The condition of an Australian victim caught in New Zealand’s deadly White Island volcano eruption has stabilised in a Sydney hospital. Five NSW residents in Concord Hospital and Royal North Shore Hospital remain critically ill, according to a NSW Health update on Sunday morning. Three patients evacuated from New Zealand to The Alfred hospital in… Read More »
Overworked doctor trying to focus. Getty Graduating from medical school in 1978, I started my hellish internship while reading Samuel Shem’s classic, “The House of G-d,” a scathing indictment of medical education and the mercenary incentives in patient care. I found it shocking, crude at times and disillusioning—but at its core, absolutely correct about what… Read More »
Dorothy Twigg was living on her own, cooking and walking without help until a dizzy spell landed her in the emergency room. She spent three days confined to a hospital bed, allowed to get up only to use a bedside commode. Twigg, who was in her 80s, was livid about being stuck in a bed… Read More »
The University of Mississippi Medical Center aims to use a mobile app to enable video consultations with patients throughout the state. The mobile service is expected to improve access to care to those who live in rural and underserved regions of the state, while reducing costs and travel times. Using the app, consumers can make… Read More »
Media playback is unsupported on your device The government has pledged billions for hospital projects across England, at the start of the Conservative party conference. The plans include a £2.7bn investment for six hospitals over five years. A new approach to NHS mental health treatment will also be trialled in 12 areas of England –… Read More »
Rapper Kurupt had to receive medical treatment after a night of excessive drinking with his “Marriage Bootcamp” castmates. Kurupt missed two days of filming for the We TV series because he was in the hospital recovering from a night of excessive drinking on the set. Post binge, he fell ill and had to be rushed… Read More »