40 h. ago Hundreds of patients go missing from Scottish hospitals every month

On average, nine patients go missing every day from Scotland's hospitals.

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3 d. ago The Sleep Room by Jon Stock review – haunting accounts of horrific medical abuse

A book about psychiatrist William Sargant’s unethical treatments at a London hospital in the 1960s is all the more powerful for its vivid patient testimoniesA child of 14 is forced to walk on to a stage and strip to her underwear. Tiny and mute beneath the stacked rows of medical students, she is paraded for their benefit by a consultant psychiatrist some 44 years her senior. It is 1966 – the peak of Swinging 60s’ hedonism, liberalism and youthful counterculture – but in a locked psychiatric ward in London’s Royal Waterloo hospital, unspeakable violations are being inflicted upon patients.The perpetrator-in-chief, William Sargant, is the subject of thriller writer Jon Stock’s first nonfiction book, The Sleep Room: A Very British Medical Scandal. One of the most notorious figures in British psychiatry, Sargant initially wished to be a physician. He pivoted to psychiatry after one of his earliest pieces of research met with a humiliating reception at the Royal College of Physicia...

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4 d. ago Brits told 'stay at home' as virus at 'highest ever levels' from start of Spring

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said that the number of patients admitted to hospital with the bug in the week ending March 24 was 903, up from 1,160 in the previous week

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4 d. ago Myanmar and Thailand earthquake live: race to find survivors as huge rise in death toll confirmed

Myanmar’s military rulers have called for ‘any country, any organisation’ to help as concerns grow over how rescuers will reach affected areasFull report: Myanmar earthquake death toll rises to almost 700 as search for survivors continuesPatients evacuated from a Bangkok hospital have been taken to a nearby sports hall where hospital beds are lined up beneath basketball hoops and beside football goals.Agence France-Presse reports that when powerful tremors from Myanmar’s earthquake and aftershock shook the Thai capital on Friday afternoon, patients at Rajavithi hospital were rushed out of the building, some helped down stairs to nearby makeshift shelters, including to the hospital’s canteen and sports hall.I need to receive my blood platelets soon, and the hospital is currently checking which other hospital can provide the treatment. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago The hospitals guilty of the most catastrophic blunders: From scalpels left in patients after surgery, to cutting off the wrong limb

More than 300 such events, which include accidental organ removal, performing surgery on the wrong patient, or leaving tools like scalpels inside a patient's body were recorded last year.

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5 d. ago King Charles III’s brief hospital stay reminds UK that monarch is still a cancer patient

King Charles III’s brief hospital stay reminds UK that monarch is still a cancer patient  WKBN.com

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5 d. ago Bangkok earthquake LIVE: State of emergency after 7.7 magnitude rips through countries

People are being told to evacuate high-rise buildings and governor orders hospitals to evacuate patients immediately if cracks are found after huge earthquake in Myanmar

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5 d. ago Bangkok earthquake LIVE: State of emergency after 7.7 magnitude as thousands feared dead

People are being told to evacuate high-rise buildings and governor orders hospitals to evacuate patients immediately if cracks are found after huge earthquake in Myanmar

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5 d. ago Bangkok earthquake LIVE: Thousands feared dead in state of emergency after 7.7 magnitude

People are being told to evacuate high-rise buildings and governor orders hospitals to evacuate patients immediately if cracks are found after huge earthquake in Myanmar

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6 d. ago People from Wales needing hospital treatment to be put on longer waiting list than English people

Patients in an area of Wales with no major hospital will face longer waits when they are sent to English hospitals

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8 d. ago Terminal cancer patient 'violated' as 'hospital staff shared photos of her in surgery'

Gemma Sabatino spent two months in Addenbrooke's Hospital after falling from a bridge and was also under the care of the hospital's mental health and cancer teams when she says records were accessed

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1 week ago Every hospital emergency department in Wales is caring for patients in corridors

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine has demanded action saying the findings of its latest survey into 'corridor care' should 'shock and shame' Welsh Government.

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1 week ago Vaping sees children as young as 11 treated as hospital patients

Prof Rachel Isba who runs a newly created clinic for vaping addiction at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital on Merseyside, said that they are treating kids as young as 11

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1 week ago Over half of A&E patients in some hospitals face 'trolley waits' of over 12 hours

NHS crisis saw 163,000 ‘trolley waits’ of over 12 hours this winter after research showed such a delay doubles your chances of dying in the next month

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1 week ago North Macedonia holds mass funerals for young victims of nightclub fire

A further 72 people remain hospitalised across the country, while 101 patients are receiving treatment abroad

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2 w. ago Patients at risk as one in three hospitals are failing to fill their rotas with nurses

At least a third of hospitals routinely have dangerously large gaps in their rotas, with baby and critical care units worst hit.

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2 w. ago Glasgow hospital where patients died due water issues 'still unsafe', probe finds

SUNDAY MAIL EXCLUSIVE: Chiefs at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital have accused the lawyers of using 'flawed evidence' and said they would scare patients.

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2 w. ago Drugs given to hospital patients via IV drips could contain microplastics, researchers warn

These particles - tiny fragments produced by degrading plastic - have been found in the human brain, liver, heart and even breast milk.

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2 w. ago London hospitals ban Palestine flags after Jewish patients complain

London hospitals ban Palestine flags after Jewish patients complain  The Telegraph

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2 w. ago Ayrshire estate agency delivers 200 books to patients at Crosshouse Hospital

"This is a place close to our hearts"

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