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Mar102021 by adminNo Comments

Security camera hack exposes hospitals, workplaces, schools

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Hackers aiming to call attention to the dangers of mass surveillance said they were able to peer into hospitals, schools, factories, jails and corporate offices after they broke into the systems of a security-camera startupBy MATT O'BRIEN and FRANK BAJAK Associated PressMarch 10, 2021, 8:40 PM• 3 min readShare to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this articleHackers aiming to call attention to the dangers of mass surveillance said they were able to peer into hospitals, schools, factories, jails and corporate offices after they broke into the systems of a security-camera startup.That California startup, Verkada, said Wednesday it is investigating the scope of the breach, first reported by Bloomberg, and has notified law enforcement and its customers.Swiss hacker Tillie Kottmann, a member of the...

Mar102021 by adminNo Comments

Covid: Brazil experts issue warning as hospitals ‘close to collapse’

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ReutersHealth systems in most of Brazil's largest cities are close to collapse due to Covid-19 cases, the country's leading health institute warns. More than 80% of intensive care unit beds are occupied in the capitals of 25 of Brazil's 27 states, Fiocruz said.Experts warn that the highly contagious variant in Brazil may have knock-on effects in the region and beyond."Brazil is a threat to humanity," Fiocruz epidemiologist Jesem Orellana told the AFP news agency.The country has recorded more than 266,000 deaths and 11 million cases since the pandemic began. It has the second highest number of deaths in the world after the US and the third highest number of confirmed cases. Despite this, President Jair Bolsonaro has consistently opposed quarantine measures and expert advice on fighting coro...

Mar92021 by adminNo Comments

Covid-19: Nightingale hospitals to close from April

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PA MediaThe network of emergency Nightingale hospitals set up to cope with a surge of Covid-19 cases is to close from April, the NHS has said.Established last spring amid fears that the NHS might be overwhelmed, the temporary hospitals in England were largely not needed.Some were used as rehab centres and the sites in London and Sunderland will stay open for vaccinations.The NHS said they had been the "ultimate insurance policy".Seven Nightingale hospitals were built in England, starting in April 2020 with the 4,000-bed facility at London's ExCel centre. Another was set up in Belfast, while Scotland and Wales had their own temporary hospitals.But they were never used on a large scale, because the NHS did not have enough trained staff to fill the Nightingales as well as the permanent hospit...

Dec192020 by adminNo Comments

10 patients die after explosion in Turkish hospital’s COVID-19 wing

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Dec. 19 (UPI) -- Ten people were killed after an oxygen ventilator exploded at a hospital treating COVID-19 patients in Turkey on Saturday. The intensive care unit of Sanko University Hospital in Gaziantep, Turkey, caught fire, killing nine patients between the age of 56 and 85. Advertisement Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca tweeted later Saturday that another individual had died after being transferred to another hospital, bringing the number of deaths to 10. More than 50 people were affected by the fire, including doctors, medical personnel and security guards, according to the hospital. Ten staff members were in oxygen therapy at another hospital, and 11 patients have been transferred to other hospitals. Investigators were working to determine the cause of the explosion, which to...

Nov182020 by adminNo Comments

‘Tired to the bone’: Hospitals overwhelmed with virus cases

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Overwhelmed hospitals are converting chapels, cafeterias, waiting rooms, hallways, even a parking garage into patient treatment areas. Staff members are desperately calling around to other medical centers in search of open beds. Fatigue and frustration are setting in among front-line workers.Conditions inside the nation’s hospitals are deteriorating by the day as the coronavirus rages across the U.S. at an unrelenting pace and the death toll closes in on a quarter-million.“We are depressed, disheartened and tired to the bone,” said Alison Johnson, director of critical care at Johnson City Medical Center in Tennessee, adding that she drives to and from work some days in tears.The number of people in the hospital with COVID-19 in the U.S. has doubled in the past month and set new records eve...