St. Elizabeth's Patients 'In Peril,' Report Says
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A watchdog group has found that the District's psychiatric facility is seriously understaffed and overcrowded.
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A British-based medical monitoring group said in a report released Tuesday that the public health disaster is due to the U.S.-led invasion, ongoing conflict and mismanagement of the relief and reconstruction effort.
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A dangerous, drug-resistant staph germ may be infecting as many as 5 percent of hospital and nursing home patients, according to a comprehensive study.
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Â· Catholic leader demands NHS block on terminationsÂ· Communion challenge to pro-choice politicians
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Paying for the cancer drug Herceptin means other cancer patients will lose out, doctors warn.
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Denial, food shortages and squandered resources were among the problems preventing thousands of AIDS patients from getting treatment in countries hardest hit by the disease, according to a report by treatment activists.
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The General Medical Council is doing too little to protect patients, the latest report from the Shipman Inquiry has said.
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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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Patient safety is at risk because of delays in hearing misconduct cases against nurses, the BBC learns.
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eople who survive cancer appear to get worse care than the general population when it comes to other diseases, a study released last week concluded.
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A top Santa Cruz County official warned Friday that a Santa Clara County proposal to cut off hospital trauma care for patients airlifted from smaller neighboring counties poses &quot;life and death&quot; risks.
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The government says the loss of patient records by NHS Trusts affects 168,000 people.
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Many mental health wards in Britain may do more harm than good and on some, patients are subjected to violence, verbal abuse and sexual harassment, according to special reports in the Lancet on Friday.
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New Jersey's top health official is describing a recent spate of E. coli sickness as "a serious outbreak," but says the threat seems to have passed.
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Mental patients at the Oregon State Hospital, the setting for "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," were exposed to threats ranging from infectious outbreaks to patient-on-patient assaults, according to a Justice Department report released Wednesday.
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Patients in accident and emergency units are still failing to treat people quickly enough, according to the latest figures.
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CHARLESTON, SC - The report of an Anglican commission criticizing the Episcopal Church for consecrating a gay bishop may not be a strong enough prescription for the illness, the Rev.