Conventional health insurance cards will no longer be accepted at clinics and hospitals across Japan starting from Dec. 2, as the government fully integrates health insurance with My Number cards. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/17/japan/explainer/my-number-health-insurance/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #explainer #mynumber #nationalhealthcare #digitalization #hospitals
Public hospitals in Japan are struggling to sustain regional health care systems, with more than 80% of them posting losses as medical service expenses rise faster than revenues. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/12/japan/public-hospitals-financial-strain/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #hospitals #localgovernment #medicine
In Madagascar, many are unable to receive proper medical care due to a lack of equipment and know-how. A Fukushima firm is hoping to improve the situation by training people how to maintain medical devices. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/03/japan/society/fukushima-madagascar-medical-equipment-maintenance/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #madagascarjapanrelations #madagascar #medicine #hospitals #fukushima #aid
tools for commensality 🧿
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“Rural hospitals are often operating on very thin margins,” she told host Matthew Peddie. “They have fewer patients, lower reimbursements, and rising labor and equipment costs, which makes it difficult to sustain high-quality care locally.”
#healthcare #hospitals #RuralHealth #medicaid #medicare #florida
“Rural hospitals are often operating on very thin margins,” she told host Matthew Peddie. “They have fewer patients, lower reimbursements, and rising labor and equipment costs, which makes it difficult to sustain high-quality care locally.”
#healthcare #hospitals #RuralHealth #medicaid #medicare #florida
Maintaining the quality of Japan's medical and nursing care services while lowering related expenses, amid an aging population, will pose a difficult challenge for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/23/japan/politics/japan-pm-takaichi-medical-costs-balance/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #sanaetakaichi #ldp #jip #nursingcare #elderly #hospitals #budgets
A minivehicle fell over in the city of Nabari in Mie Prefecture in the small hours of Friday, killing five of the six people riding in it. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/03/japan/crime-legal/minivehicle-five-death/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #mie #tsu #driving #hospitals #japanesepolice
Public hospitals across Japan ran a combined deficit of ¥395.2 billion in fiscal 2024, with 83.3% operating in the red, the internal affairs ministry said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/30/japan/science-health/japan-hospitals-deficit-2024/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #hospitals #doctors #internalaffairsministry
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"Patient deaths have been found to increase in U.S. hospitals after being acquired by private equity firms, according to one study.
The death rates rose in the emergency departments of these hospitals, in comparison to similar hospitals not acquired by private equity, the study says."
https://www.newsweek.com/er-patient-deaths-us-hospitals-private-equity-2133777
#healthcare #hospitals #ER #EmergencyMed #PrivateEquity #medicare #mortality #business #industry #research
"Patient deaths have been found to increase in U.S. hospitals after being acquired by private equity firms, according to one study.
The death rates rose in the emergency departments of these hospitals, in comparison to similar hospitals not acquired by private equity, the study says."
https://www.newsweek.com/er-patient-deaths-us-hospitals-private-equity-2133777
#healthcare #hospitals #ER #EmergencyMed #PrivateEquity #medicare #mortality #business #industry #research
“I don’t care if we have consent,” Zohny recalled telling them. “I haven’t spoken to the family, and I don’t agree with this. Get him off the table.”
#healthcare #hospitals#OrganDonation#OrganTransplant #transplants #procurement#GunViolence #GunSafety
A report released to coincide with World Suicide Prevention Day found a sharp rise since 2019 of people in Japan taken to hospital for self-harm and attempted suicide, especially among young people and women. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/10/japan/science-health/self-harm-women/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #health #suicide #mentalhealth #psychology #hospitals
(Thread of #warcrimes against #HealthSector of #Gaza by #IsraelTerroristState)
Israel bombed the main #hospital in southern Gaza on Monday and then struck the same spot again as rescuers and #journalists rushed to help the wounded, killing at least 20 people including five journalists.
The first strike hit the top floor of a building at the Nasser hospital, killing the Reuters journalist Hussam al-Masri and others. Journalists and rescuers then rushed to the scene to help the wounded, when a second bomb struck the same spot, 15 minutes later.
#Israel has regularly struck #hospitals, claiming without evidence that Hamas uses them for military purposes. It also regularly kills journalists in #Gaza, on some occasions with the justification that the journalists were associated with #Hamas – claims that journalistic bodies have described as baseless.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/25/journalists-among-people-killed-by-israeli-strike-on-gaza-hospital
An Israeli soldier posted an Instagram story showing the Spike system and a video of the strike, captioned: “die motherfucker, die.” The post reinforces that the strike was intentional, not accidental.
https://qudsnen.co/experts-israel-deliberately-struck-nasser-hospital-with-guided-spike-missile/
#IsraelWarCrimes #medical #gazagenocide #genocide #CrimesAgainstHumanity #HumanRights #Palestine #health #press #journalism #palestine
@palestine @israel
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Five journalists killed in a double-tap strike on Nasser Hospital, 11 die of Gaza’s famine in the past day, #KilmarAbregoGarcia detained again by #ICE
Drop Site Daily: August 25, 2025
from #DropSiteNews
Gaza— all over the past 24 hours. Another attack on Nasser Hospital killed at least 20 people, including five journalists in Gaza—raising the total number of journalists killed in Gaza to 245. #Israel widens its assault on Gaza City where it has destroyed over 1,000 buildings, after days of heavy strikes on Jabaliya. Only six #hospitals are partially operating in Gaza City, as the #Gaza Health Ministry issues a distress call on Monday to protect what remains of health services. Israeli Forces raided the village of Al-Mughayyir in the #WestBank for four consecutive days. [...]
