source="keywords">doctors</keyword> at a government-run <keyword id="19915254" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="hospital" source="keywords">hospital</keyword> wrongly performed a <keyword id="19935980" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="surgery" source="keywords">surgery</keyword> on his <keyword id="22223733" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="private-part" source="keywords">private part</keyword> instead of an <keyword id="20005514" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="injured-leg" source="keywords">injured leg</keyword>. Following their allegation, a health official assured an inquiry into the episode, and the police said they are carrying out a probe. The minor's parents said, "The <keyword id="20019227" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="boy" source="keywords">boy</keyword> suffered an injury on his leg while he was playing with his friends last month. He was admitted to the sub-district <keyword id="19915254" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="hospital" source="keywords">hospital</keyword> in Shahapur on June 15 and was undergoing treatment. The <keyword id="20000183" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="doctors" source="keywords">doctors</keyword> recently performed a <keyword id="67932" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="circumcision" source="Orion">circumcision</keyword> <keyword id="19935980" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="surgery" source="keywords">surgery</keyword> on his <keyword id="22223733" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="private-part" source="keywords">private part</keyword> instead of the <keyword id="20005514" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="injured-leg" source="keywords">injured leg</keyword>." Later, after realising their goof-up, the doctors conducted a surgery on his injured leg soon afterwards, they told reporters. The parents also lodged a complaint with the Shahapur police. Although no case has been registered so far in this connection, a police official said that a probe into the complaint was underway. District Civil Surgeon Dr Kailas Pawar said the health authorities will conduct an inquiry into the allegations. Medical officer at the hospital, Gajendra Pawar, told reporters that besides his leg injury, the boy also had a problem of phimosis (tight foreskin). "We had to carry out two operations," he said. As regards informing the parents about the second operation, he said the doctors might have forgotten to tell them or they might have told the other relatives of the patient. What the doctors did was right and there was nothing wrong in it. But the parents refused to accept the explanation given by the doctors, Pawar said. On the same day, two patients from the same age group underwent surgery at the hospital, doctors said.

Doctors performed surgery on minor's private parts instead of injured leg, allege parents; probe on

A <keyword id="19895037" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Bengaluru" source="keywords">Bengaluru</keyword> based <keyword id="19910096" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="woman" source="keywords">woman</keyword> has been awarded a <keyword id="19896798" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="compensation" source="keywords">compensation</keyword> of Rs five lakh by a <keyword id="20546234" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="consumer-forum" source="keywords">consumer forum</keyword>, nearly 20 years after a 3.2 centimetre <keyword id="22504968" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="surgical-needle" source="keywords">surgical needle</keyword> was left in her body following her surgery at a private <keyword id="19915254" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="hospital" source="keywords">hospital</keyword> here. The Karnataka State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has directed the hospital and two <keyword id="20000183" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="doctors" source="keywords">doctors</keyword> to pay Padmavathi, a resident of Jayanagar, Rs 50,000 as litigation expenses. It has also directed <keyword id="22497673" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="New-India-Assurance-Co-Ltd" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="New India Assurance Co Ltd" meta.hostid="261" meta.entityid="New India Assurance Co Ltd">New India Assurance Co Ltd</keyword>, which had issued a policy covering the hospital expenses, to pay her Rs five lakh for "the professional and <keyword id="21130249" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="medical-negligence" source="keywords">medical negligence</keyword> caused." The then 32-year-old woman underwent the surgery on September 29, 2004 at the <keyword id="22497672" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Deepak-Hospital" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="Deepak Hospital" meta.hostid="261" meta.entityid="Deepak Hospital">Deepak Hospital</keyword>, with the two doctors allegedly performing the hernia operation. On completion of the surgery, her appendix was also removed, according to the Commission's order last month. Immediately, on the next day, she complained of severe pain for which she was prescribed some pain killers and assured that it is post surgery discomfort and that it will get cured. She suffered acute stomach and back pain for several years and was also admitted in the same hospital twice later, the order noted. Padmavathi later approached another private hospital here in 2010 and during a scan, it was noticed that some foreign body existed in the abdominal and back portion of her body and it was suggested to her to get it (surgical needle) removed. She then underwent surgery and the 3.2 cm surgical needle was removed following which she approached the consumer forum with a complaint the following year. The forum noted that the complainant was aged about 32 years, when she underwent all these surgeries and removal of the surgical needle. "Definitely she suffered severe pain and inconvenience till removal of the surgical needle," the order stated. Hence, she is entitled to get "global compensation" of Rs five lakh and the insurance company (New India Assurance Company Limited) is directed to pay the amount while the two doctors are liable to pay litigation expenses of Rs 50,000 to the complainant, it further added.

