Crib deaths: 5 docs, 4 nurses face heat
KOLKATA: The state health department on Friday has taken punitive action against five doctors and four nurses for the death of two newborns at Medical College Hospital Calcutta (MCHC) last Saturday...
View Article5 hospital staff suspended over death of newborns
The West Bengal health department has suspended five senior members of a leading state-run hospital in Kolkata, along with three junior doctors and a nurse, for dereliction in duty that caused the...
View ArticlePlaza Health Network cited repeatedly for nursing home violations
Plaza Health Network, the embattled nursing home chain that six months ago agreed to pay $21.5 million to settle federal civil charges that it defrauded Medicare and Medicaid, has habitually violated...
View ArticleKolkata: Patients suffer as junior docs, nurses resort to gherao
KOLKATA: Dusk was turning to night when TOI saw Champarani Bairagi sitting with her eight-month-old baby in front of the emergency ward of Calcutta Medical College and Hospital on Saturday. Her son had...
View ArticleSkilled Nursing Facility Company Agrees to Pay More Than $3 Million to...
(Source: United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Texas) HOUSTON - Regent Management Services L.P. has agreed to pay approximately $3.199 million to settle allegations that it...
View ArticleMs Dhu inquest: nurse contradicts claims Yamatji woman was disruptive
First nurse to see Ms Dhu two days before she died in custody says she was calm, compliant and alert, contradicting claims by other staff of ‘behavioural distress’...
View ArticleWCHOB Names Nurse Leader for the Regional Perinatal Center/Fetal Care Center...
(Source: Kaleida Health) Dianne-Ida Bly, RN, BSN, has been named nurse leader for the WNY Regional Perinatal Center/ Fetal Care Center at Women & Children's Hospital of Buffalo. In her new role,...
View ArticleQuebec's assisted dying law postponed after Superior Court grants injunction
QUEBEC -- The Quebec government will seek leave to appeal a court ruling that would postpone the implementation of a provincial law on assisted dying until at least February. A Quebec Superior Court...
View ArticleUAB Hospital recognized as first Baby-Friendly hospital in Birmingham area...
(Source: The University of Alabama at Birmingham) Baby Friendly USA has recognized UAB Hospital's efforts to educate and support breastfeeding mothers. UAB Hospital has been designated a Baby-Friendly...
View ArticleDemocrats urge Paul Ryan to call time on Planned Parenthood inquiry
After the fatal shooting at a clinic in Colorado six members of a House panel have called for Congress to stop ‘demonizing’ the women’s healthcare provider...
View ArticleInfant deaths: Junior docs protest against ‘unfair’ suspension of staff, CM...
NEARLY 300 junior doctors of Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital organised a silent protest march on Wednesday, protesting against the suspension of three junior doctors after the death of...
View ArticleQuebec tells doctors to respect court decision suspending right-to-die law
MONTREAL -- Doctors must respect a court ruling suspending Quebec's assisted-suicide law but the government won't go on a "witch hunt" against physicians who offer palliative sedation, the province's...
View ArticleAG Jepsen: Connecticut Joins FTC and Pennsylvania AG in Enforcement Action...
(Source: State of Connecticut Office of the Attorney General) AG Jepsen: Connecticut Joins FTC and Pennsylvania AG in Enforcement Action against Alleged Tech Support Scam Federal court granted order...
View ArticleBlog: Bullying in the health service
In all walks of life, there is the potential to be exposed to bullying. It is unacceptable anywhere. But it is especially insidious in the workplace, as this is where a person earns their livelihood....
View ArticleJudge adjourns Tallaght hospital whistleblower’s bid to halt inquiry
An application by a former acting chief executive of Tallaght Hospital for injunctions restraining the reopening of an investigation into complaints against him has been adjourned to January. John...
View ArticleJudge adjourns bid to halt Tallaght hospital investigation
An application by a former acting chief executive of Tallaght Hospital for injunctions restraining the reopening of an investigation into complaints against him has been adjourned to January. John...
View ArticleHospital CEO's injunction application set for January
An application by a former acting CEO of Tallaght hospital for a High Court injunction to stop the reopening of an investigation into historic complaints against him will be heard in January. John...
View ArticlePreterm baby suffers burns in machine to treat jaundice
Mumbai: A prematurely born baby is battling for life after suffering serious burns on her back and shoulders at the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of state-run J J Hospital in Byculla. The...
View Article2 babies die after vaccination at BBMP-run health centre
Hospital staff booked on charges of unnatural death Four-month-old twins died on Friday after they were administered vaccine at the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike health centre in Bapujinagar, in...
View ArticleSpecial Report: Newborns die after being sent home with drug-dependent mothers
By Duff Wilson and John Shiffman LEHIGHTON, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Brayden Cummings turned 6 weeks old the morning his mother suffocated him. High on methamphetamine, Xanax and the methadone...
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