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NHS EXPLORES APPS FOR CARE IN A DIGITAL AGE
The task at the NHS Ideas Lab hackathon was to find 21st-century solutions to problems facing patients, doctors and the NHS... READ MORE›
UK SURGEON ADMITS ASSAULTING PATIENTS BY SIGNING INITIALS ON THEIR LIVERS
Simon Bramhall used an argon beam coagulator, which seals bleeding blood vessels with an electric beam, to mark his initials on the organs... READ MORE›
NHS BOSSES SOUND ALARM OVER HOSPITALS ALREADY RUNNING AT 99% CAPACITY
NHS bosses sound alarm over hospitals already running at 99 percent capacity... READ MORE›
GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL 'FAILING' INTERSEX PATIENTS
It also claimed that operations were taking place on intersex patients at Gosh without first discussing their cases with an expert panel at the hospital... READ MORE›
CHAOS AND A TRAIL OF BLOOD AS NURSING AIDE HELPED LAS VEGAS MASSACRE VICTIMS
Sunrise Hospital treated 200 of the victims. Others received care at affiliated community hospitals and Las Vegas' University Medical Center... READ MORE›
PATIENTS LEFT IN DARK AS DOCTORS DEPART DOWNTOWN CLINIC
- Letter to patients from clinic owners Chantal and James Dumont Their decision is incomprehensible to us, the Dumonts wrote... READ MORE›
NO RIDE HOME, NO KIDNEY STONE SURGERY, OTTAWA MAN TOLD
But a surgeon at the General campus of the Ottawa Hospital took a different view... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Sa Health
MAY'S SCAPEGOAT ATTEMPT COULD SPARK MASS RESIGNATIONS, SAYS TOP GP
Dr Kailash Chand says GPs are rightly angry at government effort to shift blame for NHS crisis on to them with seven-day threat... READ MORE›
NHS INTENSIVE CARE 'AT ITS LIMITS' BECAUSE OF STAFF SHORTAGES
Fifty-two nhs hospitals sent patients elsewhere in busiest week yet... READ MORE›
NHS ACCUSED OF COVERING UP HUGE DATA LOSS THAT PUT THOUSANDS AT RISK
NHS England has quietly launched an inquiry to discover how many patients have been affected... READ MORE›
BEST CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS RANKED BY U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
Here's a look at the report's top children's hospitals across the country U.S. News Honor Roll 1... READ MORE›
WOMAN WHO RECEIVED WORLD'S 1ST FACE TRANSPLANT DIES AT 49
A French woman who received the worlds first partial face transplant after being mauled by her dog, died several months ago, at age 49.A... READ MORE›
SERIOUS MISTAKES IN NHS PATIENT CARE ARE ON THE RISE, FIGURES REVEAL
We have long warned that underfunding and staff shortages within the NHS will impact on patient safety... READ MORE›
LENGTHY WAITS TO SEE GPS MAY POSE SERIOUS RISK TO PATIENTS, SAYS TOP DOCTOR
People with non-urgent conditions may be neglected amid long waiting times, leading to acute problems, warns head of GPs' body... READ MORE›
KUNDUZ HOSPITAL ATTACK: HOW A US MILITARY MISTAKE LEFT 22 DEAD
There were 80 staff and 105 patients in the hospital buildings at the start of the attack, which lasted from 2.08am to 3.15am... READ MORE›
VIDEO SHOWS THE BOMBED KUNDUZ HOSPITAL WHICH CLAIMED 50 LIVES
At the time of the bombing the hospital had 105 patients and their care-takers and more than 80 international and Afghan staff were present it said... READ MORE›
KENYANS URGED TO END MEDICAL STRIKE AFTER PATIENTS DIE
President Uhuru Kenyatta urges medical workers to return to job, saying nearly 20 patients have died in three days... READ MORE›
CANCER PATIENT SINGS BEAUTIFUL SONG FOR THE POPE
At Federico Gomez Pediatric Hospital in Mexico City, Pope Francis prayed, hugged and even doled out medicine to a little boy... READ MORE›
SHOW THESE PICTURES TO ANYONE WHO THINKS WOMEN CAN'T BE SURGEONS
