JURIST

JULY 3, 2024

A former student nurse who was previously convicted of having brought a pressure cooker bomb to a British hospital has also been found guilty of planning a terrorist attack on a Royal Air Force Base, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) announced on Tuesday. The hospital where Farooq was arrested was in the vicinity of a Royal Air Force base.

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JURIST

JANUARY 3, 2025

The statement cited recent violent incidents, including a December 17 assault on Bernard Mevs Hospital and the December 24 killing of journalists and a police officer at the General Hospital during its reopening ceremony.

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JURIST

MARCH 17, 2023

Three former staff members of a mental hospital in Virginia were arrested and charged Thursday with second-degree murder in connection with the death of a man who was brought to the institution from jail earlier this month. Otieno was brought into custody and then transported to a mental health hospital without explanation from authorities.

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JURIST

APRIL 30, 2025

According to HRW, the junta has arrested over 872 health workers, attacked 263 medical facilities, and killed 74 staff, leaving the remaining public hospitals unable to provide essential care. Now, overwhelmed hospitals with people requiring immediate care face severe delays, with most patients presenting infections and rotting wounds.

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JURIST

JANUARY 29, 2025

Without affordable and accessible health insurance, black women experience difficulties obtaining adequate health services, such as cervical cancer screening and life-saving treatment, due to financial obstacles and hospital scarcity.

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Above The Law

AUGUST 8, 2024

More than 700 hospitals across the rural U.S. are at risk of closing due to their financial woes — and for more than half of these hospitals, the risk of closure is immediate, according to a new report. The post Why More Than 30% of Rural Hospitals Are at Risk of Closure appeared first on MedCity News.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

An Ohio woman pleaded guilty to defrauding the US and Polish governments in connection with an illicit adoption to a convicted criminal that resulted in the hospitalization of a child, according to court documents obtained Monday by JURIST. Following the adoption, the child was injured and hospitalized while living with Parris’s relatives.

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MARCH 23, 2025

Hospitals started 2025 with a stable financial performance driven by strong patient volumes, but rising costs for drugs, supplies, and services continue to put major pressure on margins. The post How Are Hospitals Faring Financially in 2025? appeared first on MedCity News.

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APRIL 12, 2024

CMS released a proposed rule this week that would boost hospitals’ inpatient payment rates by 2.6%. Hospitals groups have swiftly denounced this plan, arguing that this payment update is insufficient and will jeopardize hospitals’ financial stability.

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JUNE 17, 2024

The post If Passed, This New Bill Could Send PE Execs to Jail for Hospital Mismanagement appeared first on MedCity News. If passed, the act would establish a criminal penalty of up to six years in prison for private equity executives whose business decisions result in a patient’s death.

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MARCH 13, 2025

House Republicans proposed Medicaid cuts last month that would have disastrous financial consequences for hospitals, especially for those in rural areas. The post The Hidden Cost of Medicaid Cuts: Why the GOPs Budget Plan Would Be a Disaster for Hospitals appeared first on MedCity News.

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AUGUST 22, 2024

The law amends the state’s “certificate of need” system, which allows existing hospitals and other health facilities to block would-be competitors’ plans to expand by arguing there’s insufficient need for their services. The post Bipartisan Effort Paves Way for Reviving Shuttered Hospitals in Georgia appeared first on MedCity News.

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DECEMBER 8, 2024

Come January 1, CMS will begin enforcing new price transparency requirements for hospitals. The post Hospitals Are Facing New Price Transparency Requirements, But Will They Truly Help Patients Shop for Care?

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Above The Law

MAY 3, 2024

Hospitals’ operating margins and patient volumes dropped slightly in March. While hospitals were doing relatively well financially during the first quarter of the year, this new data could suggest more financial challenges ahead for hospitals.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 10, 2024

A 2023 report by ICHREE revealed that the Ethiopian National Defense Forces had carried out attacks on civilians in schools and a hospital as well as sexual violence against women.

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MAY 14, 2024

The post SmarterDx Rakes In $50M For Its AI That Helps Hospitals Capture More Revenue appeared first on MedCity News. SmarterDx — an AI startup that provides clinical review and quality audits for medical claims — closed a $50 million Series B funding round, bringing its total funding to date to $71 million.

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JURIST

JANUARY 4, 2025

These facilities include psychiatric hospitals and nursing or residential care facilities. The DOJ found that Oklahoma unnecessarily puts individuals with behavioral health disabilities in institutional facilities for long periods, isolating those individuals from the general community.

