[ad_1] Private health workers asked the authorities to take measures to avoid layoffs and suspension of contracts, given the clinics’ decision to accept the so-called Employment Protection Law. Also, parliamentarians will send letters and a project to avoid violation of rights in health personnel. In addition to the layoffs in …
Read More »Can i take ibuprofen? Is sodium chloride an effective remedy? Do we need vitamin D? Three things we learned this week from the coronavirus
[ad_1] Everything started with a letter published in the scientific journal The Lancet, in which the authors, led by Michael Roth, researcher at the University of Basel (Switzerland) point out that there are some studies that link an increased risk of severe Covid-19 symptoms among patients with cardiovascular disease and …
Read More »Oral Medicine Clinic of the U. de Chile provides free telecare for emergency diagnoses «Diario y Radio U Chile
[ad_1] Given the limitation of access to specialized dental care at the national level, members of this health center of the Faculty of Dentistry -specially oral pathologists- have made themselves available to their colleagues and doctors who receive emergency care at the health system, in order to collaborate with the …
Read More »Medical care post installed in the parking lot of the regional hospital of Tarapacá
[ad_1] The Iquique Hospital in the Tarapacá Region, installed in the sector of its parking lot, a Specialized Medical Care Post to care for patients with non-respiratory diseases. The place, belonging to the Army, has a waiting room, restrooms, a categorization sector, an infirmary, and 20 clinical units; between care, …
Read More »Coronavirus in the United States BBC News
[ad_1] An image is often worth a thousand words and in Miami right now there are two that almost perfectly reflect the health system of the United States. On the one hand, queues of vehicles in the parking lot of a stadium to be tested for coronavirus; on the other, …
Read More »Altered states: the mental health of medical personnel
[ad_1] Nurse Maritza Seguel has built a successful career at Mutual de Seguridad. For 15 years he has been in charge of the head of the institution’s neurorehabilitation and general surgery surgical medical service, and on April 2 he added one more credential to his CV when he was handed …
Read More »Doctors Trial Anticoagulants to Save Serious Patients With COVID-19
[ad_1] A woman was dying. Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York was about to call the husband and tell him there were no more resources. So Dr. Hooman Poor decided to risk something new. In the frantic search for treatment and making stressful, high-risk decisions, doctors around the world are …
Read More »“Thus with the best health system in the world”: Mayor Carter rebukes Minsal after a new COVID-19 outbreak in a nursing home in Florida
[ad_1] After COVID-19 cases were detected in the “Nuevo Amanecer” senior home in Florida – a “twin” establishment that went through the same situation on April 20 – the municipality commissioned tests of all people in the compound, to quickly ensure the integrity of the residents. However, the mayor of …
Read More »Why drinking alcohol makes you more vulnerable to the coronavirus? WHO responds
[ad_1] The World Health Organization (WHO) Denied the false idea that drinking alcohol is a way to protect yourself from the coronavirus. In a statement, the institution explained the reasons why drinking alcoholic beverages during quarantine is a bad idea. “The WHO reminds people that drinking alcohol does not protect …
Read More »The biochemist who created a respirator with homemade materials to protect healthcare personnel
[ad_1] The message for over a month has been to stay home. The goal is that with this physical isolation, prevent undetected cases of coronaviruses from accelerating transmission. However, there are many people who cannot stop working, mainly health personnel. Along with them, many critical business tellers or workers, etc. …
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