#healthcare-disruption tag

fromwww.aljazeera.com

Gang violence displaces hundreds in Haiti's capital

Residents of the Cite Soleil neighbourhood in Port-au-Prince have taken to the streets to demand government protection after a new surge of gang violence forced hundreds of people to flee their homes over the weekend. Protesters said on Tuesday they had witnessed people being killed in Cite Soleil in recent days. Haitian authorities have yet to release any information on casualties.

France news

Healthcare

fromAxios

1 week ago

Abortion pill rulings cause whiplash and confusion

Abortion access is in turmoil due to legal challenges affecting medication dispensing and political implications for the Trump administration.

Medicine

fromwww.npr.org

4 weeks ago

You can order your own bloodwork now. Interpreting the results is another story

Direct-to-consumer blood testing is growing, allowing consumers to order tests independently, disrupting traditional healthcare paradigms.

UK news

fromwww.independent.co.uk

5 months ago

My hysterectomy was cancelled after water outages in Tunbridge Wells'

A Kent woman's hysterectomy was cancelled after days-long water outages affected hospitals and thousands of customers, leaving residents reliant on water stations and services disrupted.

Public health

fromIndependent

8 months ago

'The nurses became your family' - the lasting impact of the pandemic for cancer patients and treatment rates

A record number of new patients are receiving chemotherapy nationwide, with Covid-related healthcare disruption and delays possibly driving the increase.

#nhs

fromwww.theguardian.com

9 months ago