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'ICU is full': Medical staff on frontline of China's COVID fight say hospitals are 'overwhelmed'

‘ICU is full’: Medical staff on frontline of China’s COVID fight say hospitals are ‘overwhelmed’

BEIJING, Dec 26 (Reuters) – In more than three decades of emergency medicine, Beijing doctor Howard Bernstein said he had never seen anything like it. Patients arrive at his hospital in ever-increasing numbers; almost all are elderly and many are very sick with symptoms of COVID and pneumonia, he said. Bernstein’s account mirrors similar testimony …

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Harvard team launches climate resilience toolkit for frontline healthcare clinics

Harvard team launches climate resilience toolkit for frontline healthcare clinics

A team of public health experts from Harvard University has launched an initiative to help frontline medical clinics protect their patients from climate risks. The project, called the Climate Resilience for Frontline Clinics Toolkit, provides clinical guidance and information on how to develop action plans and alert systems, as well as staff chemists and advice …

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