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Understaffed hospitals in California are suspending nurses just when they need them most - and volunteers aren't being deployed

At least two hospitals in California have suspended nurses for calling out inadequate access to protective gear such as airborne-resistant masks. Nurses at these hospitals - Providence Saint John's in Santa Monica and West Hills Hospital in Los Angeles - said there aren't enough caregivers to treat coronavirus patients.Nearly 90,000 volunteer nurses and healthcare workers have signed up to help short-staffed California hospitals, but the state hasn't deployed any of them yet.If you are a nurse in a short-staffed hospital, email aakhtar@businessinsider.com. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.Jacob Childs used to work alongside his brother as registered nurses in the designated coronavirus floor at Providence Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica, California - until his




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Salma Hayek touches down in London after revealing she spent Oscars night in hospital  

Still wearing her sparking blue dress, Salma shared snaps of herself and her friend Evelyn O'Neill in the hospital as the staff tended to her injury.




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Russia rushes to copy China and build new hospital to deal with coronavirus

City mayor Sergey Sobyanin has ordered a £92million hospital to be built 40 miles from Moscow's city centre even though Russia currently has only 34 cases.




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Coronavirus Russia: Work starts on second new hospital

Moscow officials have banned gatherings of more than 50 people in a bid to contain the spread of coronavirus. It comes as plans to speed-build a 500-bed hospital to treat victims were revealed.




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Germany will build a new hospital for 1,000 coronavirus patients

The Berlin city government has agreed to build a new hospital for up to 1,000 coronavirus patients with the help of the military and other partners.




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Vladimir Putin dons hazmat suit to visit coronavirus hospital

The Russian president toured Komunarka hospital in Moscow on Monday, to observe COVID-19 patients being treated. It comes as the Kremlin is speed-building a new coronavirus hospital.




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Putin unveils new 800-bed coronavirus Moscow hospital built from scratch in 36 days

On Friday, officials reported a record rise of 4,069 new COVID-19 cases in Russia, bringing its nationwide tally to 32,007, with 273 deaths. A new £92m hospital has been made in just 36 days.




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Doctor with coronavirus falls to her death from hospital in Russia

Natalya Lebedeva had been accused of failing to stop an outbreak of Covid-19 inside the restricted Star City (file phot) where cosmonauts are trained, colleagues claimed.




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Khabib's father 'in hospital with heart problem just two weeks after flu and pneumonia treatment'

The news comes just two weeks after Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov was admitted to hospital with flu and pneumonia symptoms after spending two days walking up freezing mountains.




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Coronavirus US: Number of hospitalized in New York falls

There were 1,308 new hospitalizations from COVID-19 across the state on Monday which is the lowest number since March 25.




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National Guard salute veteran who died from coronavirus at Javits Center field hospital

The military veteran died on April 18 at New York City's Jacob Javits Convention Center, which the military has converted into a field hospital for people diagnosed with coronavirus.




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Coronavirus US: Cuomo resumes elective surgeries at hospitals

On Tuesday, there were 330 COVID-19 deaths across the state of New York which is the lowest number since April 29, which brings the total to 17,968. There were 957 new hospitalizations.




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Fifteen children are hospitalized in NYC with rare but deadly Kawasaki disease

Kawasaki disease is a rare inflammatory syndrome that has left children fighting for their lives in intensive care amid the pandemic.




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Coronavirus US: Three Queens hospital workers die in two weeks

Wayne Edwards, 61, his supervisor Derik Braswell, 57, and Priscilla Carrow (pictured), 65, handed doctors and nurses masks at Elmhurst Hospital Center, New York.




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66% of New York coronavirus hospitalizations are people staying at HOME

In a study of some 1,000 new patients over the last week, 66 percent were not essential workers and were staying at home. More than 80 percent had not taken any public transport.




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Doctor at top New York hospital 'self-isolates' over coronavirus fears

NYU Langone ob/gyn Dr. Alan Berger has self-isolated,. the hospital said. The Englewood, New Jersey, doctor is an ally of Ted Cruz, who is also in quarantine after exposure at CPAC.




