Johannesburg, May 21 (Ians) Africa has the highest global mortality rate in patients with Covid-19 who are critically ill, than studies reported from Asia, Europe, North America, and South America, according to an observational research published in the medical journal The Lancet.
The African Covid-19 Critical Care Outcomes Study, co-led by various researchers including from the University of Cape Town, is based on data from 64 hospitals in 10 countries.AA
The findings showed that among 3,077 critically ill and patients hospitalised in Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Libya, Malawi, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, and South Africa between May and December 2020, 48.2 per cent died within 30 days, compared with a global average of 31.5 per cent.
The high death risk was found in only those with critical illness, overall, the numbers of Covid cases and deaths from the infectious disease are lower in Africa than other countries, the study noted.
The comorbidities of HIV/AIDS, diabetes, chronic liver disease,...
The African Covid-19 Critical Care Outcomes Study, co-led by various researchers including from the University of Cape Town, is based on data from 64 hospitals in 10 countries.AA
The findings showed that among 3,077 critically ill and patients hospitalised in Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Libya, Malawi, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, and South Africa between May and December 2020, 48.2 per cent died within 30 days, compared with a global average of 31.5 per cent.
The high death risk was found in only those with critical illness, overall, the numbers of Covid cases and deaths from the infectious disease are lower in Africa than other countries, the study noted.
The comorbidities of HIV/AIDS, diabetes, chronic liver disease,...
- 5/21/2021
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Jenny Spell was rehearsing for her Florida high school’s production of The Sound of Music in 2014 when she started feeling achy and fatigued.
“I thought it was a common cold,” Jenny, now 18, tells People. “During show season, there are lots of nasty germs spreading around and I thought I could beat it, but it just got worse and worse.”
The teen doesn’t remember much from the days that followed —only that her body “quit” on her and she found herself unable to move. Her mother, Anne Spell, took her to their primary care office in their hometown — where...
“I thought it was a common cold,” Jenny, now 18, tells People. “During show season, there are lots of nasty germs spreading around and I thought I could beat it, but it just got worse and worse.”
The teen doesn’t remember much from the days that followed —only that her body “quit” on her and she found herself unable to move. Her mother, Anne Spell, took her to their primary care office in their hometown — where...
- 6/9/2017
- by Rose Minutaglio
- PEOPLE.com
Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, spent Tuesday visiting first responders and victims affected by Saturday’s London terror attacks.
While touring the Metropolitan Police’s special operations room, the royals met a police officer who tried to save Canadian victim Christine Archibald as she lay dying on London Bridge.
Police Constable Liam Dolphin told Charles and Camilla how he gave Archibald CPR – and later hugged her distraught fiancé Tyler Ferguson after he learned she had died.
Dolphin, who was among a group of officers at the royal visit, said he believed he and his colleague Steven Morgan...
While touring the Metropolitan Police’s special operations room, the royals met a police officer who tried to save Canadian victim Christine Archibald as she lay dying on London Bridge.
Police Constable Liam Dolphin told Charles and Camilla how he gave Archibald CPR – and later hugged her distraught fiancé Tyler Ferguson after he learned she had died.
Dolphin, who was among a group of officers at the royal visit, said he believed he and his colleague Steven Morgan...
- 6/6/2017
- by Simon Perry
- PEOPLE.com
Salma Hayek believes her dog is in a better place, but that doesn’t make saying goodbye any easier.
The actress took to Instagram to memorialize her dog Blue, who died last week following an illness.
“My blue’s body died yesterday,” she wrote on Instagram with a series of photos of the pair in happier times. “I understand he is in a better place but my eyes cry anyway.”
Just two weeks ago, the actress shared that the pup — who was being treated at the Advanced Critical Care of Los Angeles — was going through a health battle but seemed to be doing better.
The actress took to Instagram to memorialize her dog Blue, who died last week following an illness.
“My blue’s body died yesterday,” she wrote on Instagram with a series of photos of the pair in happier times. “I understand he is in a better place but my eyes cry anyway.”
Just two weeks ago, the actress shared that the pup — who was being treated at the Advanced Critical Care of Los Angeles — was going through a health battle but seemed to be doing better.
