The French director Claire Simon’s profoundly humane documentary focuses on patients in the gynecology ward of a Paris hospital.
Category: Hospitals
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Tornado Rips Through N.C. Site, Threatening Pfizer’s Drug Supplies
Extensive damage occurred at the company’s property in Rocky Mount, and many products used by hospitals appeared to have been affected. This could further exacerbate shortages.
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Coping With Crohn’s Disease, With the Help of Rachael Ray
The stars of the Food Network help a teenage patient make it through the long days in the hospital with no solid food.
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It’s Never Too Late to Become a Nurse
During the pandemic, Joanna Patchett spent 18 harrowing months in the intensive care unit. She discovered that medicine isn’t just about science — it’s also about heart.
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‘Take Care of Maya’ Review: A Chronicle of a Family’s Pain
In this Netflix documentary about a young girl who was held in a hospital and barred from seeing her family, we hear their side of the story.
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Allina Health Pauses Policy of Cutting Off Care for Patients in Debt
Allina Health, a large health system in the Midwest, had withheld care for patients who had $4,500 in medical bills.
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Allina Health System in Minnesota Cuts Off Patients With Medical Debt
Doctors at the Allina Health System, a wealthy nonprofit in the Midwest, aren’t allowed to see poor patients or children with too many unpaid medical bills.
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Unions Accuse UPMC of Wielding Market Power Against Workers
A coalition of unions has filed an antitrust complaint with the Justice Department, accusing the Pennsylvania hospital system of suppressing wages and worsening working conditions.
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‘De Humani Corporis Fabrica’ Review: Showing What We’re Made Of
This eye-opening film from Verena Paravel and Lucien Castaing-Taylor immerses us in the landscapes and textures of the human body, as encountered in French hospitals.
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Hospitals Are Increasingly Crowded With Kids Who Tried to Harm Themselves, Study Finds
The New York Times – Business:Hospitalizations for pediatric suicidal behavior increased by 163 percent over an 11-year period, an analysis of millions of hospital admissions in the United States found.
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These Devices Sickened Hundreds. The New Models Have Risks, Too.
The New York Times – Business:Duodenoscopes — tubular cameras threaded into the intestine — with disposable parts were supposed to be safer. But the parts can fall off in the body, the F.D.A. warned.
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Rising Rate of Drug Shortages Is Framed as a National Security Threat
The New York Times – Business:A Senate homeland security committee examined growing health care shortages amid reports of rationing within hospitals.