Now hospital patients could be discharged early to HOTELS to free up NHS beds for Covid victims

Now hospital patients could be discharged early to HOTELS in bid to free up NHS beds for Covid-19 victims Hotels will soon be housing people discharged from hospital to create bed space The NHS will also be requesting care homes take symptom-free Covid patients  Comes as figures show one in 20 patients are waiting more … Read more

Chinese make-up wipes ad accused of ‘demonising rape victims’

Outrageous Chinese beauty advert is axed for ‘demonizing’ rape victims A brand faced outrage over an advertisement for its make-up removal wipes In the video, a woman appears to become a man after wiping away her make-up She used the method to scare off a potential attacker who was following her The promo clip angered … Read more

Marks & Spencer’s Percy Pigs are among the first victims of Brexit red tape and tariffs 

Marks & Spencer’s Percy Pigs are among the first victims of Brexit red tape and tariffs Exports of the popular Marks & Spencer’s pink sweets hit by new paperwork  Sweets are manufactured in Germany and distributed from the UK to Europe Under government’s new trade deal the system may trigger a tariff  By Daily Mail … Read more

Domestic violence victims hit with bill from doctor for a letter confirming they have been attacked

GPs ‘charge abused £150 to prove injuries’: Domestic violence victims are hit with bill from their doctor for a letter confirming they have been attacked By Chris Brooke For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 GMT, 7 January 2021 | Updated: 22:27 GMT, 7 January 2021 Victims of domestic violence are being charged more than £150 … Read more

Fears for patients and heart victims as doctors are forced to axe urgent surgery amid Covid-19 surge

Urgent cancer surgery is being cancelled as hospitals do not have space for non-Covid patients. Soaring admissions mean bosses in London and Kent say they had no choice but to take the drastic step so they can deal with emergency virus cases. In London, where hospitals are close to being overwhelmed, surgical theatres and recovery … Read more

Alex Trebek urged Jeopardy! viewers to help COVID-19 victims days before his death

Alex Trebek urged Jeopardy! viewers to help COVID-19 victims in a taping which aired Monday that he filmed days before his November 8 death. ‘You’ll recall that about a month ago, I asked all of you to take a moment to give thanks for all of the blessings that you enjoy in your lives,’ said … Read more

Inside Tenerife’s eerie ghost town of Sanatorio de Abona, built to quarantine leprosy victims

Inside Tenerife’s eerie ghost town, built to isolate the sick to prevent the spread of leprosy – but never used after a cure was found Sanatorio de Abona, on the southeast coast, was designed in 1943 as a town where the sick could quarantine Following the Spanish Civil War in the 1930s, there were around … Read more

British-born Jihadi bride, 25, calls the children killed in the Manchester bombing ‘victims of war’ 

British-born Jihadi bride, 25, who lost an arm in a Syrian airstrike calls the children killed in the Manchester bombing ‘victims of war’ Samia Hussein, 25, who joined Islamic State in 2015, was smuggled from Syria  She was allowed to fly into Heathrow via Turkey in February and was detained  Hussein refused to condemn the … Read more

Victims of racism should take Ecstasy or magic mushrooms to reduce trauma, study suggests

Victims of racism should take Ecstasy or magic mushrooms to reduce the trauma of their experience, suggests a new study. Scientists found a single psychedelic trip from mushrooms, acid or MDMA could help victims overcome the racism they have been subjected to.  Psychedelic drugs could also help reduce stress, depression and anxiety in black, Indigenous … Read more