A core list of eight ‘never events’ were issued in 2009 covering operating on the wrong part of the body, leaving a surgical instrument inside a patient and the death of a…
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Mobile phone companies urged to display safety warnings more prominently
User manuals for the most popular phones tell users not to place devices directly against their bodies but the advice is often buried in the small print. Research into the potential danger…
Village residents grab chance for the healing touch
The city it seems, has a new medical tourism hub. It’s called the Commonwealth Games Village. Ballpark estimates available with the Delhi government suggest that some 75% of the 2,000-odd patients treated…
Programme teaches students first aid
An annual Dubai Police programme aimed at school children teaches them a variety of methods in dealing with dangerous situations. “We have an annual training in all government schools and selected private…
Hormone-filled food on rise
Trying to lose weight or get healthy? Don’t worry about the calories, worry about the hormones. Food products today are packed with extra hormones. Cows are injected with Bovine Somatotropin (rBST), a…
New health push
WORK to revamp an overcrowded 25-year-old health centre in the Northern Governorate is set to begin early next year, it has been announced. The Northern Municipal Council has reached an agreement with…
Scotland faces cuts in health spending
Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon has admitted for the first time that the NHS in Scotland is facing spending cuts next year. Her comments in an interview with The Herald, in which she…
Medics said our healthy babies died
Two mums have told of their ordeal after a hospital said their healthy unborn babies were dead. Sofia Taylor was in shock this week when staff allegedly advised her to terminate a…
CCTV bid in search for cancer centre lead
Police are checking CCTV footage in the hope of tracing those responsible for the theft of lead roofing from a support centre for cancer patients and their families. Strathclyde Police renewed an…
It’s official, women sweat less than men
Horses sweat, men perspire and ladies merely glow — if you think the saying is just a myth, think again. Now, there’s science to prove that women indeed need to get hotter…
THE decision by the National […]
The decision by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence to allow life-enhancing drugs on prescription for people in the early stages of Alzheimer’s is a huge victory for The Alzheimer’s…
57 patients suffer NHS op blunders
Nhs surgeons have carried out dozens of operations on the wrong parts of patients’ bodies over the past year. Figures yesterday revealed 57 “wrong site surgery” cases, including ops on the wrong…
ASBESTOS DISGRACE
Dying asbestos victims will be denied justice after a landmark ruling yesterday affected thousands. Many could die without getting a penny in compensation despite suffering the incurable lung cancer mesothelioma, caused by…
UK mental health costs ‘exceed £100bn’
Mental health issues cost the UK more than £100 billion each year. Coping with mental health issues now costs £105.2 billion a year, according to new data. This includes the cost of…
A life and death decision
At least one person in every family should be trained in first aid, because no-one can predict an emergency, an ambulance services manager told Gulf News. “People die because nobody knows what…