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Cuban doctors are facing burnouts and blackouts because of a once-decreasing health care system

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Daniel Trotta

The ‘white coat army’ faces the heartbreak of being denied or delayed care Doctors struggle to make ends meet on a monthly salary of $16 The Cuban government says patient visits and hospital admissions are down About 96,000 people are on the waiting list for surgery, and that number could rise to 16,000. HAVANA, March … Read more

Massachusetts ERs have problem with mental health ‘boarding,’ study finds – The Boston Globe

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An exam bed sits in a room.

That number has improved slightly in recent years — 12-hour wait times for mental health patients accounted for 37.5 percent of emergency department visits in 2024, down from nearly 40 percent in 2022. Still, barriers at every step of a patient’s journey through the mental health system slow their access to care, the report says. … Read more