Mental health crisis team failing patients

Mental health crisis team failing patients
A MENTAL health patient with a history of self-harm has said a 24-hour crisis helpline did not give her the promised support in her desperate hour of need.
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Afghan health team abducted; local official killed

Afghan health team abducted; local official killed
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Gunmen kidnapped five Health Ministry employees in Afghanistan’s volatile Kandahar province while insurgents killed a district official elsewhere, reportedly on the orders of the Taliban supreme leader, officials said Thursday.
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From rats to heaters, doctor-lawyer team fights barriers to family health care

From rats to heaters, doctor-lawyer team fights barriers to family health care
Thirteen-year-old Haji Conteh had all the irritating symptoms of seasonal allergies when her father took her to see a pediatrician at a D.C. clinic last summer. Family medicine – Medicine – United States – Health – Politics
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Global Health at CHOP Deploys Pediatric Medical Team to Haiti

Global Health at CHOP Deploys Pediatric Medical Team to Haiti
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Global Health at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) is deploying a medical team to Haiti today in response to an urgent call from Partners In Health for pediatric experts to care for children with injuries related to the Jan.
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