The waiting time for assessing a request for euthanasia from patients with a mental illness has increased further. Last year, the waiting time at the Expertise Center Euthanasia was still one year, this year mental health patients have to wait two years before their request is assessed, writes Faithful. The fact that the waiting time … Read more
Is called fatigue and virtually all people diagnosed with cancer know what it is. a symptom complex leading to a reduction of physical energy, mental abilities and also affects the psychological state: it is too often underestimated, because it is considered an inevitable part of the life of a cancer patient. Instead there is something … Read more
Less space is needed in intensive care units (ICs) to receive corona patients, because patients spend less time in the ICU compared to March and April. Diederik Gommers, chairman of the Dutch Intensive Care Association (NVIC), confirms this to NU.nl on Tuesday after reporting De Gelderlander. In the months of March and April most corona … Read more
According to the makers of the plan, one million Dutch people will have or have had cancer by 2030. Many are seriously tired, have anxiety complaints and cannot function socially as usual. For example, patients are afraid of the disease returning, have damaged nerves and there are people who experience problems with, for example, relationships … Read more
The city council wants to transform the current trotting track into an event area where concerts for more than 50,000 spectators can be held. Therefore, in the eyes of the municipality, there is no longer any room for harness racing. Equestrian enthusiasts are fighting that, because harness racing has been associated with events such as … Read more
–Mrs. Berben (91) is no longer receiving help due to the bankruptcy of HSPO. increases– Health care provider HSPO from Eersel has filed for bankruptcy, which is why part of the health care system has come to a standstill. A number of clients are at a loss. “My mother just received a phone call. Tomorrow … Read more
The Colombian Association of Critical Medicine and Intensive Care (AMCI) indicated that a behavior that they have called the “boomerang effect” is being observed due to the increase in people admitted to intensive care units (ICU) for diseases other than COVID-19. According to the medical association, on August 3, 2020, 1,800 non-COVID-19 patients were registered … Read more
Intensive care units are on the verge of suffocation in Argentine Due to the coronavirus epidemic, alerted the professionals of the health of this country where more than 9000 people succumbed to it. The main problem is the shortage of intensive care personnel who, unlike beds and ventilators, cannot multiply. We intensive care specialists are … Read more
Intensive care head Peter van der Voort is leading the investigation. The question is why seriously ill corona patients much more often overweight then have patients who are not in intensive care. The researchers also want to find out why it is precisely the corona patients who are overweight, also more than other IC patients. … Read more
Posted on Monday, August 24, 2020 at 6:30 a.m. By Alison Verlaet — In the company of the Secretary General of Solidaris Jean-Pascal Labille, we went to meet the health professionals who are on the front line in the fight against the new coronavirus. The goal: to take stock of the health crisis. Their testimonies … Read more