1,15,000 healthcare workers died due to Covid: WHO chief
3 years, 6 months ago

1,15,000 healthcare workers died due to Covid: WHO chief

India TV News  

Nearly 1,15,000 health and care workers have died due to Covid since the pandemic began last year, the World Health Organisation said on Monday, hailing their sacrifice and asserting the need to protect and invest in healthcare workforce as a matter of urgency. Many feel frustrated, helpless and unprotected, with a lack of access to personal protective equipment and vaccines, and the tools to save lives," said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, at the opening of the WHO's 74th World Health Assembly. "We owe them so much, and yet globally health and care workers often lack the protection, the equipment, the training, the decent pay, the safe working conditions and the respect they deserve. Lauding healthcare workers' efforts, particularly through the pandemic, the WHO chief said: "Today I ask you not for a moment's silence, but to make the loudest noise you can.

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Why so many healthcare workers are walking off the job
1 year, 1 month ago

Why so many healthcare workers are walking off the job

BBC  

Why so many healthcare workers are walking off the job Kaiser Permanente workers on strike Hospital workers and pharmacists at companies including Kaiser Permanente and Walgreens are organising, demanding better conditions to help with pay, under-staffing and patient care. "In my time, this is the largest wave of healthcare strikes I've seen," says Ingrid Nembhard, professor of healthcare management at …

Opinion: Biden is ending COVID emergency declarations. But the healthcare worker crisis continues
1 year, 10 months ago

Opinion: Biden is ending COVID emergency declarations. But the healthcare worker crisis continues

LA Times  

Healthcare workers huddle in the COVID-19 unit at Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego on Jan. 19, 2022. The pandemic has exacerbated many chronic challenges for the U.S. health system, including the shortage, burnout and inequitable distribution of healthcare workers. Many experienced healthcare workers are leaving this sector or retiring, a trend expected of an aging workforce but enhanced by …

End of Covid-19 pandemic is in sight, WHO director-general says, ‘so let’s seize this opportunity’
2 years, 3 months ago

End of Covid-19 pandemic is in sight, WHO director-general says, ‘so let’s seize this opportunity’

CNN  

CNN — The world has never been in a better position to end the Covid-19 pandemic, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization, said in a news briefing in Geneva on Wednesday. “Last week, the number of weekly reported deaths from Covid-19 was the lowest since March 2020,” he said. Now is the time to run harder and …

Hundreds of healthcare workers with Long Covid lose their jobs, union says
2 years, 8 months ago

Hundreds of healthcare workers with Long Covid lose their jobs, union says

Dutch News  

Several hundred healthcare workers have lost their jobs because they suffer from Long Covid and have been off work sick for two years, the FNV trade union federation said on Friday. The figures come from a union survey of 518 healthcare workers who have been hit by Long Covid. And as thanks for doing a heroic task, they have been …

Hundreds of healthcare workers with Long Covid lose their jobs, union says
2 years, 8 months ago

Hundreds of healthcare workers with Long Covid lose their jobs, union says

Dutch News  

Several hundred healthcare workers have lost their jobs because they suffer from Long Covid and have been off work sick for two years, the FNV trade union federation said on Friday. The figures come from a union survey of 518 healthcare workers who have been hit by Long Covid. And as thanks for doing a heroic task, they have been …

500 care workers face redundancy after developing Long Covid
2 years, 11 months ago

500 care workers face redundancy after developing Long Covid

Dutch News  

Over 500 healthcare workers face losing their jobs because they are suffering from Long Covid and have been on sick pay for the regulation two years, according to the FNV trade union federation. The public health institute RIVM estimates 238,000 healthcare workers caught coronavirus and, the FNV says, most of the Long Covid reports they have had come from people …

500 care workers face redundancy after developing Long Covid
2 years, 11 months ago

500 care workers face redundancy after developing Long Covid

Dutch News  

Over 500 healthcare workers face losing their jobs because they are suffering from Long Covid and have been on sick pay for the regulation two years, according to the FNV trade union federation. The public health institute RIVM estimates 238,000 healthcare workers caught coronavirus and, the FNV says, most of the Long Covid reports they have had come from people …

Nearly 10,000 more people have died than usual since July from non-Covid illnesses
3 years, 1 month ago

Nearly 10,000 more people have died than usual since July from non-Covid illnesses

