Ailing Patient at St. Elizabeths Poorly Monitored, Agency Says
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A mental patient who complained of stomach pains was not properly examined or monitored in the hours before his dead body was discovered at St. Elizabeths Hospital, according to an investigation by the city's mental health agency.
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Patient care has suffered, say unions as Guardian analysis shows extent of underspend.
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More must be done to ensure patients do not stay in hospital longer than needed, a report finds.
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Concerned health officials began investigating what went wrong at a British vaccine plant where half the US flu shots were made, while
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Calgary - A mistake that led to the death of a 69-year-old man after he was given the wrong medication could have happened at any hospital, an independent report into the error concluded.
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LOS ANGELES When an AIDS patient at a Los Angeles hospital had a heart attack and died last week -- county officials say a nurse didn&#39;t notice.
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Officials are concerned about the possible spread of serious ailments such as cholera, typhoid and malaria and also issued warnings about the bird flu virus.
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A patient suffering severe chest pains claims he had to stand for hours in a hospital because of a lack of beds.
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PATIENTS are still at risk from killer GPs such as Harold Shipman because the watchdog meant to protect them is more interested in protecting doctors, a damning report said yesterday.
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More patients visiting A&E are being seen quickly but there is still room for improvement, an official report says.
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Concerns about safety and the care of dying patients dominate complaints to an NHS watchdog.
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Patients at a Queens substance abuse clinic were given intensive treatments for minor problems, investigators said.
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Doubts remain on the quality of private clinics seeing NHS patients in England, the health watchdog says.
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A hospital which gave patients the wrong results after cancer checks, finds another 24 'discrepancies'.
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Caritas Christi Health System Inc., the troubled hospital chain owned by the Archdiocese of Boston, is considering closing or selling 144-year-old Caritas Carney Hospital in Dorchester because its performance is predicted to fall about $7 million short of expectations this year, according to an internal document obtained by the Globe.
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After a patient died of complications following a double mastectomy that she did not need, investigators are taking a close look at Mercy Medical Center.
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Doctors' watchdog the General Medical Council must do more to protect patients, the latest Shipman Inquiry report says.