All news on the topic: Hospitals

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Woman sent home to spend final days with family before one thing saved her life
Becca Smith, 31, was diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer in 2020 and was sent home to spend her final days with her loved ones - before a biopsy gave her some hope
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Craig Cash tearfully admits his reaction to Caroline Aherne's tragic diagnosis
Craig Cash said: “I just kept saying no, just kept repeating no. But there’s a lot to be said for denial. And she was like ‘we had some laughs though didn’t we Cashy?”
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Rookie cop with nut allergy in hospital after peanuts were left in his locker
Scotland Yard said it is treating the incident as an attempted assault causing grievous bodily harm after the reported rookie officer had a reaction to the peanuts on Monday
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Vet who stabbed nurse after she ended relationship guilty of murder
A killer vet has been found guilty of murder after he knifed his girlfriend to death in her seaside home because she wanted to get out of their toxic relationship
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Expert gives verdict on if 'mystery disease' that spread in China will hit UK
Recent weeks and months have seen a sudden surge of respiratory illnesses in China, leading to hospitals being packed out with sick children, and alarm at some of the parallels drawn with early days of Covid
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Mum given days to live is still alive seven years on thanks to 3D print of face
Alison Hough, a lecturer from Audley, Staffordshire, has benefited from ground-breaking treatment, which involved a 17-hour operation to remove a cancerous tumour
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Man 'very seriously injured' after shark savages swimmer's leg at remote beach
The unnamed victim, reportedly aged in his 20s, is in serious condition after he was mauled by the beast at a beach in Queensland today, just weeks after another attack
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Family thanks German Shepherd for changing their little boy's life
Buddy is a German Shepherd buddy dog from the charity Guide Dogs
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Desperate race to save three-week-old baby who could be dead by Christmas
George Wathey is one of the UK's youngest patients waiting for a heart transplant at just three weeks old - mum Emma is desperate to find him a donor before it's too late
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Baby almost loses toe after single strand of mum's hair gets wrapped around it
Mum Laura Powles from Bridgend, Wales, was horrified when she noticed her baby Skylah-Rae's toe was swollen and red, as doctors said she was suffering from hair tourniquet syndrome
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A&E patients wait in ambulances for hours - see how your hospital ranks
More than 8,000 patients had to wait over an hour in ambulances to be admitted to A&Es across England last week, and at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust the average was 4.5 hours one day
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UK hospital shuts three wards after 'biggest' norovirus outbreak 'in four years'
James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough has urged patients with vomiting or diarrhoea to stay at home as the winter bug norovirus is sweeping through its wards
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Ambulance worker who couldn't get to emergency for 3 hours says they must strike
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said the “right to strike has to be balanced with the right of the British public to be able to go about their lives without suffering completely undue disruption”
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Doctors pull 60 live worms out of woman's eyes after she complained of itch
Medics were shocked when they discovered that the space between a woman's eyeballs and eyelids were crawling with worms after she saw a parasute fall out
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I was given different size implants and left with mismatched boobs in botched op
WARNING - GRAPHIC IMAGES: Claudia Sztrati underwent a procedure with Magic Touch Turkey last year but ended up nearly dying after her nipple became infected following a breast lift and implant
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Israel heavily bombs refugee camp where '100,000 are at risk of starving'
The attack came as Israel announced the death of three more soldiers, which brings the total to 87 since the war started in October
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Gran, 79, travelled alone to see Northern Lights - but died getting off coach
Betty fell having missed a step at the top of the coach, as she exited the vehicle, and died at the age of 79
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Woman left with skin as 'fragile as butterfly wings' by possibly fatal condition
Assya Shabir was born with junctional epidermolysis (JEB) - a type of Epidermolysis bullosa that describes a group of genetic conditions that affect a person's skin
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King Charles issued a clear message this week, says royal expert
The Princess of Wales and King Charles were named as the alleged 'racist' members of the monarchy in the Dutch version of Omid Scobie's new book about the royal racism scandal - but the family remain united.
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TV boss rushed to hospital for overdose after bullying allegations
Former S4c boss Sian Doyle was rushed to hospital after taking an overdose, her husband said in a statement after finding her unresponsive
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New fast-growing Covid variant identified as random testing begins again
The ONS has restarted a random testing drive that showed 1.2 per cent of the population had the virus in the last week of November, with concerns the new variant could trigger a winter wave
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Fast food worker takes a break to heroically save a man's life with CPR
Alexandria Cowheard was serving customers at Wendy’s when her friend alerted her to a man who had collapsed. The quick-thinking 22-year-old future nurse wasted no time in going to his aid
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Lauren Harries health update after seven month hospital stay and brain surgery
Big Brother star Lauren Harries was taken to hospital in April when she needed an emergency operation on her brain, after experiencing terrible headaches and blackouts
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Girl, 2, dies after catching rare virus from a pigeon leaving medics baffled
A toddler was taken to hospital in Randwick, Australia, before tragically dying a month later - now medics believe she could have caught Newcastle disease from pigeon faeces
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Christmas party health nightmare as cases of norovirus and RSV surge
Flu patients needing hospital treatment have shot up by half in just a week while NHS England has also detected increased spreading of norovirus and respiratory syncytial virus