HEALTH COACH - NHS cyberatta: A & Es entirely open & Again

HEALTH COACH -

 NHS cyberatta: A & Es entirely open & Again  

 

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 Patients are no longer diverted from crash units and emergency following cyberattack, according to NHS England. 
 
 When the computer virus hit Friday 47 trusts were hit and seven had to close their doors in A & E to the ambulances. 
 
 Some routine surgeries and GP appointments have also been canceled through the NHS as a result. 
 
 Services are returning to normal, but some places still have problems. 
 
 The ransomware program required a payment of £ 230 to unlock the affected computers. 
 
 Pirated pirates wanted their payment in the virtual currency Bitcoin, which is more difficult to trace. 
 
 At the time, Prime Minister Theresa May said that this was not an attack directed against the NHS. 
 
 She said that this was an international attack with a number of affected countries and organizations. 
 
 National Director of the incident, Dr. Anne Rainsberry, said: "Patients are no longer diverted from emergency units and emergency hospitals and, is always a disturbance In a small number of areas, most patients are treated as normal. 
 
 "We are grateful for the hard work of the staff in GP trusts and practices who still suffer from computer problems but have found Means To get around this, as well as the patience of the people who have been affected. "