Woman to get Rs 5 lakh compensation, 20 years after needle left in her body after surgery

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Supplements marketed to improve longevity are booming.</li><li>But longevity doctors say, actually, less is more when it comes to flashy supplements.</li></ul>Renew your mitochondria. Rejuvenate your cells. Bring back that youthful muscle strength. Improve your fertility.Over the past several years, a plethora of <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/nestle-and-loreal-are-betting-on-urolithin-a-longevity-supplement-2024-10">new supplements</a> have emerged on the scene, promising to boost human longevity and preserve youthfulness. Now, longevity doctors are scrambling to get people to slow down."In our clinic, we are de-prescribing," Dr. Andrea Maier, a leading longevity doctor who runs both a private and a public longevity clinic in Singapore, told Business Insider. "We first have to diagnose what's wrong, what somebody needs, and that might differ."Maier, also a professor of medicine and functional aging at the National University of Singapore, is one of several longevity medicine doctors who told BI that they are recommending patients <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/supplement-expert-doesnt-take-supplements-eats-vegan-2023-11">stop taking many of the supplements</a> they have learned about online."People think that more helps more, and it's not the case," Dr. Evelyne Bischof, who practices longevity medicine in China, Switzerland, and Israel, told BI. "There are interactions, there are side effects."Bischof and other longevity medicine practitioners say the trend toward overdoing it has been supercharged in recent years by more aggressive and flashy online marketing of longevity supplements. Ads on Facebook, books by longevity influencers, along with <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/equinox-40000-membership-optimize-longevity-health-years-2024-5">gyms</a> and <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/rich-people-obsessed-longevity-luxury-hotels-iv-drips-mri-scans-2024-10">resorts</a> are touting antiaging fixes.According to a recent <a target="_blank" href="https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/consumer-packaged-goods/our-insights/the-trends-defining-the-1-point-8-trillion-dollar-global-wellness-market-in-2024">McKinsey survey</a>, demand for healthy aging products is soaring; 70% of American consumers across all age groups are spending more in this category than they used to post-pandemic.Doctors like Maier and Bischof say supplements can slowly build up to dangerous health issues, impacting vital organs like the kidneys and the liver or interacting with other drugs and supplements in toxic combinations.Increasingly, they are seeing concerning results from blood, urine, and other tests on patients who take many different products.<h2 id="ac30069c-c621-4f87-835b-6cece95b1fb0">Overdoing supplements can hurt your health</h2><div type="image" title="hand with lots of different supplements in it" height="3449" width="5142" msid="115111811" hostid="261" sizebytes="403768"></div>In the past, patients typically hadn't invested in healthy aging supplements on their own. They would learn about them for the first time from their <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-a-longevity-clinic-executive-physical-2024-5">longevity medicine</a> doctor, said Bischof, who serves patients at hospitals in Shanghai and Tel Aviv, as well as in her own VIP concierge longevity medicine business.Things have shifted since the pandemic. In the public clinic where she works in Israel, she estimates that 20% of patients come in with a laundry list of longevity supplements in their regimen, most of them too highly dosed."Five years ago, it was really the opposite," Bischof said. "It was trying to convince a patient to actually take a supplement — besides the vitamins."In her practice, she has seen through clinical testing how supplements can build up in vital organs. One 40-year-old patient who "really overdid" his longevity supplement doses had a biological age four years older than his actual age, as measured by his blood. He also had suboptimal kidney function.He didn't want to quit taking the pills (Bischof did not name the products), but his subsequent blood tests were only looking worse and worse, and his biological age kept creeping up.Eventually, Bischof was able to convince