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Beckham ‘to hand salary’ to children’s hospital

Paris Saint-Germain's David Beckham will donate around half a million euros to a children's hospital in Paris, French media reported on Tuesday. It comes after he pledged to donate his salary to good causes, when he joined the club in January.

Beckham 'to hand salary' to children's hospital
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Wealthy footballer David Beckham will hand over part of of his whopping PSG salary to a children's hospital in Paris, French daily Le Parisien claimed on Tuesday.

The Necker hospital in the 15th arrondissement of the French capital, which specializes in rare diseases is set to benefit to the tune of around €500,000, Le Parisien claimed.

When Beckham joined the mega-wealthy Qatari-owned club in January, he put charities across France on alert by promising to donate his entire wages to good causes.

The club was inundated with requests from associations and organizations across the country, including a penniless nursery in Nancy, that will close without financial aid.

Since then, however, there has been little news about which charities are to benefit from Beckham’s reported €800,000 monthly wages.

The donation to the hospital, which already has strong links with PSG, will be carried out through the club's charitable foundation, whose president is Nasser al Khelaifa, the club's Qatari chief.

According to Le Parisien, another as yet unnamed children's charity in France is also set to benefit from a major slice of Beckham's salary.

Following Beckham's charity pledge, suspicions were raised in the French media that the club were simply making the donations in a bid to avoid paying tax on the player's wages. PSG have so far refused to comment on these claims.

Details have not yet been released.

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Norway saw fewer hospital patients in 2020 despite pandemic

Fewer patients were treated in hospital in 2020 than in 2019, with Covid-19 being the reason for the drop, according to Statistics Norway.

Norway saw fewer hospital patients in 2020 despite pandemic
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The decline in patients has been largest for those awaiting planned treatments, but the number of people requiring immediate attention also dropped too, according to Statistics Norway figures.

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, hospitals had to prioritise differently in 2020 as a result of the increased need for intensive care units.

“2020 was a year marked by pandemics and restrictions. In many places hospitals have had to prioritise differently due to the coronavirus, and perhaps particularly as the result of the increased need for intensive care,” the report said.

This has contributed to a decrease in the number of patients in hospitals at all levels of care.

The number of patients with 24-hour stays decreased by 7 percent. The total number of days spent in hospital fell by 11 percent or 380,000 fewer days in a hospital bed in 2020 compared to 2019.

Hospital stays lasting at least 24 hours include both planned and unplanned visits. In 2020 planned visits accounted for 29 percent of all visits, which is a decrease of 16 percent from the previous year, while visits for immediate appointments decreased by 3 percent.

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The figures show a decline for almost all diagnostic groups, but cancer patients had a smaller decline than other groups.

Planned treatment of various forms of cancer decreased by 8 percent, but acute help for tumours saw an increase of 11 percent.

This reverses a trend of numbers of patients in hospitals increasing year on year. The increases had primarily been driven by patients at outpatient clinics.

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