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The family of a Vancouver woman who was forced to transfer hospitals before she could receive medical assistance in dying sued the province and Providence Health Care in June, saying the health organization's policy to ban MAID in its facilities violates patients' Charter rights.
#law #healthcare #Vancouver #BC #News #Canada #BritishColumbia
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I was a jailer for two years. Not proud of it, I needed the money.
One of the repeat offenders we had was an old man who was HIV positive. He went to jail several times while I was working there and always for the same thing. He would shoplift items from a store while in full view of a cop. This old man had a cane and could barely walk. There was no way he expected to get away with it.
After he was arrested we had to process him and the medical questions always led back to his HIV diagnosis. The state provided him with his HIV medication while he was awaiting trial where he always pleaded guilty. He was always released after serving less than 60 days pretrial. Upon release, he was given six months worth of his HIV medications (which he needed to survive) and he would shoplift again when he ran out of medication.
It would have been cheaper for the state to just give him the medications without him needing to be part of the criminal justice system first.
He was shoplifting so he could stay alive.
#Healthcare #luigimangione #denydefenddepose #Anticapitalism #EatTheRich
"#TayTonday:
Being poor now just leads to being more poor later.
Can't pay to clean your teeth? Next year, pay for a root canal. Can't pay for a new mattress? Next year, pay for back surgery. Can't pay to get that lump checked out?
Next year, pay for stage 3 cancer. Poverty charges interest."
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A good news story..
A large clinical trial in South Africa and Uganda has shown that a twice-yearly injection of a new pre-exposure prophylaxis drug gives young women total protection from HIV infection.
#HIV #Aids #Healthcare #Africa #Uganda #SouthAfrica
HIV breakthrough: drug trial shows injection twice a year is 100% effective against infection
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HIV breakthrough: drug trial shows injection twice a year is 100% effective against infection
A breakthrough drug is a significant step forward in the fight against HIV. But without changes in behaviour, infection rates won’t come down.The Conversation
Found an interesting graph with absolutely no relation to current events on Wikipedia.
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I forget who I learned this from, but it's pretty useful to add Reagan's face right around 1981 to help understand changes in US over time.
