Free Republic

China lied and people died. In December, China ordered its scientists to destroy samples that showed they had a pneumonia-like virus on their hands. They strong-armed doctors from trying to spread the word, kept medical staff in the dark, and prevented new cases of what we know was the Wuhan Coronavirus, or COVID-19, from being reported. And now doctors who tried to raise awareness have vanished. Vloggers documenting the situation on the ground have also disappeared. China allowed Chinese New Year to be celebrated which led to scores of people being exposed. In all, some 5 million people had left...

The president’s health care overhaul includes a 2.3 percent excise tax on medical devices that will send the durable medical equipment industry into intensive care, eliminate 43,000 jobs, and whack $3.5 billion from local shops and communities, according to a new study by two free market economists. The 30-page report, released on Wednesday by the Advanced Medical Technology Association, a trade group, also concludes that the tax on medical equipment may prompt the closure of high-tech research facilities in several states. That trade group released its report predicting massive job losses ... The new tax is expected to generate $20...

Radio frequency identification tags used by hospitals and health care providers can cause vital lifesaving equipment and machines to malfunction, according to a study published on Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association, the AP/Houston Chronicle reports. The tags use wireless technology and often are embedded in medical devices, such as syringe staplers and blood bags, to prevent thefts and losses, as well as to prevent medical errors during surgeries. RFID also is used in drug containers to prevent tampering (Tanner, AP/Houston Chronicle, 6/24). For the study, researchers in the Netherlands conducted 123 tests to determine the effects...

It was reported that Siemens is among companies that sold medical equipment to Iraq particularly during the Oil for Food project. Arizona State Treasurer David Peterson, interested in this because part of the 8 billion dollars of tax funds he administers is invested in purchases of stocks. He reports that the switches and other internal equipment particularly of Siemens' ultrasound devices used to 'zap' gall stones and kidney stones are ideal for other uses such as detonating nuclear weapons and other WMDs. Further, there has been no accounting - as to number, for example - of how many of the...

Last update - 08:37 01/10/2005 Dubai hospital returns medical equipment manufactured in Israel By Yoav Stern, Haaretz Correspondent Medical equipment manufactured in Israel worth over $50 million was returned recently by a Dubai hospital in the United Arab Emirates because it carried Made in Israel labels. The equipment included staff uniform, patient clothes, bed sheets, pillows and towels. A hospital source refusing to identify itself or the hospital, said the fact the equipment was made in Israel was discovered during routine equipment inspections by hospital staff. "They were stunned to see the Made in Israel labels," he said. "We told...

I am a technical trainer and am about to be laid off from a silicon valley semiconductor capital equipment firm. I need some advice... I am considering going to school to learn how to do something in the medical field. I was thinking about one of the people who does sonograms, or mri's, or cat scans, or something like that. I am asking for any help as to how much those kind of jobs pay in California. What is involved in getting an education/training for these types of positions, etc. I have a A.A. degree in general education. I would...