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JURIST

MARCH 5, 2025

Even when hospitals are thought to be used for military purposes and lose their protected status under international law, they can only be attacked after a warning that gives sufficient time for the evacuation of patients and staff goes unheeded. It serves as the primary healthcare provider in areas that Israel repeatedly attacked.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 22, 2024

Justice Thomas has denied any wrongdoing, asserting that he was not previously required to disclose the trips funded by Crow due to a personal hospitality exception that has since been clarified. However, in June, he reported Crow’s sponsored luxury vacations.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

The new charges stemmed from Gorinov’s conversations with fellow inmates at a prison hospital. Gorinov had been convicted of spreading false information in 2022 and was already serving a seven-year sentence for that conviction. Justifying terrorism is punishable under Article 205 of the Russian Federation Criminal Code.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 1, 2024

The injuries were so severe that Fajardo could not be transferred to the hospital and died instantly. Reportedly, an unknown man arrived and shot the announcer several times, when he was passing by a chain store in the town center of Doradal, in the same municipality.

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APRIL 9, 2025

Additionally, the destruction of urban infrastructure, including roads, hospitals, and water sanitation systems, deprived people of clean water and access to essential healthcare. Hospitals are unable to meet the rising needs of the population due to a lack of critical medical supplies and staff shortages.

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JURIST

APRIL 25, 2025

Apart from requiring documentation and fees, a migrant patient who received medical care, relating to emergencies, hospitalization or childbirth, will be repatriated to their home country aftercare. On April 6, the government announced a new health protocol consisting of 15 migration measures.

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JURIST

JANUARY 17, 2025

The Supreme Court’s rejection effectively permits McGill’s renovation of the building, which previously served as a psychiatric teaching hospital, to commence. The Kahnistensera emphasized that Indigenous-led investigations into the former hospital were vital to ensuring justice.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

The investigation revealed that, from mid-2022 to the end of 2023, the suspects—former health minister Beroš , a businessman Saša Pozder and a neurosurgeon Kresimir Rotim —collaborated to influence public procurement, ensuring state hospitals bought overpriced medical devices from a company.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

According to the letter, “Years of imprisonment and months of solitary confinement have severely compromised Mohammadi’s health, leaving her with multiple serious conditions that cannot be addressed through a short, incomplete hospital visit.”

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APRIL 17, 2025

The capture resulted in a refugee crisis, a threat of food and water shortages, overcrowding in hospitals due to the outbreak of infectious diseases, and various violent acts, including sexual abuse and the collective abduction of children.

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JANUARY 23, 2025

These attacks targeted police stations, prisons, hospitals, and even the main international airport, posing a significant threat to public safety and stability.

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MARCH 19, 2025

The violence has been enabled by decades of impunity for serious abuses and human rights violations On February 28 and March 3, M23 raided hospitals and kidnaped more than 130 people. The UN Human Rights Office condemned the hospital raids, calling it “deeply distressing.”

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JURIST

DECEMBER 2, 2024

While hospitals like PIMS and PolyClinic have refuted claims of receiving casualties from the protest, PTI maintains that many of their members were shot, and several others sustained injuries. Alarmingly, various reports suggest that a security forces operation resulted in the deaths of several demonstrators in Islamabad.

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APRIL 1, 2025

Marimow of The Washington Post reports that “ Supreme Court appears to back tax exemption for Catholic Charities; The Wisconsin Catholic Charities case has implications for other religiously connected nonprofits, including hospitals, and for state unemployment systems.”

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JURIST

MARCH 31, 2025

Human Rights Watch (HRW) called for the release of imprisoned Uyghur activist Valijon Kalonov on Monday, who has been forcibly detained in a Uzbekistan psychiatric hospital since 2021. Kalonov was initially detained on charges of using social media in a way that threatens public safety, and publicly insulting the President of Uzbekistan.

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JURIST

MARCH 11, 2025

Schools and hospitals have closed , mainly in the capital. According to the UN Office of the High Commissioner, “there is almost no presence of the State, especially in the most marginalized areas. The population lacks everything, from water to food, to clean air. And the gangs have filled this void.”

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JURIST

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Many people do not have access to doctors and hospitals because military forces identify people who have been shot in hospitals, and ambulances are used to transport repression forces. Shotguns and plastic bullets are widely used against people. Protesters are wildly fired upon in border towns.

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JURIST

JUNE 26, 2022

The court held that “calculating the Medicare fraction, individuals ‘entitled to [Medicare Part A] benefits’ are all those qualifying for the program, regardless of whether they receive Medicare payments for part or all of a hospital stay.”

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JURIST

DECEMBER 21, 2024

The Al-Saudi Maternity Hospital, which provides essential surgical and reproductive health services, has been repeatedly shelled. In one such attack on June 22, 2024, an RSF shell hit the hospital pharmacy and killed five civilians, including a pharmacist.

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JUNE 5, 2024

On Wednesday, an investigating judge issued a detention order for the suspect, who faces charges of attempted manslaughter, detaining him in a psychiatric hospital. Koch has since been released from the hospital. The police indicated that there were no signs the suspect knew that Koch was an AfD politician.

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