425 endoscopy procedures at Kuwait Hospital in Sharjah in Q1 2025

Global Expertise Emphasised Dr. Noor Al Muhairi, Director of the Visiting Doctors Programme at the Emirates Health Services (EHS), confirmed that attracting global medical talents is a key pillar of the foundation’s strategy to develop specialised fields. …

Suspect was released from psychiatric care a day before Hamburg attack, officials say

The suspect in the recent knife attack at Hamburg’s central train station was released from a psychiatric hospital on the day before the stabbing, officials said on Sunday. The 39-year-old woman had been treated in a psychiatric institution in the northern …

Child marriage, delayed care fuel fistula rise

Health officials in South Sudan are warning of a rise in obstetric fistula cases, blaming delayed access to maternal care and widespread child marriage. The concerns were highlighted during the national commemoration of the International Day to End …

New study finds germ that 'feeds' on hospital plastic

Kingston (UK): A recent study by researchers Ronan McCarthy and Ruben de Dios at Brunel University of London has revealed that certain hospital pathogens have the ability to break down and feed on plastic, posing new challenges for medical care and …

Benfleet care home marks Dementia Action Week with 'powerful' photo exhibition

Godden Lodge Care Home, in Benfleet, which provides residential, nursing, and dementia care, commemorated Dementia Action Week with a photo display exhibition titled "These Hands". The exhibition aims to challenge common misconceptions about …

East Lothian casualty airlifted to hospital as family get into difficulty in water

An East Lothian casualty was airlifted to hospital after a family got into difficulty in the water at a busy local beach. A multi-agency response was scrambled to Tyninghame Beach on Saturday afternoon as three people were rescued from the water, one of …

Former Saint Vincent Hospital CEO lands new job in Mass. health care

Improve palliative care system before legalising euthanasia, Hospice Malta says

Palliative care needs to be improved before the government considers the introduction of voluntary assisted euthanasia, two of Hospice Malta's health professionals said. Anna Frendo, the Chief Clinical Officer at Hospice Malta, and Jurgen Abela, a …

Annah was told to take her daughter home from hospital. She died the next day

NSW deputy coroner Joan Baptie will on Monday resume her inquiry into the care Pippa received in the days and hours leading up to her death – and whether her death was preventable. Sepsis occurs when the body’s immune response to an infection causes damage …

High school senior graduates from her hospital room after surviving car crash

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP/Gray News) - After a high school senior was injured in a car crash days before graduation, school officials made sure she still got her moment by bringing graduation right to her hospital room. The parents of McKenzie …