All news on the topic: Hospitals

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Surfer mauled by deadly 14ft shark with foot ripped off in horror attack
Police said Toby was surfing with six others when he was bitten in a “fairly sustained and prolonged attack” just off Lighthouse Beach, New South Wales on Friday
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'Silent killer' warning over drastic difference in symptoms in men and women
Women will feel breathless in the day before, whereas men will feel chest pains, according to a new study from the Smidt Heart Institute at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
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'Healthy' boy, 5, given devastating diagnosis after he falls over in park
Five-year-old Reid Scanlon was given the crushing diagnosis after he fell over in his local park and complained of stomach pains, before an A&E visit revealed the horrifying truth
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Teenager, 15, seriously injured in horror cliff fall at popular UK tourist spot
After falling off a Cornish cliff, one teenage boy suffered internal bleeding and lost half a kidney. Now his fundraiser has surpassed its goal reaching over £5000 in donations.
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Most dangerous murderers to face mandatory whole-life sentences under new law
Steve Reed, Labour’s Shadow Justice Secretary said: “No one will take any lessons from this soft-on-crime Tory government."
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Parents of Lucy Letby victim fear hospital boss has 'get out of jail free card'
The devastated couple want to see the Countess of Chester Hospital’s ex-medical director, Ian Harvey, grilled over claims that he could have stopped Letby’s killing spree sooner
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Bosses accused of ignoring Lucy Letby concerns were contacts for whistleblowers
Staff were even given bosses' phone numbers to raise issues about colleagues at Countess of Chester Hospital but it is claimed managers did not act on concerns swiftly
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Hospital trust where baby killer Lucy Letby’s ex-boss works blasted by watchdog
A health inspectors’ report found failings in the leadership at the trust where Alison Kelly went on to work after quitting her post at the Chester hospital in 2021
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Woman impaled by venomous stingray wading at beach 'certain I was going to die'
Kristie O'Brien had been wading through the shallow waters at Bahia Beach, near Tampa, when she was skewered by the little sea creature. The wound was four inches dead and missed her lung by centimetres
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Fugitive on the run from Czech Republic landed job cooking at Haven holiday camp
Marek Wojnar prepared meals for unsuspecting families at the resort in Dorset, and bosses who hired him had no idea he was wanted 1,700 miles away in the city of Ostrava
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Heartbreaking note from Lucy Letby's parents years before murder spree unearthed
A post placed in a local newspaper when Lucy Letby qualified as a nurse ahead of her arrival on the wards at Countess of Chester Hpisltal shows how proud her parents were
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Family's 'living nightmare' as lump on boy's tummy turns out to be rare cancer
Little Reggie Bebbington was taken to the GP earlier this year after his parents spotted a lump on his belly - now he's had chemotherapy and had a kidney removed and is waiting for radiotherapy treatment
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Lucy Letby's parents 'turn back on home' to move 250 miles to be near killer
Mum Susan and dad Jonathan Letby have reportedly turned into recluses since their baby killer daughter's 2018 arrest and given that they relocated to Manchester for her trial, they could be about to make another house move
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Lucy Letby's colleagues still believe that serial killer nurse is innocent
A "small number" of staff at the Countess of Chester Hospital's neonatal unit, where Lucy Letby carried out her year-long killing spree, are apparently struggling to believe that she murdered seven babies
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Man charged with driving under the influence in children’s Power Wheels Jeep
An Indiana State Trooper was patrolling an area of Vincennes when he spotted the 51-year-old identified as John McKee operating a Power Wheels Jeep on the city's roads
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BBC hits back after show slammed for 'suggesting Lucy Letby should be forgiven'
The BBC has slammed claims that its Thought for the Day radio show suggested that convicted killer and ex-nurse Lucy Letby should be forgiven for murdering seven babies
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'Lucy Letby made my blood boil - if I was a mum in court I'd have gone for her'
The story of Lucy Letby depriving tiny, helpless babies of their lives in a hospital just 12 miles from me sent my blood pressure soaring and hot tears running, writes Val Savage
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Desperate asylum seeker 'shot in knee trying to board dinghy without paying'
A 27-year-old man from Sudan is in hospital recovering after Sunday’s attack by people smugglers when he tried to sneak aboard an inflatable at Dunkirk, charity boss says
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Hospital boss 'thought Lucy Letby was innocent' and had coffee after suspension
Karen Rees is the former head of nursing for urgent care at the Countess of Chester Hospital, and was one of Lucy Letby's direct line managers during her killing spree
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Mum's key change to daily routine helped her get through aggressive chemotherapy
A mum who underwent a stem cell transplant and aggressive chemotherapy to treat her relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis has shared the big lifestyle change that has helped her through it
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Mum, 27, with torn bowel told to 'drink peppermint tea' - then developed sepsis
Farrah Moseley-Brown reported "agonising pain" in her stomach after the birth of her second child but was brushed off by medics, leading to her developing a life-changing bowel infection
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Four dead as 75mph gales down trees and tear roofs off buildings during storm
A devastating storm in Michigan and Ohio last light has left at least four dead and many hospitalised, as strong gales tore down trees and roofs
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Psychologist response to Letby's loved ones refusing to believe she is a killer
Lucy Letby was plain and ordinary on the surface but her evil, twisted side was shrouded from her closest family and friends. Now, her loved ones will have to come to terms with her title of Britain's most prolific child killer
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Handwriting expert decodes Letby's 'narcissistic' notes that sealed her fate
Analysis of Lucy Letby's handwritten notes shows that she was in the midst of a downwards spiral, felt guilty and immensely dissatisfied, according to an expert graphologist
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Lucy Letby's £200k beige home - childlike bedroom, crucial clues and new owner
The former NHS nurse bought the ordinary three-bedroom property in Chester for £179,000 in April 2016 and lived there whilst carrying out her cold-blooded, evil crimes