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Hospitals treat record number of gamblers: Nearly 400 cases of betting addiction were recorded by NHS last year, figures reveal Nearly 400 cases relating to betting addiction were recorded at NHS hospitals But more than 400,000 in England are estimated to have a gambling addiction Campaigning Labour MP Carolyn Harris said gambling wreaks havoc on … Read more
A leading Iranian official has admitted that hospitals in the country could be overwhelmed by the coronavirus after a record 113 deaths and 1,209 new cases were reported in just 24 hours. It was the first time that more than 100 people had died from the virus in a single day in the Islamic nation. … Read more
MIDAS SHARE TIPS: Take a stake in disinfecting our hospitals – you could clean up By Joanne Hart, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 23:47 GMT, 14 March 2020 | Updated: 23:47 GMT, 14 March 2020 Amid growing panic over coronavirus, most companies are working out how to limit the impact on their bottom line. Tristel … Read more
Boris Johnson to evoke Winston Churchill in a plea to private hospitals asking them to free up beds for NHS use to cope with coronavirus Prime Minister will go to private hospital groups asking them to free up beds His request will mirror that of wartime leader Sir Winston Churchill in 1938 This time threat … Read more
America’s hospitals will be overrun with coronavirus patients in just eight days and face months of strain, according to Obama’s former Medicare boss. Andy Slavitt, former Acting Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, issued the dire warning on Twitter on Saturday along with a string of advice for the public, governments and health … Read more
Hospitals in the Italian city of Milan are said to be at full ‘saturation’ as the country’s coronavirus outbreak is predicted to be two weeks away from it’s peak. As millions of Italy’s citizens stay quarantined in their homes to stop the further spread of the virus, COVID-19 still continues to take hold. Italian civil protection … Read more
Fears of a coronavirus outbreak at two NHS hospitals in Buckinghamshire were today raised after a ‘handful’ of patients were tested for the killer infection. A number of patients at Wycombe Hospital and Stoke Mandeville Hospital, both run by Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust, have been diagnosed. Wards have been closed and staff that dealt with the patients have … Read more
Looting thieves steal toilet rolls from a petting farm and sanitiser from hospitals as coronavirus panic sees supermarket shelves stripped bare Heeley City Farm in Sheffield, South Yorkshire reported 80 stolen rolls Chesterfield Royal Hospital said hand sanitisers were disappearing Officials have warned supplies are already low and could put patients at risk One hospital … Read more
Italian hospitals are so ‘overwhelmed’ by coronavirus that strokes and trauma are going untreated and some elderly patients are not even being assessed, a doctor at the centre of the crisis has said. Doctors in Italy have been forced into life-or-death decisions over who should receive intensive care, with authorities desperately trying to find more … Read more
‘Our hospitals are on their knees’: Italian doctor’s dire warning over coronavirus as number of British cases jumps by 45 in a single day The doctor, a leading cancer specialist, said Italian hospitals ‘crowded with sick’ It sparked fears the NHS could also soon become overwhelmed as cases rise Has lowest number of hospital beds … Read more