the patient to stop taking his longevity supplements. "And, of course, the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-biological-age-is-reverse-aging-possible-2023-2">biological age</a> reversed," she said.Others have noticed the same trend.Pharmacologist Myriam Merarchi, founder and CEO of the Swiss fertility and biological age testing company Beyond Genomix, sees a lot of "biohackers" wanting to test their telomeres, since telomere health is tightly correlated with aging. The ones with a "suitcase" full of supplements tend to have horrible results."You take 50 pills a day that are interfering with every metabolic pathway of your cells," Merarchi said. "Of course!"<h2 id="df59810c-9839-43c6-9998-cedfc378ce6a">The interactions doctors worry about</h2><div type="image" title="Maier with a dog on the couch" height="1772" width="1181" msid="115111809" hostid="261" sizebytes="156708"></div>Longevity supplements are a booming market. Popular new products touted on TikTok and Instagram include <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-nad-longevity-supplement-hollywood-uses-prevent-aging-2024-7">NAD boosters</a> (a popular antiaging supplement among the Hollywood elite), <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/nestle-and-loreal-are-betting-on-urolithin-a-longevity-supplement-2024-10">urolithin A</a> (ostensibly boosts cellular health, improves muscle strength, and slows aging), and coenzyme Q10 (a popular antioxidant for fertility and aging).Doctors are also seeing a lot of alpha-ketoglutarate (AKG). The compound, being <a target="_blank" href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37217632/">studied clinically</a> as a potential antiaging supplement, is one of the main ingredients in a new $49 "Longevity Mix" sold by tech biohacker Bryan Johnson.Dietician Naras Lapsys, chief clinical officer at Chi Longevity, a private clinic in Singapore, says many people are piling these newer pills on top of older, popular longevity supplements. That could be resveratrol (used for heart health) or spermidine (touted as being good for rejuvenating cells)."If you're taking a longevity supplement, there's no evidence to suggest at all taking one is good and therefore two is even better and three is even better again," Lapsys said. "A good starting point is to strip down to a lesser number and start measuring."Someone who's dehydrated regularly might want to think twice before taking a supplement like NMN, which can <a target="_blank" href="https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.04.09.588624v1.full.pdf">build up in the kidneys</a> and cause inflammation. CoQ10 can make blood thinners less effective, and resveratrol might <a target="_blank" href="https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/integrative-medicine/herbs/resveratrol">help hormonal cancers</a> like breast cancer thrive and proliferate."If you are just taking supplements because a book has told you or an influencer has told you, if we think about levels of evidence, that sits pretty low," Lapsys said. "Test, don't guess."<h2 id="5a439981-0ef7-46e4-98d0-bdda1f648469">Experts recommend a personalized, data-driven approach</h2>All of this is deeply personal. One patient might benefit from getting more calcium, while another could benefit from ditching their B vitamins."I understand that not everybody can get a doctor," Bischof said. "We're trying to say, just educate yourself on what could be the side effect and how — a little bit — to track it."For patients who are excited about longevity supplements, Bischof recommends cycling them, taking one for a few months, and then pausing instead of taking them continuously throughout the year.When you are taking a new kind of longevity supplement, you should keep tabs on how it is affecting your health in specific ways. Is your <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/vo2-max-explained-what-is-good-how-improve-2024-3">VO2 max</a> improving? Do you have fewer colds during flu season than you used to? These are the kinds of simple check-ins that can help determine if a supplement is doing something for you."Have at least one marker that you can follow, an objective marker, to make sure that it's actually helping you," Bischof said. "Do not take something where you think it might help. You need to have an objective measure that will confirm that it works for you at this dose, at this frequency, at this age, in your current situation."

