Critical Care
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| Initial release | October 6, 1997 |
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| Directors | Sidney Lumet |
| Box office | 271,000 USD |
| Budget | 12 million USD |
| Composers | Michael Convertino |
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| ID | 2282081 |
About Critical Care
Medical resident Dr. Werner Ernst (James Spader) aspires to help sick people, but is constantly warned by his mentor, Dr. Butz (Albert Brooks), to treat only patients with good insurance coverage. Soon, Ernst must deal with two sisters, Felicia (Kyra Sedgwick) and Connie (Margo Martindale), who are arguing over the proper treatment for their ill father. Although he tries to remain uninvolved, Ernst finds himself attracted to Felicia, though he suspects both women are really after money. …
Most NHS maternity units not safe enough, says regulator
... The BBC s analysis also revealed the proportion of maternity units with the poorest safety ranking of " inadequate" - meaning that there is a high risk of avoidable harm to mother or baby - has more than doubled from 7% to 15% The CQC, which also inspects core services such as emergency care and Critical Care, said the situation was " unacceptable" and " disappointing"...
Jammu: At least 36 die after bus falls into India gorge
... Six of them are in Critical Care, he said, adding that a helicopter service was being arranged to airlift others...
Children's health warning system rolled out by NHS
... The rollout follows the patient safety commissioner, Dr Henrietta Hughes, is delivered across England s hospitals, giving patients and families the right to an urgent second opinion and rapid review from a Critical Care team if they are worried about a patient s condition...
Judge to decide on ending critically ill baby girl's life support
... " The trust seek a declaration that in the event Indi again deteriorates to a point where medical care and treatment is required to sustain her life, that it is not in Indi s best interests to receive any Critical Care or painful interventions, and it is lawful for her treating clinicians to withhold the same...
NHS ombudsman calls for Martha's rule to give power to patients
... Here people who are worried a patient is deteriorating, but that the healthcare team is not recognising their concerns, can ring a Critical Care hotline for immediate help...
Martha's rule: Call for right to second opinion after tragic teen death
... She wants hospitals around the country to bring in " Martha s rule" which would give parents, carers and patients the right to call for an urgent second opinion from a Critical Care team at the same hospital if they have concerns about their current care...
Pregnant crash victim's family says killer's sentence 'insulting'
... Mr Buckley said the family was able to spend time with her in Critical Care for two days until she died...
Hot weather adds to NHS pressure as doctors strike
... " Emergency, urgent and Critical Care will be prioritised this week but some patients will unfortunately have had their appointments postponed - if you haven t been contacted to reschedule, please do continue to attend your planned appointment...
Doctors ask health board to declare major incident
Doctors in Scotland 's biggest Emergency Department urged NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde to declare a major incident amid " grave concerns" over patient safety, The Bbc understands.
Staff working in A& E at The Queen Elizabeth University Hospital said The Department continued to be overwhelmed.
They asked the board to call a major incident on Thursday so extra resources could be diverted to The Department .
NHS GGC, which declined The Move , said it was taking action to support staff.
The health board asked The Public to be aware that all services were under extreme pressure and only to attend A& E if it is urgent or life threatening.
A major incident is declared when The The health of the community is under serious threat.
Special measures would be put in place to assist the demand on the health service, such as extra resources to manage the volume of patients.
A series of messages seen by The Bbc show a request from A& E consultants to declare a major incident was declined by NHS GGC on Thursday.
The messages said every space in the Emergency Department was occupied by patients waiting for a Bed In The Hospital , with no resuscitation beds and an eight-hour delay for ambulances offloading patients.
'Substandard care'" We Are now unable to provide safe Critical Care , " read one of the messages.
Another read: " This is without any doubt the worst shift I've worked, and I've never been more convinced of real patient harm due to overcrowding and exit block. "
Staff said a combination of issues meant critically-ill patients received " substandard care both clinically and from [a] humanitarian perspective".
The health board was later asked to reconsider calling a major incident, which it again declined.
A spokesperson for NHS GGC said: " We have an escalation policy that would allow us to declare any major incidents and we closely monitor the safety of our departments and patients at all times and keep this under close review.
" Our services, like the whole of Scotland , are facing major pressures including significant Covid, flu and norovirus cases and our staff are doing all they can to meet this demand. "
Scotland recorded its in the week up to 18 December, with 55% of patients seen within the government target of 4 hours.
This is down 7. 4% compared to the previous week.
At The Queen Elizabeth University Hospital , just 45% of patients were seen within four hours.
A total 1,821 patients spent More Than 12 Hours in emergency departments across Scotland .
Source of news: bbc.com
