As is all-too-well known, the National Health Service is suffering from a number of comorbidities after some years of unprecedented pressures and neglect – and most of them are quite serious. The Covid pandemic is the most obvious contributory factor to long waiting times and patient frustrations, but the new health and social care secretary, Wes Streeting, has made it …
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The quality of healthcare is under pressure, which is why politicians must quickly make difficult choices and set priorities. According to the council, the costs of care could almost triple in the next 40 years. The Council believes that there must be a a "collective core" of care that should continue no matter what: long-term care for the elderly, youth …
India is one of the worst affected country by the Covid-19 Pandemic and cases are rising significantly in the second wave, with an exceptionally higher mortality rate than the first wave. She at one point was struggling to get one oxygen concentrator and seeing the gravity and severity of the situation, she decided to help people out so that they …
