In recent years, the United States has faced a shortage of primary care physicians, also called family doctors. This issue has far-reaching consequences for the health care system, and the shortage is expected to become more severe in the coming years. The American Medical Association projects that by 2034, we’ll have a shortage of between…
Family Doctor Shortage: 2 Main Factors, and What You Can Do
February 24, 2023
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Police: Man Assaulted Iowa Hospital Patients Before He Died
OTTUMWA, Iowa—A male nurse practitioner who died of a drug overdose at a private hospital in Iowa sexually assaulted at least nine female patients while they were sedated or unconscious, hospital and police officials said. The assaults at the Ottumwa Regional Health Center were discovered during investigations into the death of 27-year-old Devin Michael Caraccio,…
Saskatchewan to Send Patients to Alberta for Privatized Surgery; Won’t Pay for Travel
Saskatchewan plans to send people to Alberta to get privatized surgeries, but the cost of travel won’t be covered by the government. Health Minister Paul Merriman said the Saskatchewan Party government will begin paying a Calgary clinic this fall to perform 20 knee and hip surgeries a month for those on the province’s surgical wait…
Why Our Health System Treats Canadians Poorly
Commentary Former B.C. deputy minister of health Lawrie McFarlane’s July 24 commentary on the “Cambie Surgery Centre ruling” (a descriptive that ignores two cancer patients and three children who were co-plaintiffs) contained some valid commentary. The crisis we now face in our health system is there for all to see and observe. Notably, McFarlane offers…
John Robson: Pumping More Money Into Canada’s Health-Care System Won’t Fix It
Commentary Can I really be writing about health-care reform again? It’s a First World problem to fear filing the same column twice, because some important aspect of a situation becomes timely and you forget you already said it. I once did it by accident, and the worst part is only one other person noticed. But…
Why California’s Medical Board Is Lenient With Doctors’ Misconduct | Marian Hollingsworth
Patient advocates in California are concerned that the medical board is lenient toward doctors’ misconduct. My guest is Marian Hollingsworth, a patient advocate. She explains the role of the medical board in protecting patients and why the board should do more. Follow Epoch TV on social media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/EpochTVus Twitter: twitter.com/EpochTVus Rumble: rumble.com/c/EpochTV Gettr: gettr.com/user/epochtv…
Live Q&A: CDC May Limit J&J Vaccine Over Complications; Hospitals Get Incentives on COVID-19 Treatments
December 16, 2021
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is considering whether it should stop the use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine over cases of it causing blood clots, which have been seen more in young and middle-aged women. The Washington Post reports that “the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices will be presented with…
Fire in Indian Hospital COVID-19 Ward Kills 11 Patients
NEW DELHI—Eleven patients died Saturday after a fire broke out in a hospital’s COVID-19 ward in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, police said. There were 17 patients in the ward in the city of Ahmednagar where the fire started, said police Inspector Jyoti Karkade. The remaining six patients are in stable condition, she added….
Las Vegas ER Nurse Cares for Patients on Her Days Off by Brushing and Braiding Their Hair
A Las Vegas nurse has been going above and beyond the call of duty to care for her sick patients like they were her own family by braiding and brushing their hair during her off days from the emergency room (ER). “Life is hard,” Brooke Johns, a nurse with Southern Hills Hospital told The Epoch…
Ontario Patients to Be Ranked for Life Saving Care Should ICUs Become Full
Hospitals in Ontario have received a much-anticipated document that lays out the criteria to be used if intensive care units fill up and medical resources are scarce. According to the document, titled “Adult Critical Care Clinical Emergency Standard of Care for Major Surge” and prepared by the province’s critical care COVID-19 command centre-patients will be…
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