Longevity doctors are scrambling to get patients to stop taking flashy, expensive supplements

Mumbai: Govinda will be discharged from a hospital here on Friday, four days after the actor was injured in the leg when his revolver accidentally went off, his family said. The 60-year-old actor underwent a surgery on Tuesday and is recuperating at a private hospital. Sharing a health update with the reporters, Govinda's daughter <keyword id="23177614" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Tina-Ahuja" source="keywords">Tina Ahuja</keyword> said, "He is better. He is getting discharged today." The actor's wife, Sunita Ahuja, also told reporters that Govinda has been advised to rest for at least six weeks. "He will be discharged today. I will bring him here but he will have difficulty to stand... He is fine and will start dancing again in a few days. Everyone has prayed for him and we have the blessings of Mata rani," she said. "At home, the doctor has told him to remain on bed rest for six weeks. So, we will not allow many people because he could get infected. So, he needs to res," she added. Govinda, known for films such as "Love 86", "Swarg", "Dulhe Raja" and "Partner", was injured in the leg on Tuesday after his revolver accidentally went off at his Mumbai residence when he was about to leave for the airport. While the local police have been conducting an investigation, the Mumbai crime branch has also initiated a parallel enquiry into the incident. No complaint has been lodged in the matter so far, police said. Dr Ramesh Agarwal, who tended to the actor after the accident, said the bullet hit him below his left knee and that he had got 8-10 stitches. Govinda, a favourite with audiences for his impeccable comic timing and dancing skills, later issued a statement informing his fans he is doing better. "With the blessings of my fans, my parents and god, I am doing better now. I was hit by a bullet, which has now been removed," the "Hero No 1" actor and a member of the Eknath Shinde-led <keyword id="19905334" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Shiv-Sena" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="Shiv Sena" meta.hostid="153" meta.entityid="Shiv Sena">Shiv Sena</keyword> said in the audio message.