- 4/19/2017
- by Amy Jamieson
- PEOPLE.com
Our Little Sister Sony Pictures Classics Reviewed by: Tami Smith, Guest Reviewer for Shockya Grade: B Director: Hirokazu Koreeda Written by: Hirokazu Koreeda from Akimi Yoshida’s Umimachi Diary Cast: Haruka Ayase, Masami Nagasawa, Kaho, Suzu Hirose, Ryo Kase, Kirin Kiki, Lily Franky, Jun Fubuki, Shinichi Tsutsumi and Shinobu Otake, Opens: July 8th, 2016 Our Little Sister is a Japanese drama that opens and closes with a funeral, dealing with a family of three sisters living at a family home in a small Japanese town. The oldest sister Sachi (Haruka Ayase) is a nurse at a hospital’s Critical Care unit. She feels responsible for her siblings and runs the household. The [ Read More ]
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The post Our Little Sister Movie Review appeared first on Shockya.com.
- 7/4/2016
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
Character actor Edward Herrmann has died at the age of 71. The news was first reported by TMZ and confirmed by Buzzfeed. Herrmann's career spanned over four decades and it's no wonder that he's being memorialized today in different ways by different generations of film, TV and theater audiences. Most recently, Herrmann was beloved for his performance as Richard Gilmore on The WB's "Gilmore Girls." The performance capped years as one of Hollywood's go-to actors for roles as patrician parents, lofty corporate board members and other ostensibly rigid WASPs. The catch with Richard Gilmore was that while he was introduced as seemingly out-of-touch and disapproving when it came to daughter Lorelai, his warmth for both his estranged progeny and for granddaughter Rory was a key source of "Gilmore Girls" heart. Herrmann and Kelly Bishop's parts could have been marginalized, what with The WB's focus on young female viewers, but the...
- 12/31/2014
- by Daniel Fienberg
- Hitfix
Renae De Liz, the creator and organizer behind Womathology, has been admitted to the hospital with a serious infection according to her husband Ray Dillon. It’s important to note that despite the seriousness of the situation, De Liz is on the road to [a slow] recovery. Dillon has addressed fans through a blog post that De Liz does not have health insurance, and he has been asked by friends and fans if they can donate money to assist with the “likely $30k or more in medical bills” that the family is most likely to be charged.
She has an infection that has spread into her blood and kidneys, as well as pneumonia and some other things we’re worried about, but I don’t want to say anything there until test results are back. As of today she’s doing a bit better and we’re told after perhaps a week...
She has an infection that has spread into her blood and kidneys, as well as pneumonia and some other things we’re worried about, but I don’t want to say anything there until test results are back. As of today she’s doing a bit better and we’re told after perhaps a week...
- 6/10/2012
- by GeekRest
- GeekRest
Spreading the word: Renae De Liz, the creator behind Womanthology, is in the hospital, according to husband Ray Dillon: Hi, everyone-
Been avoiding saying anything publicly because I didn’t want to cause worry prematurely and wanted to make sure I had more information and talked to our immediate family first. Renae is recovering right now, just very slowly. She has an infection that has spread into her blood and kidneys, as well as pneumonia and some other things we’re worried about, but I don’t want to say anything there until test results are back. As of today she’s doing a bit better and we’re told after perhaps a week in the Critical Care Unit she should be mostly recovered. It got really bad and we almost lost her. :( Been a very rough couple of weeks. We’re behind in work, income, communication, and...
Been avoiding saying anything publicly because I didn’t want to cause worry prematurely and wanted to make sure I had more information and talked to our immediate family first. Renae is recovering right now, just very slowly. She has an infection that has spread into her blood and kidneys, as well as pneumonia and some other things we’re worried about, but I don’t want to say anything there until test results are back. As of today she’s doing a bit better and we’re told after perhaps a week in the Critical Care Unit she should be mostly recovered. It got really bad and we almost lost her. :( Been a very rough couple of weeks. We’re behind in work, income, communication, and...
- 6/10/2012
- by Glenn Hauman
- Comicmix.com
It has been a year since Sidney Lumet passed away on April 9, 2011. Here is our retrospective on the legendary filmmaker to honor his memory. Originally published April 15, 2011.
Almost a week after the fact, we, like everyone that loves film, are still mourning the passing of the great American master Sidney Lumet, one of the true titans of cinema.
Lumet was never fancy. He never needed to be, as a master of blocking, economic camera movements and framing that empowered the emotion and or exact punctuation of a particular scene. First and foremost, as you’ve likely heard ad nauseum -- but hell, it’s true -- Lumet was a storyteller, and one that preferred his beloved New York to soundstages (though let's not romanticize it too much, he did his fair share of work on studio film sets too as most TV journeyman and early studio filmmakers did).
His directing career stretched well over 50 years,...
Almost a week after the fact, we, like everyone that loves film, are still mourning the passing of the great American master Sidney Lumet, one of the true titans of cinema.
