Rebuilding trust

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin England’s hospitals continue to endure “relentless” pressure on their accident and emergency services, data from England’s National Health Service shows. The latest NHS England “ situation report ” shows that ambulances took more than 77,000 people to emergency departments last week: an increase of roughly 5,000 on the week before. Bed occupancy remains stubbornly high, with more than 95% of general and acute hospital beds filled. Staff absence has fallen, however, as has the number of patients in hospital with flu. Despite ongoing pressure, NHS providers also saw a fall in delays handing over patients from ambulances to emergency departments this week: a key marker of patient flow through hospitals. Lengthy ambulance delays have become commonplace in England as hospitals have struggled to free up space for new patients in hospitals. This winter has seen particularly poor ambulance handover performance, with … [Read more...] about England’s Hospitals Under ‘Relentless Pressure’ As E.R. Woes Continue

Members of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) assembled for the the financial bid submission process to own and operate five franchises in the Women's Indian Premier League (WIPL) in Mumbai. Image: @BCCI The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on January 25 announced the five franchises of of the Women's Premier League (WPL). The cricket board has received a total bid of Rs 4,669.99 crore for the five franchises. Adani Sportsline has won the Ahmedabad franchise at Rs 1,289 crore, Mumbai team will be owned by Indiawin Sports. Royal Challengers Bangalore and JSW GMR Cricket have won the Bengaluru and Delhi franchises respectively. Team Lucknow will be owned by Capri Global Holdings. ALSO READ: Mumbai Indians welcomes Women's Premier League team to its growing 'One Family' "Today is a historic day in cricket as the bidding for teams of the inaugural #WPL broke the records of the inaugural Men's IPL in 2008! Congratulations to the winners as we … [Read more...] about Women’s Premier League: Franchise bids get BCCI over Rs 4,669 crore

Mumbai Indians won the bid for the Mumbai city franchise for Rs 912 crore (Image: Mumbai Indians website) Mumbai Indians, owned by Reliance Industries Limited, was the second highest bidder at the Women's Premier League (WPL) auction with Rs 912 crore, and will operate the Mumbai franchise for a 10-year licence. Mumbai Indians is already the owner of the men's team for the last 15 years. Its women's team is now the fourth MI franchise, after Mumbai Indians, MI Cape Town, and MI Emirates. Welcoming the Women's Premier League team to its growing 'One Family', Mumbai Indians said in a statement that it is taking forward its commitment to support sports for women. The statement further said the newly introduced WPL is set to be a game changer for not only women’s cricket in India and across the globe but also women sportspersons in general. Feeling proud to be part of the women's franchise, owner Nita M. Ambani said it is a watershed moment in Indian cricket, and hoped … [Read more...] about Mumbai Indians welcomes Women’s Premier League team to its growing ‘One Family’

China doctors battle covid surge (Image: AFP) A furious, wide-ranging argument is unfolding on the internet in China over the reversal of the government’s strict pandemic policies and the massive COVID surge that followed. The divisions are challenging the Communist Party’s efforts to control the narrative around its pandemic pivot. Since the party abandoned “zero-COVID” last month, many online commenters have staked out opposing positions over seemingly all manner of questions. Who should be blamed for the explosion of cases and deaths? Is a top government-appointed health expert trustworthy? Is omicron really less severe, as Chinese officials now say, when hospitals seem to be filling up with sick patients? They are even arguing over whether people should be allowed to set off fireworks during the upcoming Spring Festival holiday, after many did so during the New Year. The digital finger-pointing reveals a country that is deeply polarized, with each side distrustful and … [Read more...] about As China reopens, online finger-pointing shows a widening gulf

US venture capital firms investing in India are expecting the Union Budget 2023 to support the growth and development of the startup ecosystem in the country, according to a top investor. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is scheduled to table the Union Budget for the financial year 2023-24 before parliament on February 1. The venture capitalist community in the US is very excited given the large number of unicorns emerging out of India in recent years. According to Arun Kumar, managing partner of Celesta Capital, the venture capitalists want to capitalise on Indian talent and invest in them. “As a US-based venture capital firm investing in India, we are keenly interested in policies and initiatives that will support the growth and development of the startup ecosystem in the country,” Kumar told PTI. “Signals and allocations in the Budget that further the growth of new ventures based on innovation and entrepreneurship would be particularly welcome,” Kumar said. … [Read more...] about Budget 2023: US venture capitalists hope India’s Budget to boost startup ecosystem

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Devil take the hindmost, Cyberknife is retiring to a cushy life of siring colts and fillies at Spendthrift after his richest race ever, the $3 million Pegasus World Cup this afternoon at Gulfstream. That outcome will be decided approximately one minute and fifty-odd seconds after the 5:40 p.m. post time (ET), but it’s a good moment before we whip out our fat wads and shove them through the windows, to take a closer look at the Pegasus favorite. As we said of his nearest rival Proxy earlier , Cyberknife is a journeyman, but of a very elite sort. Classically, “journeymen” don’t win Breeders’ Cup races, no matter which of the many Breeders’ races in which they hit the wire first. But Cyberknife is a journeyman in a finicky, not-always-at-the-top-of-his-game kind of way, and it has caused some ripples in his stats. Before we take a closer race-day look at Cyberknife, herewith, today’s odds. Nota bene : We’re going to be … [Read more...] about Pegasus World Cup 2023: Race-Day Odds, Bets You Should Make, And Cyberknife’s Final, Complex Battle

In parts of rural Colorado, where the cattle and antelope often far outnumber the people, doctors are few and far between. To help fill that gap in health care coverage, the federal government started a program more than five decades ago catering to rural residents, one free checkup at a time. The Colorado Area Health Education Center does community outreach events around the state, including free health screenings at the National Western Stock Show during its two-week run this month. The program in Colorado was founded in 1977, and “we’ve been going ever since,” said Josina Romero O’Connell, the state’s AHEC director. The federal government started the overarching AHEC program six years earlier in an attempt to address health care disparities in rural regions of the U.S. It then expanded state by state. Colorado’s rural areas make up about 12% of the state’s total population, with 47 of its 64 counties considered rural or “frontier” — a designation indicating a … [Read more...] about Colorado rural residents facing hurdles to health care get assistance from a program