Tag: Hospitals
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Israel leaves a trail of destruction after dayslong siege at one of Gaza’s last hospitals
Israeli forces withdrew from Kamal Adwan hospital in the city of Beit Lahia on Saturday after a dayslong siege, leaving a trail of destruction inside one the area’s last medical lifelines, with overnight strikes on the city killing at least 30 people, local authorities said. Troops stormed the hospital last week as the IDF continued…
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Drone strike launched from Lebanon towards Netanyahu’s house; Gaza hospitals under attack
Share IDF says 55 projectiles launched from Lebanon into Israel this morning At least 55 projectiles were launched from Lebanon into Israel in the sapce of an hour on Saturday morning, according to the Israeli military. Sirens had begun to sound across Israel ahead of the latest wave of missiles, including in the port city…
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Long before Helene, IV fluid shortages plagued hospitals
Years before Hurricane Helene shut down a critical intravenous fluid facility in North Carolina, sparking concerns in hospitals across the country, many common IV fluids were already in short supply in the U.S. Saline solution, a mixture of sodium chloride and water, has been in shortage since 2018, according to the Food and Drug Administration’s…
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Patients scramble for treatments as hospitals conserve IV fluids after storms
Yvonne Hemz was scheduled to have a cancerous tumor removed from her kidney Tuesday. On Sunday, however, Hemze, 52, of Farmington, Minnesota, got a call from the hospital, Abbott Northwestern, telling her that her surgery had been canceled. The hospital was getting reduced shipments of intravenous fluids, essential for patients during surgeries, after Hurricane Helene…
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IV fluid supply crunch forcing hospitals to postpone elective surgeries
A limited supply of IV fluid, stemming from damage caused by Hurricane Helene, is forcing some hospitals across the U.S. to postpone elective surgeries and other nonemergency procedures to safeguard their stock. Catastrophic flooding from Helene struck a facility owned by the nation’s largest IV fluid manufacturer, Baxter International, in North Carolina, leading to its…
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How hospitals in Milton’s path are preparing for the hurricane
As Hurricane Milton bears down on Florida, the staff at Sarasota Memorial Hospital are getting ready. The facility, located in Sarasota, about an hour south of Tampa, is in the path of the hurricane but isn’t evacuating because it’s both the largest and the safest hospital in the area. “We’re probably on the highest ground…
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Field hospitals set up to treat North Carolina storm victims sit mostly empty
BOONE, N.C. — Health care companies and nonprofit organizations have erected fully equipped field hospitals in North Carolina, in a pre-emptive attempt to treat residents injured by Hurricane Helene. But few patients had shown up Friday at the hospital set up in a large, white tent by Samaritan’s Purse, an aid organization founded by Christian…
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North Carolina hospitals search for missing employees days after Helene
In the days leading up to Hurricane Helene, Dr. Lisa Kaufmann worked around the clock to make sure her North Carolina hospital system was as prepared as possible, stockpiling supplies like water, food, medication and equipment. But nearly a week after the storm’s ferocious flood waters destroyed so much of the western part of the…
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Hospitals take steps to conserve IV fluid supply after Helene strikes critical factory
Hard to fill the gap In a statement published online Thursday, Baxter said it doesn’t yet have a timeline for when operations will be back up and running. A part of the problem, the company said, is that bridges to its site were damaged in the storm, limiting transport in and out. The Department of…