Lumet was never fancy. He never needed to be, as a master of blocking, economic camera movements and framing that empowered the emotion and or exact punctuation of a particular scene. First and foremost, as you’ve likely heard ad nauseum -- but hell, it’s true -- Lumet was a storyteller, and one that preferred his beloved New York to soundstages (though let's not romanticize it too much, he did his fair share of work on studio film sets too as most TV journeyman and early studio filmmakers did).
His directing career stretched well over 50 years,...
- 4/9/2012
- by Oliver Lyttelton
- The Playlist
Following a harrowing crash on the superpipe while doing a training run, freestyle skier Sarah Burke is in a medically-induced coma, reports the Vancouver Sun. Burke, 29, was practicing at the Park City Mountain Resort in Utah and was immediately airlifted to the Salt Lake City hospital after the accident.
Peter Judge, Canadian Freestyle Ski Association CEO, tells the press, "At this point we have no real details as to what transpired in terms of the injury and, again, we would be speculating largely on what that might be. Any time there's an injury, you always do a full audit to understand fully what the root causes were and if there were ways that you could make anything safer and I'm sure that will be the case in this as well."
The Cfsa released a statement Wednesday (Jan. 11) saying that Burke is listed in critical condition in the Neuro Critical Care...
Peter Judge, Canadian Freestyle Ski Association CEO, tells the press, "At this point we have no real details as to what transpired in terms of the injury and, again, we would be speculating largely on what that might be. Any time there's an injury, you always do a full audit to understand fully what the root causes were and if there were ways that you could make anything safer and I'm sure that will be the case in this as well."
The Cfsa released a statement Wednesday (Jan. 11) saying that Burke is listed in critical condition in the Neuro Critical Care...
- 1/12/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Only days ago "The Deadly Affair" arrived at my doorstep, yet another of Sidney Lumet's films I had never seen before since having been born two-thirds of the way into the director's legendary career, it's always been a game of catch-up. Then again, it was that way for most in his field, even if they were contemporaries.
After passing away far too soon at the age of 86, Lumet leaves behind a half-century-long career that will no doubt be scrutinized for being inconsistent, a richly ironic assessment given that in person and on film, he was known as a straight shooter, and perhaps one of the only filmmakers who could say their final film ("Before the Devil Knows You're Dead") was as vital and strong as their first ("12 Angry Men"). However, that certainly isn't the only reason why Lumet was a rarity.
In a world full of auteurs, Lumet was a collaborator,...
After passing away far too soon at the age of 86, Lumet leaves behind a half-century-long career that will no doubt be scrutinized for being inconsistent, a richly ironic assessment given that in person and on film, he was known as a straight shooter, and perhaps one of the only filmmakers who could say their final film ("Before the Devil Knows You're Dead") was as vital and strong as their first ("12 Angry Men"). However, that certainly isn't the only reason why Lumet was a rarity.
In a world full of auteurs, Lumet was a collaborator,...
- 4/14/2011
- by Stephen Saito
- ifc.com
Prolific film director with a reputation for exploring social and moral issues
Sidney Lumet, who has died aged 86, achieved critical and commercial success with his first film, 12 Angry Men (1957), which established his credentials as a liberal director who was sympathetic to actors, loved words and worked quickly. For the bulk of his career, he averaged a film a year, earning four Oscar nominations along the way for best director, for 12 Angry Men, Dog Day Afternoon (1975), Network (1976) and The Verdict (1982).
It is arguable that, had he not been so prolific, Lumet's critical reputation would have been greater. Certainly, for every worthwhile film there was a dud, and occasionally a disaster, to match it. But Lumet loved to direct and he was greatly esteemed by the many actors – notably Al Pacino and Sean Connery – with whom he established a lasting rapport.
The majority of his films were shot not in Hollywood, but in and around New York.
Sidney Lumet, who has died aged 86, achieved critical and commercial success with his first film, 12 Angry Men (1957), which established his credentials as a liberal director who was sympathetic to actors, loved words and worked quickly. For the bulk of his career, he averaged a film a year, earning four Oscar nominations along the way for best director, for 12 Angry Men, Dog Day Afternoon (1975), Network (1976) and The Verdict (1982).
It is arguable that, had he not been so prolific, Lumet's critical reputation would have been greater. Certainly, for every worthwhile film there was a dud, and occasionally a disaster, to match it. But Lumet loved to direct and he was greatly esteemed by the many actors – notably Al Pacino and Sean Connery – with whom he established a lasting rapport.
The majority of his films were shot not in Hollywood, but in and around New York.
- 4/10/2011
- by Brian Baxter
- The Guardian - Film News
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