Govinda's revolver accident: Actor to be discharged today, says family

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Australian supermodel Elle Macpherson said she was diagnosed with breast cancer seven years ago.</li><li>Doctors said news reports that she beat cancer using alternative treatments are misleading.</li></ul>Australian supermodel <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/elle-macpherson-says-an-alkaline-diet-has-kept-her-looking-young-heres-why-thats-not-the-case-2016-5">Elle Macpherson</a> revealed that she was diagnosed with breast cancer seven years ago. Doctors said subsequent news reports that she was in remission because of alternative therapies were potentially misleading and dangerous.Macpherson, 60, who is also the founder of wellness company WelleCo, told <a target="_blank" href="https://www.womensweekly.com.au/news/elle-macpherson-now/">The Australian Women's Weekly magazine</a> in an interview published on Monday that she is in remission from breast cancer despite refusing the conventional treatments of <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-preventative-chemotherapy-how-it-works-2024-3">chemotherapy</a>, mastectomy, radiation, and hormonal therapy her doctor suggested.She instead opted for what she described as "an intuitive, heart-led, holistic approach."Macpherson said: "In traditional terms, they'd say I'm in clinical remission, but I would say I'm in utter wellness."News outlets around the world reported that Macpherson overcame cancer with alternative therapies.However, Macpherson told the outlet that she had a lumpectomy, a conventional treatment that removes <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/breast-cancer-risk-screening-age-2023-1">breast cancer </a>along with a small amount of the healthy tissue surrounding it. This led to her 2017 diagnosis of a type of breast cancer known as HER2-positive estrogen-receptive intraductal carcinoma.<h2 id="3cf33fad-0891-45c4-96b5-dd9ce951ecbd">Macpherson's lumpectomy might have treated her breast cancer</h2>A lumpectomy in itself can be an appropriate standard medical treatment for the condition, professor Chris Pyke, a cancer surgeon, breast cancer risk quantification expert, and the director of medical services at the Mater private hospitals in Brisbane, Australia, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/sep/04/elle-macpherson-breast-cancer-treatment-australian-womens-weekly-misinformation-risk">told</a> The Guardian.Pyke added that Macpherson's form of cancer, in many cases, could more accurately be described as a type of non-invasive precancer that, if left untreated, has the potential to turn into invasive cancer, although the chances are low."It's quite possible that just removing that lump all by itself could have been sufficient treatment," Pyke said.Macpherson also said she had a previous cancer scare in 2014 when a lump she found in her breast turned out to be a benign cyst. It prompted her to seek out a naturopath, a type of alternative-medicine practitioner, and to found her wellness brand.Dr. Liz O'Riordan, a breast cancer surgeon and advocate for breast cancer awareness, wrote on X in response to the interview: "The potential dangers of choosing alternative treatment for breast cancer can increase your risk of dying by six times. There is no evidence to prove that any of it works."O'Riordan didn't provide a source for the statistic, but a 2017 study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute found that patients with breast or <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/colorectal-cancer-high-mortality-young-people-signs-symptoms-disease-2024-1">colorectal cancer</a> who had alternative therapies as their initial treatment were five times more likely to die after five years than those who chose conventional medicine."I'd urge women not to assume that because it's worked for her so far, it will work for you," O'Riordan wrote in another post on X.There's also some confusion over the exact meaning of "intraductal," O'Riordan noted <a target="_blank" href="https://x.com/Liz_ORiordan/status/1831268410858123419">on X</a>, as it could refer to "ductal carcinoma in situ," a precancerous form of breast cancer that can't spread and therefore wouldn't warrant chemotherapy. Or "invasive ductal cancer," an invasive form, which is often treated with chemotherapy to prevent recurrence."Without Elle making a comment or her surgeon commenting to explain exactly what type of cancer she has, we don't really know," O'Riordan said.Ceinwen Giles, the CEO of Shine Cancer Support, a charity that supports people who receive a cancer diagnosis in their 20s, 30s, and 40s and who is also in remission, told Business Insider news reports not emphasizing that Macpherson had surgery could be harmful to vulnerable people."There is a lot of stuff out there, particularly on the internet, that I think preys on vulnerable people, and I've been there myself, where you're desperately looking for something that will make you better," she said."I worry with that kind of thing is that people will see it and think, 'oh, well, I'm not going to have any traditional treatments. I'm just going to go down a holistic route because it worked for her,'" Giles said.<div type="image" title="Elle Macpherson" height="2081" width="2775" msid="113069112" hostid="261" sizebytes="303684"></div><h2 id="caa7e7aa-ef87-43cf-8f29-2965f7dc3732">Alternative treatments are not backed by science</h2>Macpherson's holistic treatment involved renting a home in Arizona for eight months, where she was under the care of her primary doctor, who specializes in integrative medicine, an approach that uses both conventional and alternative therapies, as well as naturopath, holistic dentist, osteopath, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/guides/health/are-chiropractors-doctors">chiropractor</a>, and two therapists.She told The Weekly that she devoted "every single minute to healing myself."Complementary therapies, such as yoga, therapy, and herbal medicine, are used by some people with cancer alongside medical treatment as they can help them cope with their symptoms better, the charity <a target="_blank" href="https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/treatment/complementary-alternative-therapies/about/difference-between-therapies">Cancer Research UK</a> says on its website.There are many reasons someone might want to try alternative therapies, the charity said, but there is no scientific or medical evidence to show that they can cure cancer. In fact, they might cause harmful side effects or interfere with medical treatment, it said.Patients are also not informed about the possible risks, survival rates, and side effects as they would be with conventional treatment. "That's my worry with alternative medicine. People are being told that this will save their life, without being told about any of the side effects," O'Riordan told <a target="_blank" href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/conditions/cancer/breast-cancer-chemo-risks/">The Telegraph</a>.The modeling agency that represents Macpherson didn't immediately respond to a request for comment from BI.

News outlets reported Elle Macpherson beat breast cancer with alternative therapies. Doctors say that's misleading and potentially dangerous.