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Coronavirus: North Korea builds hospital but claims ZERO cases

North Korea maintains it has no confirmed cases of COVID-19, despite tens of thousands of cases in neighbouring China and South Korea.




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North Korea boasts working 'day and night' to build hospital despite denying cases of coronavirus

Kim Jong-un set an ambitious 200-day deadline for the completion of the new Pyongyang General Hospital after work began suddenly just under a month ago.




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Tom Burgess' fiancée Tahlia Giumelli is rushed to hospital by ambulance

On Friday, Tahlia Giumelli revealed she was rushed to hospital by ambulance after an attack of what she calls a 'silent but painful' disease. 




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Dozens of taxi drivers storm Indonesian hospital and recover baby's body held hostage over fees

Six-month-old Alif Putr died in surgery on Tuesday morning, but was being held by M Djamil Hospital in Padang, Indonesia, until his parents paid the 25 million rupiahs ($1,774 or £1,370) owed.




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Keira Knightley stalker detained in psychiatric hospital

Mark Revill, of east London, left the Oscar-nominated actress fearing for her young daughter's safety and targeted the Hollywood star's husband on Twitter.




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Conor McGregor commended by a hospital in Ireland after donating equipment to help fight coronavirus

The UFC fighter has helped in the fight against the deadly disease by donating one million euros that has gone towards cardiac monitors, oxygen equipment and 50,000 masks for hospitals.




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Conor McGregor delivers vital supplies to children's hospital in Dublin amid COVID-19 crisis

Conor McGregor personally delivered supplies to a Dublin children's hospital on Thursday amid the COVID-19 crisis.




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Kylie and Kris Jenner to donate hand sanitizers to hospitals fighting COVID-19

The 22-year-old's company Kylie Cosmetics and Kylie Skin will begin producing hand sanitizer for hospitals across southern California, TMZ reports.




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Footage emerges claiming to show coronavirus victim body bags lined up in Iranian hospital

The unverified video, which has been viewed over 836,000 times online, shows lines of seemingly full body bags lining the floors of the hospital.




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Westmead Hospital doctor Dan Suan urges Australians to adhere to government ban due to coronavirus

Dan Suan, an immunologist at the Westmead Hospital in Sydney, shared a graph comparing Australia's coronavirus cases with other countries.




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Coronavirus could overwhelm hospitals and facilities in Iran warns top government official

A record 113 deaths and 1,209 new cases were reported in Iran in just 24 hours, with a leading official admitting health facilities could be overwhelmed in the country.




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Mother says her son had to be admitted to the hospital after developing an addiction to video games

Vicky Winstanley from Lancaster, appeared on This Morning to say her son Nathan, 12, was found unconscious after playing Fortnite. He still plays video games, but she's limited his screen time.




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After 23 years in critical care, nothing prepared ANTHEA ALLEN for war zone at her London hospital

Anthea Allen has been a nurse for well over 20 years and thought she had 'seen it all' in her long NHS career. Then came the coronavirus pandemic. She works at St George's Hospital in London.




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Blood thinners could improve survival of hospitalized coronavirus patients by up to 50%

A new study from the Mount Sinai Health System found that patients on blood thinners died after about 21 days in the hospital compared to those not on the drugs who died after about 14 days.




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Being obese may DOUBLE the risk of needing hospital treatment for the life-threatening coronavirus

Scientists in Glasgow trawled over data for more than 428,000 people who were part of the UK Biobank. Some 340 of those had recently tested positive for COVID-19 in hospital.




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Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark, 51, is hospitalised following a skiing accident in Switzerland

The 51-year-old Danish royal sustained a 'minor injury' to his left shoulder on the slopes at Verbier in Switzerland last week. He is being treated at a highly specialised hospital in Copenhagen, Denmark.




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Captain Tom Moore opens Nightingale hospital in Harrogate today

The 99-year-old veteran was invited to do the honours at the site in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, after raising a staggering £27million for the NHS.




