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14 hours ago ago from News
The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority: The spokesperson of Castle Peak Hospital (CPH) made the following announcement today (March 19): Five patients (aged from 71 to 79) in a male psychogeriatric ward of CPH have presented with respiratory symptoms since March 14. Appropriate tests were arranged for the patients. All the test results were positive for human Metapneumovirus. The patients are being treated under ...
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3 hours ago ago from Monkey travels: in Hanoi & beyond
Having spent the better part of the last year on monthly preggo visits to the doctor, I am most thankful for my medical insurance. But it seems to me that the private clinics here must have their fingers in some dodgy insurance scams as they are mega expensive just to visit, like $US70 for a check up, no medication or nothing. Should you be unlucky enough to get food poisoning whilst here – and we’ve all been there – a few hours on one of ...
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14 hours ago ago from Life360 Now
In the Doctor and Patient column, Dr. Pauline W. Chen asked: when is the worst time to be a patient in the hospital? While people can't often control when or why they need to be seen, there does exist a certain cut off point when patient safety is compromised at a hospital. But how do you identify it? Analyzing the records of almost 40 hospitals and nearly 175,000 patients, researchers at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor found ...
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9 hours ago ago from Mental Health Association of Portland
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2 hours ago ago from Left to chance
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Illinois High Court: Nonprofit Hospital Can Be Taxed
3 hours ago ago from Wall Street Journal
An Illinois Catholic medical center isn't a charitable enterprise and must pay property taxes, the state's highest court ruled Thursday in a case that has been closely watched by hospitals nationwide. The Illinois Supreme Court ruled 3-2 that the state was correct when it decided in 2002 that the charity care provided by Provena Covenant Medical Center in Urbana was too paltry to permit the nonprofit to qualify for a tax exemption. The ...
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4 hours ago ago from The New York Times
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7 hours ago ago from U.S. News
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