Tag: patients
The Montfavet unit for difficult patients, “at the end of the psychiatric funnel”
In the difficult patient unit (UMD) of the Montfavet-Avignon psychiatric hospital. Accompanied by nurses, patients go to places of activities. ARNOLD JEROCKI / DIVERGENCE FOR “THE WORLD” Reportage. “I killed…
“It is urgent to include in law the right to visit hospitalized patients”
Tribune. Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, drastic visitation restrictions have been imposed in many health establishments, resulting in unprecedented isolation of patients, including at the end of their…
Health insurance: More treatments for pregnant women and cancer patients
Health insurances Pregnancy care, freezing eggs: 4 things that the health insurance fund will now take care of © ESB Professional / Shutterstock From July 1st, the statutory health insurances…
Scandal in Austria: Doctors amputate patients on the wrong leg
The wrong leg of an 82-year-old patient was amputated in a hospital in Austria. The Klinikum Freistadt announced on Thursday that the man’s left leg should have been removed. Shortly…
“We must stop the inequalities in the treatment of patients with tuberous sclerosis of Bourneville”
Tribune. A few days ago, my son, Florentin [Damaisin], 27 years old, passed away following a rare genetic disease: Tuberous Sclerosis of Bourneville (TBS). This disease affects around eight thousand…
the number of patients in intensive care continues to drop in France
The number of Covid-19 patients in intensive care services continued to decrease, Friday, April 30, for the fourth day in a row, to less than 5,700 people, according to figures…
the number of hospitalized and intensive care patients decreases again
The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalized in intensive care continued its slow decline that began a few days ago, Thursday April 29, to around 5,800 people, according to figures from…
a fire in a care unit for Covid-19 patients kills at least twenty-three
A tragedy is added to the tragedy: a fire killed at least 23 people on the night of Saturday 24 to Sunday 25 April, in an intensive care unit for…
hospital fire kills thirteen Covid-19 patients
Thirteen Covid-19 patients died on Friday morning, April 23, in a fire in a hospital in the suburbs of Bombay, a firefighter official reported to Agence France-Presse (AFP). The country…
Supply bottlenecks in clinics also affect non-corona patients
“Many have to prioritize” Supply bottlenecks in clinics now also affect non-corona patients Due to the tense situation in hospitals, many non-corona patients have to wait longer for operations and…
at Lyon Sud hospital, surgeons deprogram their patients in pain
By Camille Stromboni Posted today at 04:49, updated at 04:55 Reserved for our subscribers ReportageTo open new resuscitation beds, French hospitals are forced to close operating theaters. In Lyon Sud,…
the number of patients in intensive care down slightly in France
A 50-year-old patient hospitalized in the intensive care unit of Bichat hospital in Paris at the beginning of April. JULIE BALAGUÉ FOR “THE WORLD” Is this the start of a…