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Hundreds of people wounded in the Al-Ahli Hospital blast were rushed to Gaza's main hospital.</li><li>Overwhelmed doctors performed surgeries on hospital floors, often without anesthesia, per AP.</li></ul>Overwhelmed doctors treating victims of the explosion at the Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza resorted to performing surgery on hospital floors without anesthesia, <a target="_blank" href="https://newsroom.ap.org/detail/GazasdoctorsstruggletosavehospitalblastsurvivorsasMiddleEastragegrows/d9606e0ead1f8c4e9fd00b602ed14a38/text?Query=hospital&amp;mediaType=text&amp;sortBy=arrivaldatetime:desc&amp;dateRange=Anytime&amp;totalCount=318&amp;currentItemNo=3">according to the Associated Press.</a>The blast occurred on Tuesday night, leaving a harrowing scene at the hospital, where hundreds of Palestinians had been taking refuge from Israeli bombardment.After the explosion, about 350 wounded people were rushed to Al-Shifa, the main hospital in Gaza, in ambulances and private vehicles, according to the AP.However, according to Al-Shifa's director, Mohammed Abu Selmia, the hospital was already overwhelmed with wounded patients when the blast victims arrived.Gaza Health Ministry spokesperson Ashraf al-Qidr told the AP that some of the patients arriving at the hospital had suffered severe injuries, with some even missing limbs.Due to the severe shortage of medical supplies and available space, doctors had no option but to perform critical surgeries on hospital floors and in hallways, AP reported.Abu Selmia, the hospital director, stressed the urgent need for essential resources, telling AP, "We need equipment, we need medicine, we need beds, we need anesthesia, we need everything."On Monday, British-Palestinian surgeon Ghassan Abu-Sittah <a target="_blank" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-middle-east-67118471">told BBC News</a> that Al-Shifa Hospital was consuming a month's medical supplies in a single day.He also said there was an "overwhelming" influx of wounded people arriving at the hospital daily, and that an ambulance of new patients seemed to be arriving at the hospital every five minutes, per BBC News.It's unclear <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/hamas-israel-palestine-war-bombing-hospital-un-airstrikes-gaza-2023-10?r=US&amp;IR=T">who was responsible for the devastating hospital blast</a>. Palestinian authorities blamed Israel, and Israel, in turn, blamed a group in Gaza.The Palestinian Health Ministry, which is led by Hamas, accused Israel of targeting the hospital in an airstrike, saying <a target="_blank" href="https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-gaza-hamas-war-biden-rafah-e062825a375d9eb62e95509cab95b80c">it killed at least 500 Palestinians.</a>The Israel Defense Forces <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/idfonline/status/1714364835385823262?s=20">said</a> the blast was caused by a rocket misfired by the Hamas-affiliated Islamic Jihad organization.Though a conclusive answer is yet to be reached, President Joe Biden <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/biden-says-hospital-blast-appears-have-been-done-other-team-2023-10?utm_source=youtube&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=insider-community-tab-link&amp;r=US&amp;IR=T">backed Israel</a> while speaking to reporters in Tel Aviv on Wednesday morning."Based on what I've seen it appears as though it was done by the other team, not you," Biden said to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who was also in attendance, without disclosing any evidence.The strike on the hospital in Gaza came 10 days after Hamas launched surprise terror attacks on Israel.The attacks on southern Israel on October 7 left more than 1,300 Israelis dead, and almost 200 taken hostage.Since Israel launched its counteroffensive, more than 3,300 people have been killed in the Gaza Strip, <a target="_blank" rel=" nofollow" href="https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-gaza-hamas-war-biden-rafah-e062825a375d9eb62e95509cab95b80c">according to Palestinian health authorities.</a>

Overwhelmed doctors treated Gaza hospital blast victims by performing surgery on floors and in hallways, mostly without anesthesia

