Too Late
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| Initial release | June 11, 2015 |
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| Directors | Dennis Hauck |
| Screenplay | Dennis Hauck |
| Languages | English Language |
| Producers | Dennis Hauck |
| Alexandra Barreto | |
| Taylor Feltner | |
| TOO LATE is a too‑clever‑by‑half attempt at smart modern film noir, set in a particularly seedy (realistic) version of Tinsel . . . | |
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| ID | 1010391 |
About Too Late
Two friends are unhappy with their fiancees who are dreadful homemakers and lousy cooks. When one of the girl's demands a maid, she is completely unaware of the contention that the maid will bring.
Pressure grows for ban on new leasehold flats
... Mr Scoffin said: " It is clear that it will be up to the next administration to bring commonhold out of the deep freeze, but it s not Too Late for this government to require share of freehold on new apartment schemes, which is a tried and tested arrangement that gives residents control of their costs and service providers from day one...
Patient saw eight GPs before cancer spotted
... A secondary cancer had developed on Brian s spine, but it was Too Late to offer him curative treatment and he was given end-of-life care...
Childcare: £400m to expand free scheme in England
... I just hope that for some settings it isn t too little, Too Late, " she said...
Covid inquiry: Michael Gove defends Boris Johnson over lockdown decision-making
... But he accepted lockdowns came Too Late both in March and November 2020...
NHS staff failed mum who died from drinking too much water
... While there, she started drinking water excessively, then went into a coma, but staff did not realise this until it was Too Late...
French Senate to debate anti-gay law apology
... As for Mr Bousset, though welcoming of the bill, he says the attempt to reckon with France s past has come Too Late...
Covid inquiry: First lockdown imposed a bit too late - Whitty
...By Nick Triggle, Aurelia Foster and Jim ReedBBC NewsEngland s chief medical officer Professor Sir Chris Whitty has told the Covid inquiry that the first lockdown in March 2020 was imposed " a bit Too Late"...
Watch for measles, UK doctors told, as vaccine rate dips
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The Palestinian cancer centre that can't take patients
The usually bustling corridors of the cancer unit in East Jerusalem's Augusta Victoria Hospital stand eerily quiet but not because of any drop in Palestinians being diagnosed with the disease.
Instead, the main cancer centre for the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip has been refusing new patients. Some 500 have been turned away since September 2021.
The Palestinian Authority (PA) - which is supposed to fund their medical Care - owes The Hospital some $72m (£55m; 65m euros). This has left it unable to afford the expensive drugs needed for chemotherapy and other treatments.
" It's the First Time in our history that we've been forced to take the decision not to accept new patients, " says Dr Fadi al-Atrash, The Hospital 's deputy CEO.
" We're facing a very Critical Situation where we might be forced to close some departments in future. We might have to stop The Treatment of patients already in our Care . "
" It means that more people might die of cancer because they're not receiving their treatment On Time , or according to The Right schedule. "
Funding cutThe PA says it is facing the worst financial crisis since it came into existence three decades ago.
Like others around The World , its economy has been hit by Covid and soaring inflation. However, it is also mired in problems linked to the Palestinians' decades-old conflict with Israel .
Israel withholds vital tax revenues it collects on behalf of the PA because of the payments that it makes to Palestinians in Israeli jails and the families of those killed by Israeli forces. Israel argues that these encourage terrorism, while the Palestinians see them as welfare support.
The same thorny issue has led to the US Congress prohibiting direct aid.
Meanwhile, concerns that Palestinian school books glorify violence and promote anti-Semitism have blocked millions of euros from the European Union (EU) - historically, the biggest donor to the PA. Since 2020 most aid has not been handed over.
When It Comes to healthcare, it seems that the overall shortage of money is already leading to lives being lost.
Turned awayEarlier this year, Salem al-Nawati, a 16-year-old with leukaemia from Gaza, collapsed at the PA Health Ministry in Ramallah, while his uncle was fighting for him to be given a hospital Bed - and was declared dead soon after
Now, back at The Family 's home, surrounded by Salem's glowing school reports and Taekwondo medals, Jamal al-Nawati details the problems he faced.
Gaza hospitals are ill-equipped to treat many serious cancer cases and without East Jerusalem as an option, his nephew was given a medical referral and PA financial guarantee to be treated in a private hospital in Nablus.
Israel - which controls access for Gazans to the West Bank - initially refused Salem a travel permit, His Family says for security reasons, delaying his exit by a month. By The Time he made it to Nablus, The Hospital turned him away because its bills had gone unpaid by the PA.
" I was wondering what we'd done wrong, what had this poor patient ever done? " says Mr al-Nawati, recalling his feeling of helplessness.
" Salem's condition was deteriorating hour-by-hour, day-by-day. He was so sad, asking me why he was being refused treatment, and I was doing my best to reassure him. "
Eventually, after an influential family friend intervened, PA officials offered to send Salem to an Israeli hospital, but his Israeli permit did not allow him to travel there. And Then it was Too Late .
Fears for the futureHolding signs reading " We want to live" thousands of angry Palestinians have recently been demonstrating against rising prices. As in previous financial squeezes, government workers are now being paid reduced salaries.
Israel has been worried enough by the unrest to loan the PA some $185m to help prop it up, while the Palestinian Prime Minister brought back $100m from Algiers following visits to Arab countries.
For now, the economy limps on - although international experts I talk to in Jerusalem whisper about how it's " not sustainable in the long-term".
Back at the Augusta Victoria Hospital, Dr Fadi al-Atrash has set aside his white coat for a smart suit, as he holds rounds of talks with donors and Foreign Diplomats , desperately seeking a solution.
" We're always Caught Up in international politics, " the cancer specialist laments. " As a Palestinian doctor you're frustrated, because you know that if you had the means and resources, you could help your people. "
" But you don't have them, " he goes on. " And when I see the patients suffering, going without treatment, it's a struggle not for me not just as a doctor, but as a human being. "
Source of news: bbc.com
