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Ready or not, the patients were coming. This time last year, physicians around the world prepared, most for the first time in their careers, to treat a new disease over and over and over again.
“There was a terrible sense of foreboding, like in a movie when the minor key music starts playing,” says Robert Arntfield, a critical care physician at Western University in London, Canada.
In Wuhan, China, the doctors who first encountered the pandemic coronavirus raced to share surprising symptoms and possible treatments with far-flung colleagues.
In Tokyo, ill cruise ship patrons from the
Roy Exum: The Saturday Funnies Saturday, March 6, 2021 - by Roy Exum
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It is with a thrill we get to open ‘This Week’s Saturday Funnies’ with some great news. Those of us who adore Siskin Hospital have worried for months that Tuesday’s glorious Possibilities Luncheon might be a long reach. Since the COVID pandemic forced this week’s annual fundraiser into virtual mode, there was an acknowledged threat that donation might fall short.
The early-spring fundraiser annually generates “at cost” funding to hundreds of those in the Chattanooga area who cannot afford insurance, and is for those who cannot pay for out-patient therapy. Every penny raised by the luncheon makes for “possibilities,” don’t you see, for adults and children alike.
Blue Shield of California expands payment collaboration with Dignity Health Getting paid has become imperative during a time when both hospitals and patients may be cash-strapped.
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After a successful pilot, Blue Shield of California will roll out the Ooda payment platform to more than 20 additional Dignity Health hospitals throughout California.
The nonprofit health plan teamed up with CommonSpirit Health (which operates Dignity Health hospitals) and software startup OODA Health on the high-tech pilot program. The three organizations launched the member payments pilot in September 2019 at two Dignity Health hospitals in Sacramento. The year-long program grew to include six hospitals.
U.S. to require negative coronavirus test for all airline passengers from U.K.
In this Dec. 20, 2020, file photo, passengers queue for check-in at Gatwick Airport in West Sussex, England, south of London. The United States will require airline passengers from Britain to get a negative COVID-19 test before their flight, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced late Thursday, Dec. 24. The U.S. is the latest country to announce new travel restrictions because of a new variant of the coronavirus that is spreading in Britain. (Gareth Fuller/PA via AP)
Published December 26. 2020 12:16AM
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