カテゴリー: Hospitals
Modi’s Ayushman Bharat scheme put hospital treatment within reach of tens of millions of Indians for the first time. But the government’s unpaid bills may derail the reformsWhen the world’s biggest healthcare scheme works, it allows tens of thousands o…
With no intensive care available in remote areas, many patients died on their way to city hospitals. Now rural medics are using tele-ICU systems to save lives• Photographs by Elke Scholiers for the GuardianWhenever an ambulance arrived with a criticall…
Keith Davis, a passenger on the deadly Singapore Airlines flight SQ321 which was hit by severe turbulence, says he has been left ‘totally in limbo’ by the airline while his wife is treated for severe injuries in Thailand. ‘She’s in ICU, needs a mediva…
The portable unit, comprising mini cubes of medical equipment, enables surgeons to be operating within an hour, designers claimIndia has designed and built a “flatpack” field hospital that can be flown to a disaster area by helicopter and assembled fas…
Questions raised about sudden death in Birmingham after Canada links India to murder in British ColumbiaThe family of Avtar Singh Khanda, the 35-year-old Sikh activist who died in a Birmingham hospital after a short illness this summer, is seeking a fo…
In India’s most progressive state, food for hospital patients and visitors feeds the hungry and helps create an ‘ethos of equality’It’s a cliche that food cooked with love is the best, but in Kerala thousands of women have proved that cooking with a se…
People trapped in a Beijing hospital apparently tied bedsheets together and escaped by climbing out of windows, as seen in videos circulating on social media.The fire at Changfeng hospital has killed at least 29 people and forced dozens to evacuate. Tw…
A struggling healthcare system and inflated prices mean hospital treatment can result in a lifetime of debt for manyCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAnil Goel remembers the night in May when he received a call from his desper…
Tributes paid to doctor whose NGO set up world-class hospitals in war zones such as Iraq, Yemen and SudanTributes have been paid to Gino Strada, the Italian surgeon and “maestro of humanity” known for setting up world-class hospitals for the victims of…
The ‘blood man’ of conflict-racked Kashmir has donated 174 pints of blood since 1980 but feels ‘crushed’ by his poverty Shabir Hussain Khan was taking an afternoon nap when he heard a commotion outside his house. A friend had been injured in a football…
Doctors say ‘absurd’ move, made as second wave surges, is unfair on non-Covid patients Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage Doctors have expressed fears for patients after the government ordered that the majority of the beds in …
Patients are looking for cure as healthcare system is on brink of collapse, say doctors Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAs coronavirus chaos has enveloped Pakistan, with hospitals overflowing, doctors dying and infections es…
Fearful hotel workers asked to take on role of hospital support staff as cases in Delhi riseCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageStaff at luxury hotels in Delhi are to start welcoming guests not with traditional garlands but with…
As India’s pandemic continues, in some areas the healthcare system is close to collapseCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageIn Mumbai’s Sion hospital emergency ward there are two people to a bed. Patients, many with coronavirus s…
Lack of equipment, dysfunctional government and conflicting messages are impeding country’s efforts against virusCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageDoctors in Pakistan have warned of “deplorable” conditions on the frontlines of…