All news on the topic: Hospitals

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Grandad dies rushing into burning home to rescue grandson who was already free
The man who died, identified only as 62-year-old Lothar B. due to privacy laws, died along with his dog Benno in the house fire in the picturesque coastal village of Glowe, in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
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Europe's oldest operating theatre to reopen - but it's not for the faint-hearted
The surgery room is now a museum and will reopen to the public after refurbishment thanks to a Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sports grant
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Girl born with 'mermaid syndrome' takes first steps after mum told she would die
Blaire Spivey was born with sirenomelia – a rare congenital foetal anomaly which meant her legs were rotated backwards from the knee and fused at her feet
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Cops find body as woman last seen with man who 'kidnapped and tried to kill son'
Leticia Martinez-Cosman was last seen at a Seattle Mariners bsaeball game in a selfie of her with 46-year-old Brett Glitchel - who later allegedly kidnapped and attempted to strangle her son
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Man lucky to be alive after losing foot in attack by enormous 8ft-long shark
Mike Morita, 58, a veteran surfer of 40 years, was enjoying a spot of early morning surfing at around 7am on Sunday when an enormous 8ft tiger shark attacked him and crunched down on his leg, tearing off his foot
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Bowel cancer 'red flag' warning sign people need to look out for
Symptoms of bowel cancer can be hard to detect, but colorectal surgeon James Kinross has warned of the tell-tale signs to watch out for
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New Covid variant 'Arcturus' emerges with compulsory masks returning after surge
The troubling 'Arcturus' Covid variant is more formally known as the Omicron sub-variant XBB.1.16 with most cases coming from India which has seen a recent surge in infections
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Steve Barclay should be docked pay over doctor strikes, Tories told
The Lib Dems have called for Parliament to be recalled so they can table a motion calling for the Health Secretary and his ministerial team to have their pay suspended until the dispute is resolved
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Mum who became unable to squeeze soap from dish cloth given just months to live
Helen McMurray, 66, was given just 18 months to live after being diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease, having noticed she had a 'trigger finger' and struggled to grip things
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Woman fighting for life after being struck by car as she pushed pram out of way
Dorset Police are appealing for witnesses after a woman in her 30s was hit by a car while pushing a pram - before the driver allegedly drove off without stopping
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Gunman's family break silence after he massacred five colleagues at bank
In a few short minutes, disgruntled employee Connor Sturgeon took the lives of five of his colleagues at the Old National Bank in Louisville, Kentucky, as his co-workers gathered for a morning meeting
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Baby 'fights for life' with heart infection as mum fears it could 'destroy' him
At the young age of one year and eight months old, Ayan has already undergone three invasive heart surgeries, and is now in intensive care and "fighting for his life"
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Parasitic worms found swarming underneath woman's skin and buried in her brain
A 58-year-old woman from Hanoi, Vietnam, was taken to hospital upon falling ill after eating a dish made from fresh blood, where she was found to be suffering from a parasitic infestation
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WWII POW's boots that he wore in captivity are restored on Repair Shop
John William Britton was captured by the Nazis at the start of World War II in Norway. Later in those sturdy boots he was forced to march for miles across Germany and parts of Poland
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Doctors' strike 'could drag on for a year if Government refuses to budge'
Around 60,000 junior doctors walked out yesterday and will not return until 7am at Saturday, making it the most disruptive strike in NHS history
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Sarah Harding's close pal in London Marathon bid to raise cash for hospitals
Liz Martins, 51, will be running in aid of the medical centre that cared for Girls Aloud star Sarah before her death from breast cancer in 2021
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Mum dies and son, 7, severely injured after horror toboggan crash at theme park
Luciana Morgado Cerri Teixeira, 42, was sent flying through the air when their sleigh hit a railing at high speed in a crash at a ski mountain park in Sao Paulo state, Brazil
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McFly's Tom Fletcher in agony as he shares snaps from A&E after hospital dash
McFly singer Tom Fletcher has revealed how his Easter celebrations were disrupted by a trip to A&E over the weekend, with the former Strictly Come Dancing star requiring a course of grueling steroid treatment for the third time
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Thousands of junior doctors walk out as 350,000 appointments face cancellation
Around 50,000 doctors are staging pickets outside hospitals across England in a strike over pay, and have told how they are using food banks and borrowing money to pay rent
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Fairground ride collapses injuring nine with some trapped 'dangling in the air'
Nine people, including three children, were injured when a fairground ride in Colombia came away from its base, leaving several people trapped in the caged pods - two were taken to hospital
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Vets have to pull 11 hair ties out of greedy cat's stomach in emergency surgery
Cheeky two-year-old Nero had been secretly stealing the hair ties from the bedside table in Newcastle, Tyneside, and his quick-thinking owner knew she had to rush him to the vets
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Grieving children 'paralysed by pain' after Brit sisters and mum shot dead
Karen Dee said "my heart is already so full of pain, I am paralysed by all the pain" and that "to lose your mother is like losing your life" as she spoke in front of hundreds who had gathered for her funeral in an Israeli settler town in the West Bank
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Newborn abandoned in hospital as mum says 'I love you but can't care for you'
Little Enea was left on Easter Sunday in the Cradle for Life of the Mangiagalli clinic, part of the Milan Polyclinic. His mum left a message saying she loves him but cannot take care of him
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Dad given weeks to live survives two years after wife gives him illegal drugs
Neil Lanciano, 46, was given just a few weeks to live when he was diagnosed with a glioblastoma in 2020 and wife Hayley "felt compelled" to buy him illegal cannabis oil to ease his suffering
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American Bulldog that savaged face of girl, 4, leaving her needing 40 stitches
WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES: Junior had been locked away upstairs but managed to open the door and savagely attack four-year-old Luna-Ann Forsyth, leaving her needing a two-hour operation