#StopGazaGenocide
#StopTheDeporations
#StopStarvingGaza
#BlockTheBombs
#StopKillingJournalists
#Palestine#MiddleEast#WestAsia
#USPol
#news #press #politics @palestine
Five journalists killed in a double-tap strike on Nasser Hospital, 11 die of Gaza’s famine in the past day, #KilmarAbregoGarcia detained again by #ICE
Drop Site Daily: August 25, 2025
from #DropSiteNews
Gaza— all over the past 24 hours. Another attack on Nasser Hospital killed at least 20 people, including five journalists in Gaza—raising the total number of journalists killed in Gaza to 245. #Israel widens its assault on Gaza City where it has destroyed over 1,000 buildings, after days of heavy strikes on Jabaliya. Only six #hospitals are partially operating in Gaza City, as the #Gaza Health Ministry issues a distress call on Monday to protect what remains of health services. Israeli Forces raided the village of Al-Mughayyir in the #WestBank for four consecutive days. [...]
#StopGazaGenocide
#StopTheDeporations
#StopStarvingGaza
#BlockTheBombs
#StopKillingJournalists
#Palestine#MiddleEast#WestAsia
#USPol
#news #press #politics @palestine
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How #Maine churches are reckoning with fear of #ImmigrationRaids
by Sean Scott, August 24, 2025
Excerpt: "Selma, an asylum seeker from Angola, moved to Texas at the start of the pandemic and then to Maine in January 2022. She fears persecution if she returns because of a family member’s involvement in a #HumanRights group.
" 'As a Christian, I was praying, and then God just gave me direction, which was Maine,' she said.
"She joined a nondenominational Christian church in Portland right away, and she and her two children have been regular attendees ever since. After President Donald Trump’s inauguration in January, her 12-year-old daughter asked if it was still safe to go to school.
"As immigration enforcement efforts have increased dramatically this year, many migrants have also reckoned with whether it’s safe to go to places of worship, whether they’re congregants or faith leaders like one Westbrook pastor detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement earlier this month.
"In one of his first acts in office, Trump rescinded a policy that essentially barred #ICEAgents from making arrests at sensitive locations like #churches, #hospitals and #schools. A coalition sued the Department of Homeland Security over the policy in February, arguing it violated #ReligiousFreedom. A judge declined to block the policy, citing a lack of evidence that churches were 'singled out as special targets' for immigration enforcement.
"Faith leaders are preparing for the possibility of enforcement regardless, and several other lawsuits have been filed on similar grounds, including one in late July with a New England plaintiff.
"#MichelTshimankinda, a Westbrook man who founded a church in South Portland, has been in ICE detention in New Hampshire since Aug. 14, according to the Portland Press Herald. He wasn’t arrested on church property, but his detention has shaken his family and congregation."
Read more:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/maine-churches-reckoning-fear-immigration-100000727.html
#ICESucks#ICEKidnapping#MaineNews#DHS#Gestapo#FascismInTheUSA#Racism#Fascism#Authoritarianism#TrumpIsARacist
How #Maine churches are reckoning with fear of #ImmigrationRaids
by Sean Scott, August 24, 2025
Excerpt: "Selma, an asylum seeker from Angola, moved to Texas at the start of the pandemic and then to Maine in January 2022. She fears persecution if she returns because of a family member’s involvement in a #HumanRights group.
" 'As a Christian, I was praying, and then God just gave me direction, which was Maine,' she said.
"She joined a nondenominational Christian church in Portland right away, and she and her two children have been regular attendees ever since. After President Donald Trump’s inauguration in January, her 12-year-old daughter asked if it was still safe to go to school.
"As immigration enforcement efforts have increased dramatically this year, many migrants have also reckoned with whether it’s safe to go to places of worship, whether they’re congregants or faith leaders like one Westbrook pastor detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement earlier this month.
"In one of his first acts in office, Trump rescinded a policy that essentially barred #ICEAgents from making arrests at sensitive locations like #churches, #hospitals and #schools. A coalition sued the Department of Homeland Security over the policy in February, arguing it violated #ReligiousFreedom. A judge declined to block the policy, citing a lack of evidence that churches were 'singled out as special targets' for immigration enforcement.
"Faith leaders are preparing for the possibility of enforcement regardless, and several other lawsuits have been filed on similar grounds, including one in late July with a New England plaintiff.
"#MichelTshimankinda, a Westbrook man who founded a church in South Portland, has been in ICE detention in New Hampshire since Aug. 14, according to the Portland Press Herald. He wasn’t arrested on church property, but his detention has shaken his family and congregation."
Read more:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/maine-churches-reckoning-fear-immigration-100000727.html
#ICESucks#ICEKidnapping#MaineNews#DHS#Gestapo#FascismInTheUSA#Racism#Fascism#Authoritarianism#TrumpIsARacist
Japan's push to digitalize medical records and services is stalling as My Number health insurance cards remain unpopular. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/20/japan/science-health/my-number-health-insurance-cards/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #mynumber #nationalhealthcare #digitalization #hospitals
Tokyo has temporarily halted the operations of its emergency medical helicopter, also known as a doctor helicopter, due to a staff shortage. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/08/japan/tokyo-medical-helicopter-suspension/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #helicopters #medicine #tokyo #hospitals