Why America's hospitals are on life support  

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The US is recovering from a physician shortage and worker numbers remain below pre-pandemic trends.</li><li>Small businesses are seeing labor growth this year, but hospitals still have staffing shortages.</li></ul>The US may be recovering from a <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-primary-care-physician-shortage-solutions-2018-9">physician shortage</a>, but don't expect to spend less time in <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-wealthy-investors-got-rich-looting-needy-hospitals-healthcare-system-2024-3">hospital waiting rooms</a> this year.Healthcare worker numbers are steadily growing but remain below pre-pandemic trends, according to a <a target="_blank" href="https://institute.bankofamerica.com/content/dam/bank-of-america-institute/economic-insights/sector-morsel-healthcare-hiring.pdf">Bank of America report </a>published in April. The bank's data and analysis firm, The Bank of America Institute, based findings on internal workforce data collected between 2019 and 2024.<a target="_blank" href="https://www.bls.gov/ces/">US Bureau of Labor Statistics</a> data shows that the healthcare sector is 1.6% behind on growth based on pre-pandemic projections. Outpatient care centers are 9.4% behind on growth, while the hospital labor force has seen small gains at 0.3%.One of the reasons job growth has been behind, according to the Bank of America report, is that workers in the healthcare sector have also seen "soft wage growth" in recent years. Additionally, the report found many employees are still underpaid because they tend to interact more with clients and work more labor-intensive hours than employees in other industries.Between April 2022 and April 2023 — the most recent available data — the national median time patients spent in the emergency department <a target="_blank" href="https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/dataset/apyc-v239">was 162 minutes</a>, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. In the same period between 2020 and 2021, CMS found that time was 149 minutes.The pandemic worsened an <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/america-has-a-shortage-of-primary-care-doctors-2015-10">already growing</a> problem, as <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/charts-unemployment-labor-market-in-2020-pandemic-2020-12">unemployment rates jumped</a>, more people <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-how-urgent-care-centers-are-treating-covid-19-2020-3">needed urgent medical care</a>, and reports of <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/9-ways-to-overcome-burnout-from-doctor-who-experience-it-2023-7">doctor and nurse burnout</a> skyrocketed. In fact, healthcare workers made up a significant portion of the people leaving their jobs during the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/great-resignation-still-going-layoffs-low-job-openings-quits-high-2022-11">Great Resignation</a>.Ambulatory care — which includes all appointments and treatments that don't require hospital admission — makes up half of all jobs in the healthcare sector, Bank of America found. Hospitals employ just over 30% of healthcare workers while under 20% of employees work at nursing and residential care facilities.<a target="_blank" href="https://data.bls.gov/PDQWeb/ce">Bureau of Labor Statistics</a> data shows that the healthcare sector employed about 10% of total US workers last year, a share of the labor force that has remained consistent for the past decade.This ongoing shortage comes as Americans worry about <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/personal-finance/does-medical-debt-affect-credit-score#:~:text=Medical%20debt%20frequently%20asked%20questions,-Is%20medical%20debt&amp;text=Medical%20debt%20under%20a%20year%20old%20or%20under%20%24500%20should,inaccuracy%20with%20the%20credit%20bureaus.">medical debt</a>, the rising <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/insulin-price-cap-costs-diabetes-supplies-pump-monitor-tiktok-2024-2">price of prescription drugs</a>, and the staggering costs of <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/former-surgeon-general-medical-bill-shows-broken-healthcare-system-2024-2#:~:text=Former%20US%20Surgeon%20General%20Jerome,high%20costs%20and%20no%20transparency.">emergency medical care</a>. Per KFF (formerly known as Kaiser Family Foundation), <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/healthcare-costs-lead-financial-worries-voting-presidential-election-biden-trump-2024-2">three in four </a>US adults say that healthcare is one of their top financial concerns.<h2>Patients will still see labor shortages in ERs and care facilities</h2>Despite labor gains, patients could still experience the impacts of the physician shortage. The US is expected to face a physician shortage of up to 86,000 people by 2036, according to the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.aamc.org/news/press-releases/new-aamc-report-shows-continuing-projected-physician-shortage">American Hospital Association</a>.The Bank of America report found that small businesses, defined as healthcare offices with fewer than 20 employees, are seeing the strongest rebound growth. For patients, this might result in more available appointments with specialists and private practice doctors.Many small businesses hired more full-time healthcare workers instead of temporary contractors in February 2024 compared to February 2023, according to Bank of America.Still, patients will likely still feel the consequences of labor gaps when they visit the hospitals and long-term care facilitates.Longer ER stays, for example, are an indicator that hospitals are "<a target="_blank" href="https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/topics/hospitals/timely-effective-care">understaffed or overcrowded</a>," according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.There has also slower labor recovery at long-term care facilities. This could lead to <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/teacher-shortage-schools-nurses-daycare-costs-inflation-rate-retail-workers-2023-10">longer patient waitlists </a>for residential care.A <a target="_blank" href="https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/chart-collection/what-are-the-recent-trends-health-sector-employment/#Percent%20difference%20in%20February%202024%20health%20employment%20by%20setting,%20actual%20vs.%20projected%20(based%20on%20pre-pandemic%20growth%20rates)">report</a> published in March from the nonprofit Peterson Center on Healthcare and KFF shows that the number of people in skilled nursing jobs, retirement care jobs, and roles that provide care for people with developmental disabilities are still below pre-pandemic levels.<h2>Burnout and low pay mean slow jobs recovery</h2>The Bank of America report suggests that a lack of wage growth could be contributing to doctor and nurse shortages. Healthcare workers have labor-intensive jobs, and low pay could be making it more difficult for hospitals and care facilities to attract employees, the report found.Average wages for healthcare workers have increased overall since the beginning of the pandemic, but KFF said this could be because fewer <a target="_blank" href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8067982/">low-wage</a> workers are employed in industry.A <a target="_blank" href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10266848/">2023 National Institute of Health study</a> found that inadequate pay is the most frequently cited reason employees give for burnout and leaving medicine.Despite the slow gains, the Bank of America's report said it's a good sign that healthcare facilities appear to be hiring more full-time workers in 2024."Our finding that contract payments are easing indicates that firms may be under less pressure from labor shortages," the report said. "This could imply normalizing employment growth ahead."Are you a healthcare worker experiencing burnout? Are you a patient who has experienced long wait times because of hospital staffing shortages? Reach out to this reporter at <a target="_blank" href="mailto:allisonkelly@insider.com">allisonkelly@insider.com</a>.

