Nurse chased by psych patient armed with 30cm glass shard, union claims
Monash Medical Centre. Photo: Wayne Hawkins A psychiatric ward patient smashed a window, took a 30-centimentre shard of glass and chased a nurse in a terrifying attack at Monash Medical Centre last...
View ArticleNurse chased by psych patient armed with 30cm glass shard
Monash Medical Centre. Photo: Wayne Hawkins A psychiatric ward patient smashed a window, took a 30-centimentre shard of glass and chased a nurse in a terrifying attack at Monash Medical Centre last...
View ArticleMKCG newborn unit ill-equipped
BERHAMPUR: The special newborn care unit (SNCU) at MKCG Medical College and Hospital here is functioning without ventilators and other essential equipment. It also does not have a neonatal intensive...
View ArticleNursing home raided after report of 11 infant deaths
LUCKNOW: Acting on an anonymous complaint that 11 newborn babies had died in the neonatal intensive care unit of a private nursing home in the past two days, a team from Lucknow health office raided...
View ArticleGovt hospitals in Delhi lack space and facilities to treat kids
NEW DELHI: Shortage of beds for children at the city's government-run hospitals proved tragic on Monday when a newborn denied admission at Kalawati Saran and Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) hospitals died....
View ArticlePunjab admits shortcomings in providing healthcare
ISLAMABAD: The Punjab government admitted before the Supreme Court on Thursday its shortcomings in providing proper health facilities but said that poor health of mothers had also contributed to the...
View ArticleExpert stress on beds, equipment for baby care - Delhi-AIIMS doctor inspects...
An expert from New Delhi-AIIMS on Friday inspected the special care newborn unit (SCNU) and neo-natal intensive care unit (Nicu) at two premier health hubs and stressed on an overhaul of the present...
View ArticleDay-old baby dies after government hospitals refuse treatment
NEW DELHI: A day-old baby, born prematurely with respiratory conditions, died in his parent's arms on Monday after two leading government hospitals refused treatment, while a third allegedly made them...
View ArticleDeath toll in DHQ hospital nursery reaches 12
SARGODHA: At least four more infants died in the nursery of the District Headquarters (DHQ) Teaching Hospital, taking the death toll of newborns to 12 on Thursday, allegedly due to absence of...
View ArticleFootprints : BORN TO DIE
THE room is comfortably warm — a welcome change from the cold outside. The heat is generated by electronic heaters installed over tiny beds, occupied by 11 infants, only a few days old. But the warmth...
View ArticleBorn to die
The room is comfortably warm — a welcome change from the cold outside. The heat is generated by electronic heaters installed over tiny beds, occupied by 11 infants, only a few days old. But the warmth...
View ArticleReligion: Turning a blind eye to state-backed extremism
RELIGION Turning a blind eye to state-backed extremism There is likely a consensus that terrorism is facilitated by the indoctrination and radicalisation of the young and naive. What isn't well...
View ArticlePremature twin fractures skull after being dropped by tired nurse
The Intelligencer A Marmora mother says she will sue Quinte Health Care after her infant fell – fracturing his skull – while a nurse at Belleville General Hospital was feeding him. Apologetic hospital...
View ArticleUnder siege Bacchus Marsh hospital board gone to ground on baby deaths
The executive board of Djerriwarrh Health Services, which faces being sacked over seven avoidable baby deaths at the under siege Bacchus Marsh Hospital, is yet to plead its case to the state...
View ArticleLawyers gain access to 'dangerous' Christmas Island compound after judge...
Asylum seekers and facilities at Christmas Island Detention Centre in 2013. Photo: Getty Images Lawyers have won an emergency court order allowing them to access a Christmas Island compound that is...
View ArticleGovernment has until Sunday to arrange refugee's abortion
The Australian government will not challenge a Federal Court ruling that it has a duty of care to provide a safe and legal abortion for an African refugee raped on Nauru. The ruling could become a...
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 ArticleWatsonville Nursing Home Owners, Operators, and Manager Agree to Pay $3.8...
(Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation - San Francisco Field Office) SAN FRANCISCO-The owners, operators, and manager of two nursing homes in Watsonville, Calif., have agreed to pay $3.8 million to...
View ArticleAuthorities: $1B Medicare fraud nursing home scam, 3 charged
Three people have been charged in an unprecedented $1 billion health care fraud scam, accused of using dozens of Miami nursing homes to bilk the taxpayer-funded Medicare and Medicaid programs,...
View ArticleBoard sacked over baby deaths at Bacchus Marsh hospital
The entire board has been sacked at the Bacchus Marsh hospital where seven avoidable baby deaths in two years have been identified. The eight board members of the Djerriwarrh Health Services were given...
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