Medical Group Innundated With Donations
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A medical aid group says they can't handle any more tsunami donations. Zurich, Switzerland -- People who want to give money to the tsunami relief effort should skip over the aid group Doctors Without Borders.
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The hospitals in Banda Aceh, Indonesia are overflowing with the wounded, sick and homeless. Doctors vow they can make room when necessary, but teeming wards and backlogged operating tables have restricted their efforts.
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Why are some charities worried, after getting more money?
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The medical aid group Medecins Sans  Frontiers (Doctors without Borders) urged donors Tuesday to  stop sending it money for Asian tsunami victims, saying it had  collected enough funds to manage its relief effort there.
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A local cancer charity that has raised more than $1 million for Massachusetts General Hospital by selling memorial bracelets recalled about 200,000 of the beaded accessories yesterday after receiving a report that a 9-month-old boy became ill after ingesting lead when he put one in his mouth.
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A shortage of donor bodies is putting medical teaching at risk, UK authorities warn.
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A shortage of donor bodies is putting medical teaching at risk, the Royal College of Surgeons warns.
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Some charities could close because so much money is being raised for tsunami victims, an expert warns.
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Some people tend to be lucky; others make their own luck. For Patrick Emanuel, director of Annual Giving at the Southern Ocean County Hospital Foundation, it s been a bit of both.
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Several thousand political contributors have donated to two or more presidential candidates this year, an overlap in giving that tilts decidedly to the Democrats.
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By Northwest Florida Daily News, Fort Walton Beach  Dec. 19--Everywhere you look right now, you'll see some organization asking for assistance to help someone in need. You may even start to feel overwhelmed by all the requests.
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Organisers of a tsunami collection call for medicines and money, as they have been overwhelmed by clothes donations.
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A huge crowd gathered outside the hospital in the small, nondescript, southern Indian town of Dharmapuri yesterday. Nothing much of note has ever happened in the hospital before, but yesterday
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Many lack health insurance because of its cost and a big reason for that cost is the explosion of expensive, medically questionable care.
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By The Idaho Statesman, Boise  Sep. 10--Knights of Columbus Council 12854 in Boise is looking for donations of used medical equipment and associated appliances that members will repair and recycle.   Items include walkers, canes, wheelchairs, crutches, shower seats and hospital beds.
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The ballooning cost of cancer treatment offers an example of how difficult it may be to rein in the nationâs runaway health care spending.
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The Maltese Association of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (MASMON) donated Lm5,000 to the Health Department.