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An ambulance is parked outside Portcullis House, backdropped by the Elizabeth Tower, commonly known as Big Ben, in London, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022.

‘Winter of discontent’ for UK as nurses begin strike action

Jobs

Across the United Kingdom this month, up to 100,000 nurses are predicted to take part in a series of strikes over pay and conditions. The British government has so far refused to budge, which nurses warn ultimately puts patients at risk.

Three women health care workers in uniform, wearing headscarves and masks, stand and listen among a crowd of medical workers.

‘Sometimes I feel like I betrayed my country’: Lebanon’s doctors are leaving in droves

Business, Economics and Jobs
Two people stand outside a window peering inside a facility.

Isolation may be a greater risk than COVID-19 for residents of Canada’s nursing homes

COVID-19
A younger woman looks at an older woman behind glass at The Glass Garden House at the Claris nursing home.

Netherlands nursing home builds ‘glass cabin’ where families can safely connect

COVID-19
Three nurses are shown wearing white coats and hair coverings and walking in a hospital hallway.

2020: The year of the nurse and midwife

Health & Medicine
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Japan eases immigration restrictions to fill chronic care worker shortage

Immigration

Who will care for Japan’s elderly? The government is now welcoming foreign workers to fill the labor gap, but some say racism and discrimination are major obstacles in Japanese society.

Susan Sorrenti, an ICU nurse at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, nearly died from SARS back in 2003. She says she feels empathy for the nurses in Texas who contracted Ebola from treating a sick patient.

The US Ebola cases remind Toronto healthcare workers of their SARS outbreak in 2003

Health

In 2003, when SARS broke out in Toronto, many doctors and nurses got sick and died from the disease. “I think we lost control of it in Canada,” says one Canadian nurse. “We should learn from that moment and be prepared.”

Why businesses hate English-only laws

Business, Economics and Jobs

Tennessee recently passed a law that allows businesses to ban languages other than English in the workplace. Many businesses and employees hate it.

Health care bill impact on elder care

Global Politics

Long term care provision for sick or aging family members currently included in health care bill may not stay in.

Home Health Care Workers and the Business of Compassion

Working as caregiver is a never ending job. It comes without pay or recognition and can feel extremely isolating. When the care a patient requires becomes too great, families often call in help from nurses and home health aides who become a in integral part of the support system. That’s the case for Margaret “Peggy” […]

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