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Sophie Wessex opens Nightingale Hospital in Sunderland by video link 

The UK's newest NHS Nightingale hospital has opened in Sunderland today, less than 24 hours after the flagship facility in the Capital was mothballed.




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Police hunt Prince Harry lookalike after serious assault in Glasgow left man, 23, in hospital 

Officers in Scotland today released CCTV images of two men they would like to speak to following the assault in Glasgow at around 12.20am on Sunday, February 23.




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Ebola fears in SWEDEN as patient is rushed to hospital with symptoms of the killer virus 

The patient was rushed to Skane University Hospital in Lund on Monday after suffering symptoms linked to the killer virus. Doctors say they can't rule out Ebola until test results come back.




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NYC ER doctor shares what it's REALLY like to work in a hospital during the pandemic

Dr. Craig Spencer is the Director of Global Health in Emergency Medicine at Columbia Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. He previously treated ebola patients in Africa.




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Oscar Pistorius rushed to hospital 'with cuts to wrists'

The Paralympian denied the injuries were a suicide attempt and claimed he had 'fallen out of his bed' in his cell at Kgosi Mampuru prison in Pretoria.




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Oscar Pistorius rushed to hospital with 'chest pains'

There were initial fears that shamed athlete Oscar Pistorious had suffered a heart attack at Atteridgeville Prison in South Africa.




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British nurses at Tavistock Hospital slammed for sharing video performing Haka to coronavirus

The group performed the traditional Māori war dance in a ward in the Tavistock Hospital in Devon, southwest England over the weekend.




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Labour MP for Rochdale Tony Lloyd, 70, is in hospital with coronavirus

Rochdale's Tony Lloyd, 70, the party's shadow secretary of state for Northern Ireland, is being cared for at Manchester Royal Infirmary.




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Hospitals probed after sending elderly back to care homes despite KNOWING they had coronavirus

EXCLUSIVE: The elderly patients sent back from hospitals, despite suffering from coronavirus, triggered outbreaks in care homes, tragically claiming the lives of other vulnerable residents.




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NY hospital that mistakenly sent man's HIV diagnosis fined

An unnamed New York City man's HIV diagnosis was mistakenly sent to his workplace by Mount Sinai St Luke's Hospital in 2014. He is now suing the hospital in a $2.5million negligence lawsuit.




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NHS hospital confirms patient has monkeypox after catching the killer virus while visiting Nigeria

A person in South West England has been diagnosed with monkeypox, Public Health England said, and they are now being treated at St Thomas' Hospital in London (pictured).




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The Hospital Group nutritionist reveals healthy-eating rules from around the world

EXCLUSIVE: George Hamlyn-Williams, principal dietitian from The Hospital Group, UK, told FEMAIL which nutritional guidelines from other countries we should be following to lose weight.




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Kate Middleton penned a letter to 'inspirational' staff at children's hospital

Kate Middleton, 38, has written a letter to Evelina London Children's Hospital, expressing her gratitude to the staff who are taking on adult patients due to coronavirus pandemic.




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Carole Middleton delivers goody bags filled with toys to her local hospital's children's ward

Carole Middleton, 65, delivered goody bags filled with toys to a local hospital's children ward on Saturday. The photograph is believed to have been shared on her company Party Pieces Instagram.




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Prince William and Kate Middleton visit Pakistan hospital and mosque

Prince William, accompanied by his wife, Kate, travelled from Islamabad to Lahore, where they made a trip to the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre.




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Heartwarming moment father-of-four, 48, is applauded by NHS staff as he leaves hospital

Father-of-four Scott Howell, 48, was the first coronavirus intensive care patient at the Royal Gwent Hospital in Newport, South Wales - where he was in a deep coma due to Covid-19.




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Will empty Nightingale hospital be moved into hibernation? ExCel Centre could be mothballed

One of the five temporary Nightingale hospitals could be mothballed within days under plans ministers will consider this week. The health centre was built to expand the NHS's intensive care capacity.