All news on the topic: Hospitals

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Girl left fighting for life after Strep turned chicken pox into flesh eating bug
WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGE: Reign Passey, 4, was struck down by chickenpox but it turned into deadly Strep A and while recovering from life-saving surgery she contracted septicaemia
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'Teen' in Brit school unmasked as convicted killer who murdered two with AK-47
Lawangeen Abdulrahimzai gunned down two fellow Afghans with an AK-47 in a row about trafficking when he was in Serbia, around a year before he entered the UK as a 14-year-old schoolboy despite being 18 at the time
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Tories 'testing the water' for two-tier NHS, ex-PM Gordon Brown claims
The former Labour Prime Minister made the remarks after Rishi Sunak proposed charging patients for missed NHS appointments in the summer and ex-Health Secretary Sajid Javid also raised the prospect of charges
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Heartbroken mum describes moment she was told baby daughter had a month to live
Parents Orla and Andrew Haugh are raising awareness of Gaucher's Disease type 2 after "beautiful and bubbly" baby Ellen was diagnosed with the condition last year and died a month later
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Mum had to have arm sewn into stomach after pal's dog mauled her for 45 minutes
WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES: Rachel Anderson was looking after her friend's children when the husky attacked her, sinking its teeth into her face and arm and causing injuries that needed extensive surgery
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Man has testicle amputated after being clubbed by truncheon-wielding riot cop
The man, identified as a 26-year-old French engineer named Ivan S., claims to have been taking photographs of running battles between protesters and police after riots broke out on Thursday over France's plans to increase the pension age
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Pig kills butcher at slaughterhouse after waking up and lashing out at him
The butcher, a 61-year-old working at the Sheung Shui Slaughterhouse on Hong Kong's border with mainland China, was knocked to the ground as the pig struggled, before sustaining fatal wounds from a 15-inch meat cleaver
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Brit bitten by highly venomous snake as Australians slam him for simple mistake
TikToker Ben was enjoying his holiday on Faser Island in Queensland, Australia, with his partner when he waded through a patch of long grass and felt a suspected brown snake snap at his ankle
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Nick Kyrgios makes rude gesture from hospital bed after undergoing knee surgery
Nick Kyrgios was forced to miss this year's Australian Open due to an ongoing knee injury, and the fiery 27-year-old seemed less than impressed following surgery
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A&E delays lead to 350,000 patients waiting over 12 hours to be admitted in 2022
Shocking figures show a record 350,000 patients waited over 12 hours at A&E last year. Seven years ago just 1,306 people waited more than that time between a decision being made to admit them and admission
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'Incensed' grandad travels to Ukraine four times to donate aid and will go again
William Lewis felt compelled to act after the invasion in Ukraine and spent £5,000 of his own money on a minibus in order to deliver vital aid to the worn torn country
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Jeremy Renner laughs off horror accident that broke 30 bones with Avengers star
Hollywood star Jeremy Renner has joked about his horror accident with his Avengers co-star as he continues on his lengthy road to recovery after crush injuries almost killed him
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Woman shoots dead terminally-ill husband in 'failed hospital murder-suicide'
Ellen Gilland, 76, from Florida, US, and her terminally-ill husband Jerry Gilland, 77, made a suicide-pact and planned to kill each other at Daytona Beach hospital in Florida
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Tragic details of Lisa Marie Presley's death as 'DNR order' is uncovered
The American singer, and only child of late star Elvis Presley, passed away on Thursday after suffering two cardia arrests - and after her family signed a Do Not Resuscitate order
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Heartbroken family thought girl, 4, had flu only to discover she has rare cancer
Kirsten Lorde believed her smiling daughter, now aged four, was ill with flu when she had a temperature and was coughing - but it turned out to be much worse
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Patient, 89, 'beaten to death' on hospital ward weeks after wife died
Police are investigating all of the circumstances which led to the death of the elderly man in his late 80s, following an incident early this morning
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Blood sample after starting chemotherapy will predict if patient will survive
A team of Norwegian scientists said the amount of ERK1/2 that a patient's body produces after chemotherapy can help predict whether someone will survive within five years
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Woman diagnosed with rare bone cancer after being misdiagnosed three times
Medical experts first informed Sarah-Jayne Wilson a leg and knee pain was tendonitis but after having an MRI scan she was diagnosed with Ewing’s sarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer
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Family heartbroken as boy, 4, gets tragic cancer diagnosis on Christmas Day
Jaxon Garvey was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive brain tumour after being taken to hospital just two days before Christmas. His parents, who also have a nine-month-old baby, were left devastated
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Cervical cancer survivors speak out - from 'no symptoms' to fears for baby boy
We speak to three women who’ve had cervical cancer about their experiences– and why some want the NHS screening age lowered
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Met Police 'missed chances' to protect pregnant mum killed by ex with crossbow
Sana Muhammad was killed with a crossbow at her home in Ilford , east London, by her ex-husband Ramanodge Unmathallegadoo when she was eight months pregnant, and a report has suggested the Met could have done more
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'Overwhelmed' mum told kids to get out of family home before setting it on fire
Cheryl Duggan from Gateshead had been struggling to cope with her life, and took the extreme step in a suicide attempt, telling her children to leave the house first
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A&E doctor says patient spent 12 hours in waiting room overnight before dying
Dr Milan Chand says the 80-year-old arrived at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich with a suspected blood clot and suffered a cardiac arrest after enduring the overnight wait
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Doctor, 30, dies after car she's driving reverses into river in tragic accident
Dr Sara Ahmed, 30, worked at the Mayo University Hospital in Castlebar, Ireland, and tragically passed away after the car she was driving ended up in a river after breaching a safety barrier
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Shortage of health visitors means kids are missing out on vital wellbeing checks
Research shows one in 10 health visitors are juggling caseloads of more than 1,000 kids – four times the recommended ratio – and nearly a third have more than 750 children on their books