Hospital emergency rooms overcrowded: report
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Emergency rooms at U.S. hospitals are   becoming stretched as patient visits increase while the number   of emergency facilities declines, a new report said.
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A new study on emergency rooms  disputes the common wisdom that the poor and uninsured are  filling them up.
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Among patients treated at urban public hospital emergency rooms for skin and soft-tissue infections, more and more often the cause appears to be the antibiotic-resistant 'superbug' known as MRSA, new research shows.
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The nation&#39;s leading patient-safety oversight group is calling on hospitals to do more to keep patients from &quot;waking up&quot; during surgery -- an experience that medical experts believe happens 50 to 100 times each day.
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Hospital A&E departments are flooded with 1m boozers at weekends each year, a study says.
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Over 100 hospital wards closed amid fears that infection will spread
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LOS ANGELES -- Financial problems caused mainly by the treatment of uninsured patients have forced two emergency rooms to close in Los Angles County, raising concerns that other facilities may be overwhelmed.
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MONDAY, June 4 (HealthDay News) --  White kids are admitted to hospital after an emergency room visit at a greater rate than black or Hispanic kids, new research reveals.
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CHICAGO -- A medical accreditation group says too many patients are waking up during surgery and hospitals need to do more to prevent the incidents.
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Half of all U.S. states would run out of hospital beds within the first two weeks of a moderate flu pandemic and 47 states would run out if a bad one hit, according to a report issued on Tuesday.
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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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Hospital bed occupancy rates are falling but are still near risky levels, figures show.
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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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Patients queue in 11 ambulances for  up to an hour at Wales' largest hospital because of a lack of beds.
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CHICAGO A medical accreditation group says too many patients are waking up during surgery and hospitals need to do more to prevent the incidents.
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New York hospitals are spending hundreds of millions of dollars rebuilding and expanding their emergency rooms.
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Flu and other illnesses have hit the region later than usual this year, emptying offices and schools and sending overflow crowds to emergency rooms.