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Doctors who visited Gaza speak of ‘atrocities,’ collapsing health care

GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories: The faithful slowly walked in a procession past the stone facade of Gaza’s only Catholic church on Palm Sunday, gathering to pray for peace as war raged around them.
Holy Family Church’s tranquil courtyard, filled with dozens of children and older people, believes the humanitarian crisis is happening beyond its gates in Gaza City.
Inside the church, worshipers in their dress clothes lined the wooden pews decorated with palm fronds for the service marking the start of Easter week.
“Our celebration of Palm Sunday is an opportunity for hope, goodness and peace for us and for

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Emotions run high as community supports health care heroes with honor walk | Eye On Eau Claire

On Thursday, hundreds paid tribute to the health care workers whose lives were turned upside down with the announced closures of HSHS Hospitals in the Chippewa Valley.



EAU CLAIRE (WQOW) – On Thursday, hundreds paid tribute to the health care workers whose lives were turned upside down with the announced closures of HSHS Hospitals in the Chippewa Valley.

It was an emotional day outside Sacred Heart Hospital in Eau Claire as dozens of health care workers walked hand in hand.

“It’s very emotional for all of them. You can see in people’s faces those standing on the

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Gagetown soldier charged after incident with health-care worker, union seeks more security

An incident at 5th Division Support Base Gagetown’s medical center in Oromocto last week that led to criminal charges against a soldier has highlighted the need for more protective measures for staff at military medical clinics across the country, says the head of the national union.

A master corporal with the Canadian Armed Forces has been charged with forcible confinement, assault with a weapon and mischief causing property damage in connection with the incident March 12 involving a “health-care professional” at 42 Canadian Forces Health Services Center Gagetown.

Defense Department spokesperson Andrée-Anne Poulin declined to say whether the alleged victim

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Doctors are investing their own money, doing pro bono work to help keep regional health services going

A regional GP has paid for the visa applications for overseas doctors to work in Australia to prop up the local community’s healthcare system.

Ayman Shenouda runs a GP practice in Wagga Wagga, in Southern NSW, and says he paid up to $30,000 per professional to get them into

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UMass Chan and Lahey partners on new clinical and quantitative research science hub

UMass Chan Medical School and Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, part of the Beth Israel Lahey Health system, have signed a research affiliation agreement to create a new quantitative science research hub to improve health outcomes and disparities through population health, digital medicine and health systems science . The research agreement allows the institutions to study clinical data and collaborate on research, and builds on the partnership formed with the establishment of the UMass Chan-Lahey regional medical campus.

“The Medical School’s partnership with Lahey will offer clinical and population scientists, faculty and medical students the opportunity to leverage the expertise