The Guardian • health care
Issue #2194
Venezuela healthcare in dire straits without Cuba
Venezuela’s public healthcare system is facing mounting pressure as Cuban medical personnel continue to leave the country, raising concerns about the future of a healthcare...
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Issue #2205
GLOBAL BRIEFS
GERMANY: Germany’s Defence Minister Boris Pistorius and Baden-Wurttemberg Governor Cem Ozdemir have called for the opposition Alternative for Germany (AfD) party to be banned. The...
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Issue #2168
GLOBAL BRIEFS
BOLIVIA: Rodrigo Paz, a right-wing senator, won Bolivia’s presidential election with 54% of the vote and told supporters in his victory speech: “Today Bolivia can...
Read moreTiwi Healing Centre to boost wellbeing on Country
A new healing centre will be built on the Tiwi Islands using $3.1 million from the Aboriginals Benefit Account, a Commonwealth account which receives royalties...
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Issue #2192
Myopic profit grab
Optometrists at some of Australia’s largest eye care chains are being threatened with formal warnings for missing sales targets and required to seek permission before...
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Issue #2197
Health workers stand against Lebanon war
We stand in solidarity with the healthcare workers, emergency services, disability support workers, mental health clinicians and drug and alcohol workers who are continuing to...
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Issue #2177
Invasion Day call to action
The following piece is a call to action from organisers of the Boorloo/Perth rally of 26 January. 26 January is a day of mourning where...
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Issue #2200
Health workers fear intimidation
The Health and Community Services Union (HACSU) and HACSU for Peace are urging the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) to reverse the decision to...
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Issue #2162
AUKUS: Who pays?
People with disabilities, the aged, the sick, the unemployed and other social security recipients, the most vulnerable in the community and those who capitalism sees...
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Issue #2209
NSW nursing ratios become reality
Following sustained campaigning by the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA), nurse-to-patient ratios will finally become a reality across general medical, surgical, and palliative care...
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Issue #2202
Health insurers throw their weight around
Many Australians know that healthcare in this country, while not perfect, is much better than in the USA. Accounts abound of US insurance companies charging...
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