Gaza’s Health Care System Collapses

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A World Health Organization official who recently returned from the Gaza Strip said on Wednesday the health care system is rapidly deteriorating, and more staff, supplies and access are urgently needed.

“I’ve seen the health care system collapsing before my eyes,” Sean Casey, WHO Health Emergency Officer, told reporters at the United Nations.

Casey spent five weeks in Gaza, starting in early December, and he met with medical professionals and patients across the territory.

“I saw patients in hospitals every day with severe burns, with open fractures, waiting hours or days for care, and they would often

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Lawmakers grill UHG CEO at hearings following Change Healthcare cyberattack

Senate and House lawmakers May 1 grilled UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty about the continued fallout from the Feb. 22 cyberattacks on Change Healthcare — the most significant and consequential cyberattack on the US health care system in American history.

Members of the Senate Committee on Finance and House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations pressed Witty for answers about what the company is doing to support hospitals and providers still feeling impacts from the attack; whether the company would waive timely filing deadlines for claims; and why a Change Healthcare Citrix portal that was hacked did not

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Western Dakota Tech students learn health care techniques by practicing on robot patients

RAPID CITY, SD (KOTA) – Western Dakota Technical College’s medical simulation wing uses “robot patients” to teach students how to care for real people. These robots, known as mannequins, come in a wide variety. They range from a young boy with stomach problems to an elderly man to a pregnant woman – who can actually deliver a robot baby. A favorite among students and staff is Hal, an “8-year-old” who can make several facial expressions and has a bit of a sassy personality. Assistant Simulation Director Roger Habermann said Hal has many high-tech features.

“He is the most advanced pediatric

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