Across the country, surgeons are learning to use more than just scalpels and forceps. In the past decade, a growing number of medical institutions have invested in the da Vinci
Continue ReadingDoctors Learn The Nuts And Bolts Of Robotic Surgery
Across the country, surgeons are learning to use more than just scalpels and forceps. In the past decade, a growing number of medical institutions have invested in the da Vinci
Continue ReadingDoctors Learn The Nuts And Bolts Of Robotic Surgery
The NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard has ordered an urgent investigation into a Sydney hospital after surgeons removed the wrong body part from a cancer patient last week. The male
Continue ReadingBotched surgery at new Sydney hospital removes wrong side of cancer patient’s bowel
Amanda Kalan, M.D., (left) and Darrell Cass, M.D., (right) perform in utero spina bifida surgery. Cleveland Clinic has successfully performed its first in utero fetal surgery to repair a spina
Continue ReadingCleveland Clinic Performs Its First In Utero Fetal Surgery
It was a winter evening at a hospital just outside London and colorectal surgeon David Sellu’s clinic was busy. But when a fellow doctor, an orthopaedic surgeon, asked him if
Continue Reading‘They look for a scapegoat’: a surgeon’s battle to clear his name
The mother said that usually scissors are not used to cut open a baby’s bandage. (Picture for representation: Reuters) A major case of negligence has surfaced from a government hospital
Continue ReadingAhmedabad: Govt hospital nurse cuts baby’s thumb instead of bandage, case registered
An Ohio critical-care doctor was arrested and charged with murder Wednesday in the deaths of 25 hospital patients who authorities say were deliberately given overdoses of painkillers. The charges against
Continue ReadingOhio Doctor Charged With Deliberately Giving 25 Patients Fatal Doses of Painkillers
Three patients have been killed by hospital sandwiches and 43 NHS trusts placed on alert after a deadly bacterial outbreak. In one of the worst cases of food poisoning ever seen
Continue ReadingThree patients dead after food poisoning linked to UK hospital pre-packed sandwiches
North York General Hospital (NYGH) values the safety of its patients, visitors, staff, physicians and volunteers. The Emergency Preparedness Committee is comprised of interdisciplinary staff members with links to external partnerships. Their role is
According to sources, the boy, Mohammed Danish, was operated for hernia instead of nasal polyps on Tuesday at a medical college in Manjeri town, 175 km north of Kochi. Hospital
Continue ReadingBoy goes for nasal surgery, doctor performs hernia operation instead