With the battle for control of Sudan entering its third week, health care services are rapidly unraveling in the nation’s capital, Khartoum, a grim consequence of the brutal fighting that has raised fears the conflict could devolve into a wider humanitarian crisis. The total collapse of the health care system could be days away, the […]
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Your Wednesday Briefing: China’s Overwhelmed Hospitals
China’s hospitals on the front lines of Covid China’s medical system was already overcrowded, underfunded and inadequately staffed in the best of times. But now with Covid spreading freely for the first time in China, it is being pushed to its limits. The Times examined several videos that showed scenes of desperation and misery at […]
China’s Looming ‘Tsunami’ of Covid Cases Will Test Its Hospitals
Until recently, China, the world’s most populous nation, was also the world’s last Covid holdout. But in a matter of weeks it will be hit by a wave that a top health official predicts could infect many hundreds of millions of people. This week, Beijing took its biggest step toward living with Covid, all but […]
Kherson Evacuates Hospitals Under Relentless Russian Shelling
KYIV — As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine entered its 10th month, Russian artillery pounded the strategic southern port city of Kherson two weeks after retreating from it, killing at least 10 civilians and wounding dozens more — and on Friday, triggering a hospital evacuation. Russian forces shelled the city and surrounding area 49 times on […]