sarahboseley

Journalist formerly on the Guardian, writing about health, medicine and dodgy practices

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[Dr Phil Hammond 💙 @drphilhammond]

The @Thirlwall_Inq is in a terrible mess as it tries to figure out whether Lucy Letby should have been stopped sooner. We now know that many of the nursing colleagues working alongside her thought she was a very good nurse and had no suspicions about her work. We also know that, if Letby is guilty, she managed to fool three very experienced neonatal pathologists at six post-mortems, a review by@RCPCHtweets, an analysis of some cases by Dr Jane Hawdon, further forensic pathology analysis, a very detailed review of four cases by two UK Level 3 neonatologists and a very detailed review of all 17 cases she was charged on by 14 international neonatology experts. For the last two reviews, which frankly should’ve been done before it ever went to trial, the experts had access to all the clinical records. None found any evidence of deliberate harm, but there was plenty of evidence of substandard care of sick babies. There would seem to be little point in being a murderer on a unit where babies are dying from substandard care anyway, but if she was, she was so good at deception that @Thirlwall_Inq may conclude she was simply unstoppable. Alternatively, she didn’t do it. And I think if the jury had known what we know now, they would likely have reached a very different conclusion.

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The Evaporation of Hatred - DRB https://t.co/ej6p2ksvm4

Just read a good piece from @iancobain in the Dublin Review of Books

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BAT subsidiary lobbies Pakistan to allow export of cigarettes to Sudan https://t.co/4WmUvM8pP6

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The scariest story… https://t.co/vrhBNnAizn

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Powerful and important story on antimicrobial resistance by ⁦@katlay⁩ https://t.co/irOgJ117DI

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My piece on the cost of developing new drugs: MSF demonstrates it may be far lower than pharma claims https://t.co/YD8xivRQua

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UK pressure on India in trade talks could hike prices of vital drugs in the NHS as well as the rest of the world https://t.co/3wEf02f9yI

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Vapes have to be kept out of kids’ hands - but must be available to addicted smokers who want to quit. How to balance the odds in the face of public outrage? Our Today in Focus podcast… https://t.co/zCJ5L9nGaY

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So important. There’s little scrutiny of those in power around the country without local journalism. https://t.co/gbmIqKQoxD

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@vivienneparry So very sorry. I’m learning to deal with the same thing and it’s hard. I hope you have loads of nice, caring people around you to help - I’m sure you will. All good wishes, Sarah

[alan rusbridger @arusbridger]

The Brexiteers must be very proud…

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Hard to imagine how anyone can be so wicked as to make and sell fake malaria drugs... my piece for Prospect magazine:
https://t.co/YotJgchs5Z

[Prospect @prospect_uk]

Hundreds of thousands of people die of malaria each year, most of them children.

The problem isn’t just access to medication, writes @SarahBoseley—it’s a vast industry of fake and substandard pills:

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The Guardian view on cystic fibrosis treatments: a rollercoaster ride for the sick https://t.co/9u816D3qhT

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WHO staff member killed in Gaza

With heavy hearts, WHO announces the death of one of our staff in #Gaza, in the occupied Palestinian territory. Dima Abdullatif Mohammed Alhaj, 29 years old, had been with WHO since December 2019. She worked as a patient administrator at the Limb Reconstruction Centre, a critical part of the WHO Trauma and Emergency Team.

Dima died today when her parents’ house in southern Gaza—where she had evacuated to from Gaza City—was bombed. She was tragically killed alongside her husband, their six-month old baby boy, and her two brothers. Reportedly, over 50 family and community members sheltering in the same house also died.

Dima had a bachelor’s degree in Environmental and Earth Sciences from the Islamic University of Gaza, and continued to study and work on environmental issues and health.  She was a master’s student at Glasgow University, Scotland, UK, as part of the Erasmus exchange program from 2018-2019.

On Women’s Day 2022, Dima said in a WHO social media post that she was proud of her work because “it contributes to giving people hope and a new lease on life.”

Dr Rik Peeperkorn, the WHO representative in the occupied Palestinian territory said “she was a wonderful person with a radiant smile, cheerful, positive, respectful. She was a true team player. Her work was crucial, and she had been requested to take on even more responsibilities to support the Gaza suboffice and team. This is a such a painful loss for all of us. We share our deepest condolences with her mother and father (a long-serving medical specialist in Gaza), her family, and her many friends.”

The humanitarian community and @UN family have lost other members since 7 October. @MSF today lost two doctors. @UNRWA has lost 108 colleagues. These are not just numbers, but people who were working so that others could have a better life.

The death of Dima and her family is another example of the senseless loss in this conflict. Civilians have died in their homes, at their workplaces, while evacuating, while sheltering in schools, while being cared for in hospitals.

When will it stop?

We plead again with all those who hold in their hands the power to end this conflict to do so.

All of the WHO stands alongside Dima’s family and colleagues in the occupied Palestinian territory, the Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, and across the organization to mourn her loss.

See the statement 🔗https://t.co/L9adUoDwmY