#Bangladeshi floating hospital treats flood-ravaged community

#Bangladeshi floating hospital treats flood-ravaged community

“#Bangladeshi floating hospital treats flood-ravaged community” DHAKA, Bangladesh — In late July, volunteers from a Bangladeshi charity started getting calls seeking support from people from the country’s vast coastal region that had been flooded for months during this year’s monsoon. As the floodwaters started receding, the Bidyanondo Foundation quickly decided to hire a tourist boat…

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#Nurse claims doctor infected her with COVID-19 on purpose

#Nurse claims doctor infected her with COVID-19 on purpose

“#Nurse claims doctor infected her with COVID-19 on purpose” A Florida nurse has claimed a doctor intentionally infected her with COVID-19 after she complained about the lack of personal protective equipment in the office. Venise Jean-Baptiste has filed a lawsuit alleging that her boss, Dr. Joseph Piperato, denied her PPE and showed up to work…

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#Surgeon known for first US hand transplant dies at 92

#Surgeon known for first US hand transplant dies at 92

“#Surgeon known for first US hand transplant dies at 92” LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Joseph Kutz, a hand surgeon who helped perform the first hand transplant in the United States, has died. He was 92. Kutz died Saturday, according to a post on Facebook by The Kleinert Kutz Hand Care Center, a medical facility Kutz co-founded…

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#Lockdowns do more harm than good

#Lockdowns do more harm than good

“#Lockdowns do more harm than good” On Oct. 4, 2020, three preeminent experts — Dr. Martin Kulldorff, professor of medicine at Harvard University; Dr. Sunetra Gupta, an epidemiologist at Oxford University; and Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a physician and epidemiologist at Stanford University — delivered the following declaration, calling for a different approach to dealing with…

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#Cities declare racism a health crisis, but some doubt impact

#Cities declare racism a health crisis, but some doubt impact

“#Cities declare racism a health crisis, but some doubt impact” CHICAGO — Christy DeGallerie noticed a startling trend in her online group for coronavirus survivors: White patients got medications she’d never heard of, were offered X-rays and their doctors listened to their concerns. That wasn’t her experience. When the 29-year-old Black woman sought a COVID-19…

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