Dying patient's ambulance bill
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The family of a cancer patient pays for an ambulance to take her home to die when an NHS one is unavailable.
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Joseph Glazier has seen the cost of his phone service double this year and his utility bills could do the same. He cannot ride the bus for free anymore. Subsidized prescriptions for his ailing eyes and ears have long since stopped.
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More than two-thirds of Americans believe there are circumstances in which a patient should be allowed to die, but they are closely divided on whether it should be legal for a doctor to help terminally ill patients end their own lives by prescribing fatal drugs, a new AP-Ipsos poll finds.
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NHS Direct is referring on too many patients to GPs and emergency services, putting strain on the system, doctors and ambulance crews say.
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A terminal leukemia patient must  have daily blood transfusions or die. A family begs doctors to  do everything possible to keep their elderly mother alive.  Parents cannot accept their newborn baby will not survive.
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Take a stand against the high costs of health care.
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12 mile transfer turns into 240 mile debacle Two ambulance drivers' unswerving obedience to their satnav system ended up turning a 30 minute hospital transfer into an eight hour, 430 mile wild goose chase.â¦
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How much would you pay to get a loved one on his feet?
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As call levels return to normal, the ambulance service says its 'special emergency' status is no longer in place.
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Â· Charity donations take total bill to Â£2.5mÂ· Broadcaster to sue telephone services firm
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DURANGO, Colo. - Two teenage girls who surprised their neighbors with homemade cookies late one night were ordered to pay nearly $900 in medical bills for a woman who says she was so startled that she had to go to the hospital.
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Goulburn Valley Base Hospital&#39;s emergency department was under the pump on Wednesday, but the hospital was able to manage the demand on intensive care beds, its chief medical officer said yesterday.
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Prosecutors have charged two doctors and two ambulance workers with murder for letting patients die or killing them outright in order to collect kickbacks from funeral homes, officials said Wednesday.
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May a doctor in California lawfully prescribe marijuana for a seriously ill patient? May a doctor in Oregon lawfully help a terminal patient to commit suicide?
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Paying for the cancer drug Herceptin means other cancer patients will lose out, doctors warn.
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NEW YORK  - People who think they're having a stroke, and their loved ones, often call others for advice before calling an ambulance, hints a study conducted in Australia. This could lead to delays in the administration of potentially life-saving treatment.
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I overheard a long-time hospital client talking to another support vendor today. The hospitalâs patient accounting department was attempting to send patient financial and billing data to a third-party biller. The vendorâs normal Web site was down, and they were trying to come up with an emergency fix.