Daily Mail  

Almost 10,000 extra people have died from non-Covid illnesses in England and Wales than would be expected since summer, according to official figures. Some 1.6million more Britons were waiting for elective surgery — such as hip and keen operations — at the end of September compared to the start of the pandemic NHS boss Amanda Pritchard reveals health service is …

WHO says COVID may have killed 180,000 health workers
3 years, 2 months ago

WHO says COVID may have killed 180,000 health workers

Al Jazeera  

UN agency steps up calls for governments to do more to protect and support workers as the pandemic continues to grow. The World Health Organisation has estimated between 80,000 and 180,000 healthcare workers have died worldwide due to COVID-19, warning of the danger of burnout, anxiety and fatigue as the virus continues to spread around the world. Healthcare workers have …

A COVID Surge Is Overwhelming U.S. Hospitals, Raising Fears Of Rationed Care
3 years, 3 months ago

A COVID Surge Is Overwhelming U.S. Hospitals, Raising Fears Of Rationed Care

NPR  

A COVID Surge Is Overwhelming U.S. Hospitals, Raising Fears Of Rationed Care Enlarge this image toggle caption Kyle Green/AP Kyle Green/AP The U.S. health care system is again buckling under the weight of a COVID-19 surge that has filled more than 100,000 hospital beds nationwide and forced some states to consider enacting "crisis standards of care" — a last resort …

‘Worse than war’: Health workers on a year of the pandemic
3 years, 9 months ago

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Al Jazeera  

In the year since the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak a global pandemic, doctors, nurses and medical staff have been at the forefront of the battle against COVID-19. As South Africa’s first wave took hold, she was among the staff on the COVID-19 ward at New Somerset Hospital in Cape Town. Dr Vojtech Weiss, Czech Republic Cardiologist Vojtech …

'A Loss To The Whole Society': U.S. COVID-19 Death Toll Reaches 500,000
3 years, 10 months ago

'A Loss To The Whole Society': U.S. COVID-19 Death Toll Reaches 500,000

NPR  

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Health Care Workers Try To Bring COVID-19 Patients Joy, Less Isolation As Life Ends
3 years, 11 months ago

Health Care Workers Try To Bring COVID-19 Patients Joy, Less Isolation As Life Ends

NPR  

Health Care Workers Try To Bring COVID-19 Patients Joy, Less Isolation As Life Ends Enlarge this image toggle caption Nick Mott for NPR Nick Mott for NPR When the coronavirus hit the U.S., hospitals issued strict limitations on visitors. Enlarge this image toggle caption Nick Mott for NPR Nick Mott for NPR Respiratory therapist Mary Graham says all 265 health …

Demoralized health workers struggle as coronavirus numbers surge
4 years ago

Demoralized health workers struggle as coronavirus numbers surge

LA Times  

Doctors and nurses around the U.S. are becoming exhausted and demoralized as they struggle to cope with a record-breaking surge of COVID-19 patients that is overwhelming hospitals and prompting governors to clamp back down to contain the virus. “We’re constantly looking for beds,” said Cassie Ban, an intensive care nurse at Indiana University Health. Dr. Lew Kaplan, a critical care …

Covid-19 has already exhausted the US. And it’s only the start of a dark and deadly winter
4 years ago

Covid-19 has already exhausted the US. And it’s only the start of a dark and deadly winter

CNN  

CNN — For weeks, experts have warned Americans in increasingly dire terms that this winter will be one of the darkest periods in the nation’s public health history. “I think we’re past the breaking point,” said Dr. Adolphe Edward, CEO of El Centro Regional Medical Center in Southern California. “The staff is here, but they’re broken.” Edward’s hospital on Thursday …

Trump is wrong: Doctors are not profiting from Covid. We are being consumed by it (opinion)
4 years, 1 month ago

Trump is wrong: Doctors are not profiting from Covid. We are being consumed by it (opinion)

CNN  

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Covid nurse death toll now as high as the number of nurses who died during World War One
4 years, 1 month ago

Covid nurse death toll now as high as the number of nurses who died during World War One

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy As many nurses have now died from coronavirus than were killed …

More than 200,000 people have died of COVID-19 in the U.S.
4 years, 3 months ago

More than 200,000 people have died of COVID-19 in the U.S.

