Hospitals now expected to try to identify patients’ caregivers

From the Post-Gazette:

Hospital patients in Pennsylvania should now be prepared for a nurse to ask one more question beyond how they’re feeling, what medications they’re taking and other traditional inquiries.

Patients visited initially in their rooms are being asked for the name and phone number of a person they would rely on as an informal caregiver after being discharged from the hospital.

Under a new state law that took effect Thursday, hospitals are to record the names of caregivers, contact them prior to a patient’s discharge and provide them the same information or training given to patients for handling any medical needs expected after getting home.


Nationwide Strike Clogs Brazil's Big Cities, Grinding Daily Activity To A Halt

Posted from: http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/04/28/526083465/nationwide-strike-clogs-brazils-big-cities-grinding-daily-activity-to-a-halt?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=news

A protester harangues a line of military police in riot gear in front of a Rio de Janeiro bus terminal during the nationwide strike Friday.

Unions called for the 24-hour work stoppage to protest President Michel Temer’s attempts to roll back pensions and labor laws. Temer says these changes are necessary to save Brazil from recession.

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