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...
Flu rise warning from NHS in England
There were More Than 3,700 patients A Day in hospital with flu last week - up from 520 A Day the month before, the latest data from Nhs England shows.
Of these, 267 people needed specialised care in Critical Care beds last week.
Nhs England warns pressures on the health service continue to grow as viruses like flu re-circulate after a hiatus during the pandemic.
This Time Last Year , when social mixing was low, there were only 34 patients in hospital A Day with flu.
Prof Sir Stephen Powis , NHS national medical director, said: " Sadly, these latest flu numbers show our fears of a 'twindemic' have been realised, with cases up seven-fold in just a month and the continued impact of Covid hitting staff hard, with related absences up almost 50% on The End of November. "
He warned This Was " no time to be complacent" with The Risk of serious illness being " very real" and encouraged those eligible to take up their flu and Covid jabs as soon as possible.
Admissions among children under 5 have been high this flu season, as well as among older people.
The latest figures show, last week:
The report suggests NHS staff have also been affected by the spread of viruses during winter, with staff absences from all causes sitting at around 63,296 A Day . This compares to 52,556 at The End of last month.
Source of news: bbc.com
