Heard state Senator Ben Watson (R-GA), who’s a physician, touting poverty as a good thing because it will allow access to state healthcare services when the ACA subsidies evaporate.

When backed into a corner, he said it’s the Fed, not the state, responsible for making sure people can afford health insurance. Fucking Republicans.

#BenWatson #Georgia #FirstDoNoHarm #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol

Heard state Senator Ben Watson (R-GA), who’s a physician, touting poverty as a good thing because it will allow access to state healthcare services when the ACA subsidies evaporate tomorrow.

Backed into a corner, he said it’s the Fed, not the state, responsible for making sure people can afford health insurance. Fucking Republicans.

#BenWatson #Georgia #FirstDoNoHarm #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol

#GiftArticle

Inside #Hell

#LibertyGreerCenter #Abuse

The #GreerCenter was supposed to be a refuge for people with developmental #disabilities. But accounts from inside the secretive facility paint a starkly different picture, depicting a place where helpless patients faced #beatings, #waterboarding & constant #fear.

#law #HumanRights #CivilRights #ableism #FirstDoNoHarm #medicine #healthcare #LongtermCare #ADA
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/us/liberty-greer-center-abuse-oklahoma.html?unlocked_article_code=1.mk8.GpZs.Ped2kP6mmf0b&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

🔗 Yes, we do need to bring back masks in medical settings https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/yes-we-do-need-to-bring-back-masks-in-medical-settings/article_1561636c-745e-11ef-b6eb-a7a0afa441d2.html

🔓 https://archive.ph/wbTxP

> The duty of care doesn’t land on patients. It’s the clinicians’ job to ensure patients don’t pick up an unintended infection. Patients have a right to safety in health care facilities. In the meantime, I can only advise my concerned patients to wear an N95 or KN-95 when in health care facilities and suggest they not be shy when asking clinicians to do the same.

#CovidIsAirborne #CovidIsNotOver #OngoingPandemic #MaskUp #BringBackMasks #FirstDoNoHarm

Response to #FirstDoNoHarm: Why we #treat #genderdiverse #youth.

Considering the wealth of #evidence that #genderdysphoria is #real and has #negative #consequences for #trans #youth, the #ethical #principle of ‘#firstdonoharm’ should recognise that #delaying #care can, in itself, be a form of #harm.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Africa #SouthAfrica #Health #Healthcare #Representation #Culture

https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024-02-08-response-to-first-do-no-harm-why-we-treat-gender-diverse-youth/

Families launch legal bid against scandal-hit hospitals over ‘systemic abuse’ | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/huntercombe-hospital-legal-action-abuse-b2358150.html

#ChildAbuse
#Hospitals
#MentalHealth
#MentalHealthHospital
#SystemicAbuse
#TheHuntercombeGroup
#Maidenhead
#TaplowManorHospital
#ActiveCareGroup
#IvetseyBankHospital
#Stafford
#FourSeasonsHealthCare
#NHS
#CQC
#FirstDoNoHarm

Breaking report! #FirstDoNoHarm The Biggest Malpractice: How Hospitals Betray the Public Trust with Billions in Fossil Fuel Pension Investments

"There are some 1,200 private hospital systems in the U.S., each with varying amounts of funds invested in oil, coal, or gas holdings. It’s absurd, and entirely hypocritical, for healthcare institutions to continue to make these investment choices. Climate change represents a massive health crisis. Healthcare pensions can and must #divest from fossil fuels to protect our health and our frontline communities that are so disproportionately affected by the fossil fuel industry."

REPORT: https://stand.earth/resources/the-biggest-malpractice/

PRESS REPORT: https://climatesafepensions.org/fdnh-report-release-2023/

@Standearth @climatepensions @ieefa_institute @Docs4Divestment