Gavin Finch

Rothschild Allegedly Assaulted Six Women Over Three Decades The butler summoned the young female employee to Evelyn de Rothschild’s private office at his grand manor house in Buckinghamshire, northwest of London.

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Evelyn De Rothschild Was Reported to Police for Sexual Assault Two women filed complaints with the police in 2019 alleging that the financier Evelyn de Rothschild sexually assaulted them at his country house in Buckinghamshire.

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Uganda Clinic Exposes a Healthcare Tragedy In Kampala, a group of midwives help vulnerable mothers give birth for free. Nearby a major for-profit hospital is out of reach for most of the community, sometimes with devastating consequences. (Sou...

This is a powerful documentary about midwives, birth, and for-profit healthcare.

Don’t want to spoil it, but I promise the first few gripping minutes alone are worth your time.

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Behind DOGE’s Standoff at USAID: Desk Searches and Elon Musk Calling Young staffers from Musk’s government-efficiency initiative gained access to sensitive information to cap a weeklong effort that puts the aid agency’s fate in question.

First post is a scoop: The “DOGE kids” and their confrontation with USAID on Saturday. w/ @jasonleopold.bsky.social

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The hospital in the Philippines said it had not detained anyone illegally and always followed the law. The Ugandan facility said it would never deny anyone emergency medical care.

Patients Detained, Denied Care at Hospitals Funded by World Bank Billions of taxpayer dollars invested in for-profit facilities from Africa to Asia were supposed to improve access to healthcare. But stories of abuses have piled up.

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The IFC said it has rigorous protocols for protecting patients. Yet acknowledged it didn’t look into whether hospitals in Uganda, the Philippines and elsewhere engaged in patient detentions before investing even though allegations about the practice have been widely documented.

The IFC wouldn't say how many hospitals it funds. But Bloomberg identified more than 20, and at least four of them barred patients from leaving after their treatments ended until they could pay their bills — a practice illegal in many countries.

Another IFC-backed hospital in Uganda left a one-year old who was struggling to breathe in reception for about 30 mins until a credit card was produced and she was finally admitted. When she was well enough to leave, the hospital wouldn't discharge her until her bills were paid.

One hospital in the Philippines, part of a chain that got a $100 million IFC loan, cut off medications to a patient who couldn't walk after he fell behind on payments and detained him for six days until he settled a $12,000 bill.

Patients Detained, Denied Care at Hospitals Funded by World Bank Billions of taxpayer dollars invested in for-profit facilities from Africa to Asia were supposed to improve access to healthcare. But stories of abuses have piled up.

I've spent the last few months digging into abuses at World Bank-financed private hospitals from Uganda to the Philippines. Working with colleagues we found widespread cases of patient detention, denial of emergency care and corpse retention. Free link here: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Hi - I'm new on here. I'm an investigative journalist at Bloomberg News in London. I'm interested in stories about corporate malfeasance, misspent public money, holding the powerful to account, and anything else that tickles my fancy.