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02/07/2018 / By Frances Bloomfield
Death by MRI machine: Man dies in freak accident after bringing oxygen tank into the room
On Jan. 27, 2018, an Indian man died after he was sucked into a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine at Mumbai’s BYL Nair Hospital. According to reports, 32-year-old Rajesh Maru and other members of his family were accompanying a female relative for a test. The victim’s uncle claimed that Maru was asked to carry a […]
09/27/2017 / By Michelle Simmons
Don’t wait for an ambulance if you get shot or stabbed: You are less likely to die if a friend takes you to the hospital
It is important to call for the ambulance in medical emergencies, but new research suggests that calling a friend, an Uber, or the police to take you to the hospital is better if you have been stabbed or shot, according to a report by the Science Daily. The study from the Johns Hopkins University School […]
06/21/2017 / By Amy Goodrich
Scary, infectious SUPERBUG just spread to five more U.S. states, including some in the Midwest
A deadly, hard-to-spot “superbug” yeast is rapidly infiltrating American hospitals. In June 2016, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned clinics about the emergence of a new multidrug-resistant yeast strain called Candida auris. Two months later the first seven cases of a C. auris infection were recorded in the United States. The […]
05/13/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield
Welsh patient discharged from hospital… after almost four years
Conservative Assembly Member Darren Miller commented that: “No patient should have to wait almost four years to be discharged from hospital.” Yet that’s exactly what happened to one patient who had only been declared fit for discharge after 1,338 days had passed. The patient, whose name has not been disclosed, was noted for having a […]
04/30/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield
10 babies were infected with a superbug… and the hospital CONCEALED it from the parents and the public
On March 26 of this year, a newborn at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) Medical Center tested positive for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a superbug that cannot be treated with conventional antibiotics. According to hospital officials, the baby has since tested negative. However, it was revealed that the infant was one of 10 babies […]
04/25/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield
California hospital fined after taking out a woman’s ovaries by accident
A hospital in California is being sued for the accidental removal of a woman’s ovaries. The Sequoia Hospital in Redwood City, Calif., has been fined $47,450 by health officials, reported Catherine Ho of SFGate.com. Doctors at Sequoia were supposed to remove the patient’s appendix, fallopian tubes, and uterus during surgery in February 2016; however, due […]
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