Hospital Officials Knew of Neglect
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Top officials at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, including the Army's surgeon general, have heard complaints about outpatient neglect from family members, veterans groups and members of Congress for more than three years.
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A group of health-care leaders are banding together to make hospitals a less dangerous place to get well.
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Two premature infants died and a third was in critical condition after being given adult-size doses of medication, prompting hospital officials to review drug-handling procedures.
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Substandard care at a southern Illinois Veterans Affairs hospital may have contributed to 19 deaths over the past two years, a VA official said Monday as he apologized to affected families and pledged reform.
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Concerns raised over senior officers' threat to patient confidentiality.
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A major survey is to try to establish how many people are malnourished when they are admitted to hospitals and care homes.
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System of spot checks by inspectors is unveiled after claims that elderly patients are left unfed and lying in filthy sheets.
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More than half of doctors who are physically or verbally abused by patients do not report it, figures show.
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Part of the gray stone facade at the Smallpox Hospital on Roosevelt Island fell to the ground last month, seemingly a matter of gravity picking up where negligence left off.
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One in eight hospital patients can expect to be adversely affected by their hospital treatment, Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) members were told yesterday.
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PORTLAND, Ore.  -- Federal investigators are looking into patient care at the hospital made famous in the movie "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," where there have been reports of abuse, short staffing and overcrowding.
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A Montgomery County hospital threatened with state fines and loss of Medicare funding after a patient's death from malnutrition is back in compliance with state and federal regulators.
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From an emergency department with faulty monitors, IV pumps and broken stretchers to an operating room running part time for lack of staff, patient care is increasingly limited and uncertain at Greater Southeast Community Hospital, according to a draft report by District health regulators.
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Hong Kong&#39;s health chiefs and lawmakers rebuked hospital officials on Wednesday for not informing them quickly enough when dozens of children in paediatric wards fell ill with a mysterious respiratory illness.
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Distraught staff receive counselling over unpaid bill
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The BBC has learnt of serious incidents at a major Welsh hospital, with worries about patient safety.
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In a bid to free up blocked beds, patients are being discharged from hospital against their needs, a report shows.