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This AI tool predicts whether COVID patients will live or die

The scientists behind the tool say it could be especially valuable to resource-limited countries.

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Speeding west, the Ukraine hospital train ferries patients to safety

Speeding west, the Ukraine hospital train ferries patients to safety

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Overwhelmed Hong Kong hospitals set up outdoor wards

Two Hong Kong hospitals begin placing patients in beds outside their entrances, as medical facilities struggle to cope with the city's worst coronavirus wave to date.

France

COVID-19: Staff shortages stoke fears at hospital near Paris

"There are currently 20% of intensive care beds in the Ile-de-France region that are closed due to lack of personnel," revealed Paris hospital's deputy director, Yohann Mourier.

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World News

Euroviews. Europe’s ICUs are facing another COVID surge. They need support | View

At least 80 per cent of critically ill COVID-19 patients are unvaccinated, putting them and others at risk. Europe's intensive care staff need help to tackle this crisis, write the president and president-elect of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine

Culture news

Hospices de Beaune 2021 auction sees record €800,000 barrel puchase

The proceeds will go to the French NGO 'Solidarité Femmes' and the Curie Institute.

Romania

Photographer urges Romanians to get COVID vaccine

After spending more than 150 hours shooting inside intensive care units, one photographer is desperately trying to convince people to get the vaccine.

Earth News

Euroviews. How and why hospital surgery is contributing to the climate emergency

Most surgeons are not even aware of the scale of surgical practice’s carbon footprint, despite it being hefty.

Tech News

Ireland’s health service using 30,000 outdated PCs after cyberattack

Six months after the HSE’s entire IT system was compromised, Irish lawmakers are demanding to know why it is still using outdated computers.

Earth News

Euroviews. This is the one thing medical schools are not teaching doctors

GP Chris Newman asks the question, what is the point of my job if we don't prevent climate change?

Health news

Which European country has the world's best healthcare system?

A new report comparing 11 national healthcare systems found the wealthiest country had the sickest citizens.

Russia

Nine COVID patients died after oxygen pipe burst, says health ministry

It happened at the Clinical Emergency Hospital of Vladikavkaz, the capital city of the southwestern North Ossetia region, local news agencies reported.

Lebanon

Lebanon's hospitals fear new COVID wave as economy begins to collapse

On Friday the UN warned that clean water may soon no longer be available for more than four million people. The government is so cash-strapped it's struggling to run both water and power plants.

Iraq

More than 80 people killed and 110 injured in Iraqi hospital fire

The Iraqi government has sacked key health officials following a hospital fire which left 82 people dead, many being treated for symptoms of coronavirus

France

France enters partial lockdown as hospital pressure reaches new highs

The new restrictions entered into force as France reported 5,273 patients in intensive care on Saturday, one of the highest levels recorded since April last year.

France

COVID now killing more younger people, French doctor tells Euronews

"It’s not old people dying anymore. These are people who still had 30 or 40 years to live," French ICU doctor Benjamin Clouzeau tells Euronews.

World

Greece sends in private sector doctors to help overwhelmed hospitals

Greece has begun easing restrictions despite the National Health Service coming under increasing strain from high numbers of daily new COVID-19 infections. The government has commandeered the services of private sector doctors to assist in public hospitals.

Czech Republic

ICU capacity in Czech Republic 'will be exhausted in 2 weeks'

The Czech Republic health officials say hospitals are overwhelmed and they plan to ask for help from abroad when the numbers of remaining beds in hospitals reach 10%

France

Several French hospitals crippled by cyberattacks

Three hospital buildings near the city of Lyon have fallen prey this week to hackers using ransomware.

Portugal

Germany sends medical staff and equipment to Portuguese hospitals

One Portuguese hospital has seen the same amount of patients in January as it did during the whole of last year as the third wave of the pandemic sweeps across the country.