All news on the topic: Hospitals

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Reality of NHS radiographer - 'zombie shifts, poor health and fear of lawsuits'
As radiographers across the NHS go on strike, former radiographer Sam Futerman lifts the lid on what life is really like behind the picket line
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Mum dies of cancer after urgent letter sat in hospital pigeonhole for a month
Maria Shafighian had an urgent medical referral left unread in a hospital mail pigeonhole for a month, an inquest into the 59-year-old's death has heard
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Mum's plea for organ donor after desperate two-year hunt to find kidney for son
A mum of a little boy who waited two years for a kidney transplant is urging the South Asian community to get on the organ register after learning lower numbers of donors are reducing potential matches
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Mark Cavendish opens up on heartbreaking depression battle - 'I felt worthless'
A new documentary launching on Netflix has seen the Manx Missile open up on his battle with the Epstein-Barr virus and clinical depression, after several seasons wrecked by illness and injury
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'I was told bruise on baby's eye was nothing to worry about - but it was cancer'
Harper Walker's parents noticed a small bruise under her right eye in February 2023 and it grew into a full black eye in just weeks - it later turned out to be cancer
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Hospital doc posed as massage specialist to sexually assault discharged patient
Simon Abraham, who worked at Eastbourne District General Hospital, contacted the woman in October 2020 after she had been treated for severe headaches. He claimed that he had had a call from a colleague who was concerned about her condition and that he had been trained in specialist massage in India for two years
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Sexual predator doctor weeps as he's sentenced to 20 years in prison
Robert Hadden wept as he addressed a New York City courtroom on Tuesday - the day he was sentenced to 20 years in prison for sexual abuse allegations against more than 200 women
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Elon Musk suggests Bronny James' cardiac arrest is linked to Covid vaccine
The world's richest man has tweeted after Bronny James' cardiac arrest on Monday suggesting the Covid vaccine could be a factor, adding that myocarditis is a "known side-effect"
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Eerie moment psychiatrist 'fakes visit to patients he locked in hospital units'
Dr. Brian Hyatt, a disgraced psychiatrist from Arkansas, is accused of pretending to visit the rooms of his patients, many of whom he locked away for as long as a week
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'I thought my baby had acid reflux but it turned out to be devastating brain tumour'
Little Mason Hogg diagnosed with a hypothalamic hamartoma and can have up to 100 seizures a day. His mum is now raising money for a charity which supports families of sick children
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Ten-year-old shoots at police during standoff 'after mum asks him to tidy'
The boy stepped out onto a porch, pointed a gun at the officers and at his own head before he fired a single gunshot, sending officers ducking for cover.
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'Finally my boys can rest at peace' says mum as killer driver jailed
Dan Woodcock and his two-year-old son Louie were killed when drink and drug driver James Gibson came hurtling towards them on a road near Pleasley, Nottinghamshire
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Medical experts issue warning that your kitchen countertops are a health risk
Crafting kitchen countertops, especially those made of quartz, has led to an increase in silicosis, a deadly lung disease, in many workers. Several have died from it
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Woman with 'world's biggest cheeks' concerns fans with more extreme surgery
A model with the 'world's biggest cheeks' has shared new videos of her going under the knife again after just a few months, but fans are worried about her health
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'I love being pregnant so much I became a surrogate - it brings me so much joy'
After having her second child, Yessenia Latorre felt the "urge" to be pregnant again, but wasn't ready for another child of her own, so she became a surrogate for a couple wanting a child of their own
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Russian soldiers' brutal lives as they're shot, blinded and executed at random
One man survived eight months on the frontline with the brutal Storm-Z unit and has recounted in remarkable detail his brutal life including witnessing constant death
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'My husband cheated while I helped him through cancer - now he wants help again'
A woman was left wondering whether she was in the wrong for not wanting to help her ex-husband out when his cancer returned - but he'd seriously betrayed her previously
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Boy, 5, and man die after police find them unconscious in house
Leicestershire Police rushed to a property in Leicester at 9pm on Monday after a five-year-old boy and a man aged 41 were found unconscious. They were both declared dead at the scene
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Jockey carried off track before arrival of medics found to have broken neck
Abel Cedillo's handling by track staff after he had a fall during a race at Del Mar has drawn criticism from both the jockey and social media users
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Blind boy, 14, can see again after using eyedrops made with herpes virus
The groundbreaking treatment restored the teenagers eyesight after spending most of his life legally blind. The eyedrops were developed using an inactivated herpes simplex virus to deliver working copies of a defective gene
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'I dismissed tingling fingers as carpal tunnel - it ended up being much worse'
WARNING: DISTRESSING IMAGES Nia Redman, 33, was diagnosed with Chiari malformation, which meant her brain was slipping out of her skull and pushing down into her spinal canal
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New ITV drama with Joanne Froggatt to expore 'truth' of Covid in NHS hospitals
ITV have announced their latest drama Breathtaking starring Joanne Froggatt will reveal the 'truth' as to what it was like to work in NHS hospitals during the Covid-19 pandemic
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Lorraine Kelly devastated as beloved mum Anne, 81, is rushed into hospital
Lorraine Kelly told her followers her mum, Anne, had been taken into hospital in Scotland as she praised the NHS for being so 'kind, caring and downright fabulous'
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Heartbreak as 'superfit' man dies of 'silent killer' after thinking it was 'flu'
Neil Stretton and his partner Ellie thought he had contracted the flu but it was actually Klebsiella pneumonia, which spread to his bloodstream causing sepsis - days later he died
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Experts' warning as cases of Victorian disease skyrocket - 9 signs to look for
Measles cases have been on the rise around the UK, especially in London, data from the UK Health Security Agency shows. Parents have been urged to check if their children are vaccinated against it