Incomplete list of publicized healthcare layoffs and closings from 26 February to 20 April 2013:
California: In Modesto, Memorial Medical Center laid off 39 office employees.
Connecticut: The New Milford Hospital closed its Family Birthing Center.
Delaware Hospice laid off 52 employees (after laying off 104 employees starting in January).
Florida: Rotech Healthcare now bankrupt after being […] Continue Reading…
Incomplete list of announced closings and layoffs:
Israeli based, U.S. traded, legal drugs pusher Teva laying off 5-thousand people around the world, including the United States. “Teva improves health in the US every day, every minute, every second…….Teva is the world’s largest maker of generic pharmaceutical products. We have a global product portfolio of more […] Continue Reading…
19 January 2014 (18:26 UTC-07 Tango 18 January 2013)/17 Rabi ‘al-Awwal 1435/29 Dey 1392/19 Gui-Chou (12th month) 4711
Tokyo Electric Power Company reports that a robot, being used to clear rubble from inside the exploded reactor Unit 3 building, discovered a major water leak pouring into a large floor drain.
TEPCo says they can’t see where […] Continue Reading…
18 January 2014 (10:24 UTC-07 Tango)/16 Rabi ‘al-Awwal 1435/28 Dey 1392/18 Gui-Chou (12th month) 4711
Ontario, Canada: The Sudbury and District Health Unit warned of increasing cases of Norwalk virus at day care centers.
United Kingdom: Multiple hospitals have wards closed due to vomiting bug. They include Warwick (strange because on the same day there was a […] Continue Reading…
18 January 2014 (23:04 UTC-07 Tango 17 January 2014)/16 Rabi ‘al-Awwal 1435/28 Dey 1392/18 Gui-Chou (12th month) 4711
A seven years study by Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute warns that there is a risk of problems with Merck’s rotavirus vaccine RotaTeq.
Rotavirus causes norovirus like symptoms. But the Merck vaccine could cause […] Continue Reading…
18 January 2014 (22:49 UTC-07 Tango 17 January 2014)/16 Rabi ‘al-Awwal 1435/28 Dey 1392/18 Gui-Chou (12th month) 4711
An 11th baby has died after getting a Hep B vaccine. The three month old boy died painfully 17 hours after being injected with Quinvaxem.
He is the 1tth baby to die in Vietnam since the beginning of […] Continue Reading…
Ghazni Province: In Aab Band District, three family members were killed when they drove over a landmine.
Helmand Province: In Greshk District, U.S. led forces shot and killed a child. International Security Assistance Force confirmed: “ISAF deeply regrets any civilian casualty.” In Lashkargah city, two suicide bombers exploded killing themselves and between seven and 18 […] Continue Reading…
17 January 2014 (15:40 UTC-07 Tango)/15 Rabi ‘al-Awwal 1435/27 Dey 1392/17 Gui-Chou (12th month) 4711
Belize: Health officials confirm three people infected with H1N1. One of those, a 29 years old mother, has died. There are several other people showing flu symptoms, but testing has been negative.
Alberta, Canada: Provincial health officials are dealing with a […] Continue Reading…
17 January 2014 (10:41 UTC-07 Tango)/15 Rabi ‘al-Awwal 1435/27 Dey 1392/17 Gui-Chou (12th month) 4711
The downward spiral of what was once Idaho based Albertsons grocery stores continues. In January 2013 evil Cerberus Capital Management became sole owner of Albertsons. 14 stores were shut down in 2013.
It’s just been announced that another 26 stores will […] Continue Reading…
17 January 2014 (10:29 UTC-07 Tango)/15 Rabi ‘al-Awwal 1435/27 Dey 1392/17 Gui-Chou (12th month) 4711
Department store Macy’s-Bloomingdale’s closing five stores and laying off 25-hundred employees in 2014!
Company officials say they need to cut $100-million from the yearly budget! This is strange because they also announced plans to build eight new stores!
The five stores being […] Continue Reading…