A Cutler Bay registered nurse’s opioid addiction had him replacing fentanyl with saline at one hospital, cost him two jobs, some of his freedom and, most recently, his nursing license. Emmanuel Valentin didn’t wait for the state’s Board of Nursing to act, voluntarily surrendering his license as of June 26. Valentin, 39, had already started […]
Medicover Hospitals has expanded its footprint in India with the opening of a new 300-bed super specialty hospital in Hanamkonda, Warangal, Telangana. The facility boasts seven operation theatres, an extensive Intensive Care Unit (ICU), a catheterisation laboratory (cath lab), and aims to provide comprehensive care in one location. Medicover Hospitals (India) chairman and managing director […]
Jun. 24—Two New Mexico hospitals, one of which is in Santa Fe, have been named to the Lown Institute’s annual “Honor Roll” for acute care. According to the institute, 154 acute care hospitals are recognized each year out of nearly 3,000 nationwide and are scored on measures of equity, value and outcomes. The University of […]
SEATTLE (AP) — Gov. Jay Inslee on Tuesday said Washington will spell out in state law that hospitals must provide abortions if needed to stabilize patients, a step that comes as the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule this month on whether conservative states can bar abortions during some medical emergencies. There is no […]
Major hospitals in London have declared a critical incident after a cyber attack led to operations being cancelled and patients being diverted elsewhere for care. NHS officials said they were working with the National Cyber Security Centre after the attack on Synnovis, which provides pathology services to large hospitals and GP surgeries in the capital. The […]
Two London hospital trusts have been forced to cancel all non-emergency operations and blood tests following a “major” cyber attack. Pathology systems at Kings College Hospital Foundation Trust and Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals Foundation Trusts and GP services across South London, have been hit by a ransomware attack, according to emails seen by The […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Metro Dispatch confirmed a shooting in South Nashville Thursday night. At least two people were transported to area hospitals. 📧 Have breaking come to you: Subscribe to News 2 email alerts → Dispatch added that the scene on Linbar Drive is still active. They stated that one patient was transported to TriStar Skyline […]
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin Fire and Austin-Travis County EMS responded to a vehicle crash in south Austin Saturday night, according to both agencies. Shortly before 9:30 p.m., AFD said on social media that crews were at the scene of an accident involving a transport truck and a sedan. The accident was in the 400 block […]
Johnny Wactor, known for his role on “General Hospital,” was killed in downtown Los Angeles early Saturday, according to a law enforcement source. (Willy Sanjuan / Invision/Associated Press) “General Hospital” actor Johnny Wactor was fatally shot early Saturday when he came upon three men trying to steal the catalytic converter from his car, according to […]
Florida has become the first state to allow doctors to perform cesarean sections outside of hospitals, siding with a private equity-owned physicians group that says the change will lower costs and give pregnant women the homier birthing atmosphere that many desire. But the hospital industry and the nation’s leading obstetricians’ association say that even though […]
ATLANTA (AP) — The Supreme Court’s pending Idaho abortion ruling may hinge on how federal spending power might protect doctors against a state’s criminal code. For guidance, the justices can look to the very beginning of Medicare in the 1960s, when the promise of federal funding finally persuaded hospitals in the Jim Crow South to […]
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (Reuters) – Souad Zohair, 73, has been kept alive by kidney dialysis three days a week at a hospital in Rafah, but that’s shut now by Israel’s latest offensive. Her daughter brought her up the dangerous coastal road to the last hospital left in the Gaza Strip that still has functioning […]