LA Times  

Nurses and healthcare workers light candles in an April demonstration at a New York hospital, mourning colleagues who have died of COVID-19. COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. surpassed 200,000 on Tuesday, as outbreaks of the disease flare in little-touched parts of the country and authorities brace for a rising caseload with the onset of autumn. The pandemic’s relentless progression has …

'Govt Doesn't Know? We Will Tell Them': Medical Fraternity Fumes as Young Doctors Succumb to Covid
4 years, 3 months ago

'Govt Doesn't Know? We Will Tell Them': Medical Fraternity Fumes as Young Doctors Succumb to Covid

News 18  

“The government does not know? We will give a list to them,” said Dr Amarinder Singh Malhi, resident doctor of Delhi’s AIIMS, when News18 spoke with him, asking him about the government informing Parliament about the death of a total of 155 healthcare workers and their kin seeking compensation under the Prime Minister’s Garib Kalyan package. The country’s largest body …

IMA Releases List of 382 Doctors Who Died of Covid-19, Urges Govt to 'Treat Them as Martyrs'
4 years, 3 months ago

IMA Releases List of 382 Doctors Who Died of Covid-19, Urges Govt to 'Treat Them as Martyrs'

News 18  

Taking exception to Health Minister Harsh Vardhan not mentioning the death of healthcare workers due to Covid-19 in his statement in Parliament, the Indian Medical Association on Wednesday published a list of 382 doctors who died of the viral disease and demanded they be treated as “martyrs”. On MoS Health Ashwini Kumar Choubey’s statement that public health and hospitals come …

155 Healthcare Staff, Including 64 Doctors, Died Due to Covid-19 as on Sept 11, Says Govt
4 years, 3 months ago

155 Healthcare Staff, Including 64 Doctors, Died Due to Covid-19 as on Sept 11, Says Govt

News 18  

As many as 155 healthcare staff, including 64 doctors, have died due to coronavirus, according to ’Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package Insurance Scheme for Health Workers Fighting Covid-19’ which provides relief in case of death of such workers, Parliament was told on Tuesday. Minister of State for Health Ashwini Choubey was responding to a question on the number of healthcare …

Around 7,000 healthcare workers have died due to COVID-19 worldwide: Amnesty International
4 years, 3 months ago

Around 7,000 healthcare workers have died due to COVID-19 worldwide: Amnesty International

Firstpost  

At least 1,320 health workers have died in Mexico, 1,077 deaths in the US, 649 in the UK, 634 in Brazil, 631 in Russia and 573 have died in India. At least 7,000 health workers worldwide have died after being infected with the coronavirus, including more than 1,300 in Mexico alone, the most for any country, Amnesty International said Thursday. …

Mexico Has World's Most Health Worker Deaths From Pandemic, Finds Amnesty International
4 years, 3 months ago

Mexico Has World's Most Health Worker Deaths From Pandemic, Finds Amnesty International

News 18  

MEXICO CITY: More health workers have died from the coronavirus in Mexico than any other country on the planet, Amnesty International said on Thursday, highlighting the high toll the pandemic was taking on frontline medical staff around the globe. At least 7,000 health workers around the world have died after becoming infected with the coronavirus, including 1,320 in Mexico, Amnesty …

Lives Cut Short: Remembering Health Care Workers In Their 20s Killed By COVID-19
4 years, 4 months ago

Lives Cut Short: Remembering Health Care Workers In Their 20s Killed By COVID-19

NPR  

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Over 900 health care workers have died from coronavirus. A new database tells their stories
4 years, 4 months ago

Over 900 health care workers have died from coronavirus. A new database tells their stories

CNN  

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Healthcare workers make up more than 15 per cent of Victoria's new coronavirus cases
4 years, 4 months ago

Healthcare workers make up more than 15 per cent of Victoria's new coronavirus cases

ABC  

More than 15 per cent of new COVID-19 cases in Victoria are among healthcare workers and some doctors are sounding the alarm, saying the number is far too high. Key points: Healthcare workers make up more than 1,000 of Victoria's active cases Premier Daniel Andrews has promised to release details on how healthcare workers have acquired the disease Doctors fear …

Pandemic taking a toll on mental health of hospital workers
4 years, 5 months ago

Pandemic taking a toll on mental health of hospital workers

Associated Press  

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