Ilooklikeasurgeon pic.twitter.com oSpk4HlW3j Finding female role models in surgery can be tough, but I won't let it put me off!... READ MORE›
A&E FACES WORST WINTER EVER, TOP DOCTOR WARNS
The NHS in England only narrowly avoided collapsing last winter, Mann said... READ MORE›
NHS ENGLAND CHIEF BRINGS IN NEW RULES ON WARD BED CLOSURES
Stevens is introducing tough rules for hospitals concerning bed closures from April to ensure that patient care does not suffer... READ MORE›
SURGEONS CALL FOR REVIEW OF SAFETY STANDARDS IN PRIVATE HOSPITALS
In particular there is a question about the data available from private hospitals, the letter states... READ MORE›
INDIAN SURGEON REMOVES 50 FLESH-EATING MAGGOTS BURROWING INTO MAN'S FACE
The surgeon has only seen six to eight cases of nasal maggots in 15 ears of his Ear, Nose, and Throat practice... READ MORE›
MEDSTAR HEALTH TURNS AWAY PATIENTS AFTER LIKELY 'RANSOMWARE' CYBERATTACK
MedStar officials have refused to characterize the attack as ransomware, a virus used to hold systems hostage until victims pay for a key to regain access... READ MORE›
ALMOST 80% OF JUNIOR DOCTORS TOOK PART IN ALL-OUT STRIKE, NHS SAYS
However, 16 of the 22 junior doctors in its emergency department did work as normal... READ MORE›
RATIONING RULES RESTRICTING SURGERY TO THOSE IN MOST PAIN MUST BE AXED, NHS OFFICIALS RULEA
Patients are left wondering about the validity of restrictions to other types of surgery and NHS treatment, she said... READ MORE›
COJOINED TEXAS TWINS SURVIVE WORLD-FIRST OPERATION TO SEPARATE THEM
Conjoined twins Knatalye Hope and Adeline Faith, 10 months, were successfully separated at the Texas Children's Hospital despite sharing vital organs including lungs, liver intestines and colon... READ MORE›
SURGEON WITH EBOLA ON FLIGHT TO U.S. FOR CARE
Martin Salia poses for a photo at the United Methodist Church's Kissy Hospital outside Freetown, Sierra Leone... READ MORE›
NHS CAN SAVE BILLIONS WITH SMALL RISE IN SPENDING ON GPS, SAY RESEARCHERS
It would be economically illiterate to ignore the savings that would come from increased investment in general practice, she said... READ MORE›
WHO MAY DIE CALIFORNIA PATIENTS AND DOCTORS WRESTLE WITH ASSISTED SUICIDE
Patients must make multiple requests for the medication and have a prognosis of less than six months to live... READ MORE›
GP ACCESS SEVEN DAYS A WEEK BY 2020 GUARANTEED UNDER TORIES CAMERON
Focus groups repeatedly indicate that a named GP and weekend access to GPs is one of the most popular demands for patient care outside hospital... READ MORE›
DOCTORS' INQUIRY DISMISSES 'UNRELIABLE' CLAIMS OVER NHS DEATH RATES
New report rejects controversial accusations, made in 2013, that death rates in patients receiving NHS care are 45 percent higher than in US hospitals... READ MORE›
CCTV: RUSSIAN DOCTOR PUNCHES PATIENT WHO LATER DIES
Russian media named the doctor as Ilya Zelendinov, a surgeon at the hospital, and the patient as 56-year-old Yevgeny Bakhtin... READ MORE›
HUNDREDS OF PRIVATE PATIENTS SEEK COMPENSATION FROM ROGUE SURGEON
Around 350 patients who underwent treatment privately take civil action against Ian Paterson, who carried out needless breast operations... READ MORE›
'ANY COMPANY WILL DO': QUEBEC DOCTORS USE LOOPHOLE TO SIDESTEP NEW LAW BANNING EXTRA FEES
But RAMQ's spokesperson said, in general, doctors aren't allowed to tell patients to find any registered company and ask them to be billed for services provided... READ MORE›
SA HEALTH WITHHELD INFORMATION RELATING TO STROKE DEATHS
SA Health withheld information relating to stroke deaths at Royal Adelaide Hospital, coroner says... READ MORE›
NHS EMERGENCY CARE ON WOBBLY LEGS
Ambulance crew bring a new patient to an NHS A E ward... READ MORE›