Etiket: patients
More than a thousand patients a year receive an ‘unnecessary’ defibrillator: Zorginstituut sounds the alarm | Healthy
More than a thousand heart patients a year receive an internal defibrillator (ICD) while it is questionable whether they need it. The device does not always help to prevent death,…
Amber wants to improve not only patients, but the entire healthcare system
Amsterdam’s Amber Boot wears her doctor’s coat with pride. But that doesn’t mean she doesn’t question the way doctors provide care. Because it can always be better. In fact, it…
Hospital patients extra sick due to resistant bacteria
Hospital patients who carry antibiotic-resistant bacteria unnoticed have an average 14 percent chance of developing an infection within a month of admission that is barely combatable. This is what Amsterdam…
Influencer Koen Kardashian has sniffed his nose: doctors notice an increase in the number of patients
A collapsed bridge of the nose or even a completely lost nasal cavity by sniffing: Dutch hospitals are signaling an increase in medical nasal problems as a result of cocaine…
Influencer Koen Kardashian has sniffed his nose: doctors notice an increase in the number of patients
A collapsed bridge of the nose or even a completely lost nasal cavity by sniffing: Dutch hospitals are signaling an increase in medical nasal problems as a result of cocaine…
Extra beds and privacy for heart patients Treant in Emmen
From January 16, patients with acute heart complaints in the Treant hospital in Emmen will have more comfort. The First Heart Aid and Heart Monitoring Department has been renewed. More…
Covid, collapsing hospitals in Shanghai. Patients treated on the sidewalks
Cough and difficulty breathing. The wave of infections is throwing the hospital system of the megalopolis into crisis Mariangela Masiello January 03 In Shanghai the emergency Coronavirus is stronger than…
Copycats vs. Original Drugs: This is what patients should know about generic drugs
Inexpensive copies Does the patent of an original drug such as aspirin out, this puts other manufacturers in a position to bring medicines with the same active ingredient and dosage…
British hospital wants to wish patients a happy holiday, but accidentally sends message saying they have cancer | Abroad
A hospital in the northern English city of Doncaster has committed a major blunder. For example, the staff wanted to wish all patients a happy holiday, but instead sent a…
‘Because of this change I have to refer my patients less often’
Longer waiting times, increasing workload and staff shortages: it is the reality for many GP practices. In order to keep healthcare affordable, accessible and of high quality for everyone, general…