Alabama officials say the "mystery illness" that hospitalized seven and killed two was influenza A, the virus associated with the cold and bacterial pneumonia. Officials at the Alabama Department of Public Health and the Houston County Health Department in Alabama said earlier in the month seven patients were admitted to a hospital with fever, coug
VARANASI: The vice chancellor, Banaras Hindu University visited Intensive Care Unit of Sir Sundar Lal hospital on Friday. Apart from this, Singh also visited the operation theatre and asked the officials to make better arrangements for the attendants of the patients.SSL paid OPD to complete a year soon: The evening paid OPD of Sir Sundar Lal Hospit
May 24 Boxes of medical records for more than 1,400 patients of Jackson Health System have been missing since January, the hospital system reported Friday, after mailing letters to affected patients informing them of the privacy breach and offering free credit protection services even though Jackson administrators say Social Security numbers, c
May 25 Mignon Gordon and Marty Israel met through their children, are engaged and have each survived potentially life-threatening brain aneurysms. After numerous tests, doctors discovered she had multiple aneurysms, which were treated in the summer of 2011 at Baptist Hospital. Italo Linfante, medical director of interventional neuroradiology an
May 25 CONCORD The Senate Finance Committee approved a proposal to force state hospitals to join Medicaid managed care networks or face losing state aid for charity care. Hospitals have balked at the compensation offered by the three companies the state hired to run the Medicaid managed care program. In the last budget, budget writers decided t
Cardium Therapeutics presented its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, and reported on highlights and other recent developments. Academy Medical has a growing customer base of over 35 Veterans Administration and military hospitals within the U.S. -Presentation at the 2013 Phacilitate Annual Cell and Gene Therapy Forum in Washing
Older patients in Scottish hospitals are not receiving the best care available to them at all times and the average support is no longer good enough, a leading expert has warned. Professor Paul Knight, a consultant at Glasgow Royal Infirmary and the new president of the British Geriatrics Society, criticised the lack of training medical students an
THE Chief Executive Officer of the Medical Association of Namibia Dr David Weber yesterday advised the Ministry of Health to set its house in order before blaming private doctors for deaths at State hospitals. The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health and Social Services Andrew Ndishishi last week said private doctors dump their patients at
A DOSSIER yesterday painted a disturbing picture of malnourished patients in our hospitals. Despite a massive State spend, 140,000 people are still at risk because they are not getting the proper nutrients. They are, it is claimed, three times more likely to die from the same illness as properly nourished patients.
May 25 Always a bad idea, Pennsylvania accepting Obama-Care's expansion of Medicaid looks even worse and up to $515 million in financial benefits projected by the state's Independent Fiscal Office look even more dubious in the light shed by Gov. Keep in mind that hospitals' pro-ObamaCare, pro- Medicaid- expansion lobbying is self-serving purs
Fitch Ratings has assigned a' BB/RR1' rating to Tenet Healthcare Corp.' s $1.05 billion secured notes offering. The ratings apply to approximately $3.3 billion of secured debt at March 31, 2012. Tenet will use the proceeds of the $1.05 billion senior secured notes issuance to retire $925 million of its 8.875 percent senior unsecured notes due 2019
GUWAHATI: If you snore loud and rob others of a peaceful sleep, Gauhati Medical College and Hospital has a solution to your problem. The hospital has submitted a proposal to the government for procuring a Polysomnography and Continuous Positive Airway Pressure machine for treating sleep apnea cases. Sleep apnea is a disorder caused by complete cess
NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court has issued notices to the Centre, Safdarjung Hospital and its doctors over a plea seeking a code of conduct and a platform to address grievances of the staff without troubling patients. A division bench of Chief Justice D Murugesan and Justice Jayant Nath sought a response by August 7 from the health ministry, the ho
The claims were made at the launch of the Every Patient Deserves Good Nutritional Care report in Dublin, organised by health awareness groups. Dr Orla Crosbie, of the Irish Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism said: "Patients who come into hospital in a poor nutritional state are at a major disadvantage and surgical procedures can make mat
By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Investment Weekly News LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. announced that its management will participate in the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2013 Health Care Conference to be held May 14- 16, 2013, in Las Vegas, Nevada. All references to " LifePoint," " LifePoint Hospitals," or the "Company" used in this release re
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THE Medical Superintendent at the Busia district hospital Jane Rose Ambuchi has expressed concern over an acute shortage of medical personnel at the health facility. The County Nursing Officer appealed to the county government to consider allocating part of its budget kitty to enable the hospital to acquire a cancer treatment centre adding that at
Do hospital authorities regard the care and treatment of the elderly as being of equal importance with that of younger patients? Now Glasgow Royal Infirmary consultant Professor Paul Knight, the new president of the British Geriatrics Society, has added his voice to the clamour of concern, warning that a lack of understanding among doctors and nurs
PANAJI: Pilerne Citizens Forum on Thursday submitted a memorandum to the health minister Laxmikant Parsekar demanding to stipulate a nominal fee structure for patients coming from neighbouring states for treatment in the government-run hospitals in the state. The forum's assessment stated that more than 50% of the patients visiting Goa medical coll
Quest Diagnostics, a provider of diagnostic information services, announced that it has acquired the toxicology and clinical laboratory business of medical center operator Concentra, a subsidiary of Humana Inc.. In a release on May 16, the Company said that in addition, Quest Diagnostics has entered into a long-term agreement with Concentra to be i
May 25 Registered nurses at Rideout Health Group will vote Tuesday on whether to approve a tentative agreement on a new four-year contract, the association representing the nurses said Friday. It would affect nurses who work at Rideout Memorial Hospital in Marysville and Women and Infant Services in Yuba City, along with those at the Rideout Canc
PEOPLE who complain about treatment in hospital may be doing something wrong. I can only speak about UHW and Llandough hospital. Over the 11 years since my illness I cannot fault staff, nurses and doctors for their care while there.
COIMBATORE: Fifteen persons have been admitted at the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital with dog bites on Friday morning. While 13 of them were bitten by a stray dog at Somanur, two have been admitted to the hospital after they were attacked by a stray dog in Siruvani. Valarmathi, whose son Nishanth Raj was bitten on his hands and legs, said that
The Tory- himself a doctor- snubbed the Safe Staffing Alliance group which released damning evidence that hospital patients were being put at risk because of a lack of nursing staff. Health Select Committee member Mr George, whose wife is a nurse, described the snub as "unnecessary and disappointing". Nurses from the Safe Staffing Alliance, which i
Universal Hospital Services, Inc., a provider of medical equipment management and service solutions, announced financial results for the quarter ended March 31. In a release on May 15, the Company noted that total revenues were $110.4 million for the first quarter of 2013, representing a $6.5 million or 6.2 percent increase from total revenues of $
