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“She had a heartbeat too”: waiting for a dead woman End-shutdown
Protesters in Dublin mourn Savita Halappanavar, who died on October 28, 2012, after developing sepsis after being denied an abortion when she miscarried at 17 weeks pregnant. (Julien Behal/PA Images via Getty Images) subscribe to the nation Subscribe now for as little as $2 a month! Thanks for registering the nationweekly newsletter of Thanks for […]
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The Guardian’s take on deadly ambulance waiting times: an avoidable human cost | Editorial End-shutdown
YoIf the cause was a plane crash or natural disaster, the needless death of 500 people could be declared a national emergency. Not so with the NHS crisis. At least 511 people died in England last year after ambulances took up to 15 hours to reach them in some cases. More than half of paramedics […]