NEED TO KNOW Nearly 15,000 nurses at 3 major New York City hospitals have gone on strike Nurses say they are striking for higher pay, safe staffing, fully funded benefits and an increase in workplace safety protections PEOPLE has reached out to Montefiore, New York-Presbyterian, and Mount Sinai hospitals for comment An historic strike is…
Hong Kong’s Hospital Authority has said it receives about 5,000 public medical fee waiver applications a day under a recent shake-up, with an average approval rate of around 85 per cent, following complaints from patients about complicated procedures. The authority released the numbers on Saturday, which showed that the approval rate for fee reductions at…
Visits to accident and emergency (A&E) departments at Hong Kong’s public hospitals have dropped by nearly 12 per cent since a new pricing regime took effect, while the number of people benefiting from fee waivers has tripled. The Hospital Authority said on Friday that in the first week after the new fees regime was implemented…
Six patients visiting accident and emergency (A&E) departments at public hospitals in Hong Kong shortly after midnight were spared higher fees despite a new pricing regime taking effect on Thursday, while others said they had no choice but to pay more or opted to see private doctors instead. The revamped pricing regime, which took effect…
Viking Therapeutics (VKTX) stock crashed more than 40% on Tuesday after a phase 2 trial of its weight-loss pill showed a high patient dropout rate. The company stated that most of the adverse treatment-related symptoms were gastrointestinal in nature, and 99% of the adverse events were mild. Over half (58%) of participants taking the drug…
A Palm Coast woman has been arrested for posing as a registered nurse and treating over 4,400 patients without a valid license, according to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies said Autumn Bardisa, 29, was arrested following a seven-month investigation that revealed she had impersonated a licensed nurse at AdventHealth Palm Coast Parkway. Bardisa used…
Hong Kong’s Pok Fu Lam neighbourhood was hit by heavy downpours in the early hours of Tuesday, with rainwater flooding a major thoroughfare and a public hospital, once forcing it to divert patients to other institutions. The Hospital Authority said on Tuesday the severe flooding on some roads within the Queen Mary Hospital compound had…
A doctor who worked full time at the Alliance Medical Group in Hong Kong has said the company’s sudden apparent closure followed months of financial instability, leaving him with unpaid wages of up to HK$800,000 (US$103,190) and causing anxiety for patients over ongoing treatment. The doctor, who spoke to the Post on Saturday on condition…