Hospital wait times will still be bad this year, even with labor gains

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Some US hospitals are demanding payment for non-emergency surgeries up front.</li><li>It comes as hospital systems and corporate entities buy up medical practices nationwide.</li></ul>Getting surgery is getting harder in some American hospital systems.In the past, medical centers have broadly provided procedures first and settled the bill with patients later — something they are legally required to do in emergency cases.Now, in non-emergency cases, some hospitals want to be paid up front before they operate, and customers — ahem, patients — are not thrilled, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.wsj.com/health/healthcare/hospitals-pay-before-treatment-patients-c477e2d6?mod=healthcare_news_article_pos1">The Wall Street Journal</a> reported.A surgical center in Flordia now owned by UnitedHealth, a healthcare insurance giant, told the Journal that billing patients in advance informs them of the expected cost. However, forcing patients to pay in advance also relieves companies from the cost of having to track and bill patients later on.This shift comes as insurers, hospital systems, and private equity firms are <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/big-corporations-unitedhealth-optum-cvs-walgreens-taking-over-healthcare-industry-2024-4">quietly but efficiently buying up medical practices</a> across the country, Business Insider previously reported. Over three-quarters of doctors in America are now employed by a hospital or corporation and, as of January, more medical practices were owned by corporations than hospital systems, according to research from the Physicians Advocacy Institute.Some medical providers fear the corporatization of healthcare could have a detrimental impact on patients. The new "pay-first, cut-later" policies at some medical practices may be an example of that negative impact, forcing people suffering from a medical condition that's severe enough to require surgery to scramble for funds to obtain the procedure.In Tennessee, a hospital system overcharged 59-year-old Blake Young by over $2,500 for a heart scan, Young told the Journal. He had paid up front at the hospital's request and later found out he was charged too much for the service. He wrestled with the hospital for months to secure a refund check."It's not unlimited funds," Young told the Journal, noting he would use the refund for future unexpected medical bills. "They do run out."

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