Hospital 'sorry' over bed advice
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A hospital apologises after a woman in labour claimed she was told to look in the Yellow Pages for a maternity bed.
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LOS ANGELES Another setback for the Martin Luther King/Drew Medical Center in South Los Angeles. The hospital is being investigated for mismanagement and negligence that allegedly caused the deaths of five people.
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Because of a shortage of beds at Maryland psychiatric hospitals, a growing number of patients, including many who are involuntarily committed, are spending days in emergency rooms, often in violation of a state law that mandates that they be placed at a comprehensive care facility within 30 hours of...
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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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LOS ANGELES Los Angeles County supervisors have recommended that a troubled South LA hospital drop its trauma services as part of a &quot;comprehensive rescue plan&quot; to lighten the load in its emergency department.
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Christchurch Hospital is asking people to avoid its Emergency Department if they are suffering from the vomiting and diarrhoea typical of the highly infectious norovirus.
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Hospitals may be closed when patients are given choice, the health secretary says.
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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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PORTLAND, Maine - Whether it's blue or spotted or striped, the standard issue hospital gown is drafty and revealing. It's embarrassing for just about anyone who's spent a night in a medical center...
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An NHS trust hits out at an Assembly Member over claims a "super-hospital" plan has been ditched.
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In a bid to free up blocked beds, patients are being discharged from hospital against their needs, a report shows.
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Co-op mainframe down The Co-operative Bank has apologised to customers unable to get their hands on their cash this morning because of computer problems.â¦
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A Victorian aged care home has been sanctioned after claims by staff that it covered up a gastroenteritis outbreak and endangered the health of 54 patients.
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a potential problem that led a national group of emergency-room doctors Monday to call for better preparation for the oncoming
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Most doctors are afraid to take responsibility for medical errors, but studies have shown that physiciansâ apologies may protect against litigation.
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Hong Kong'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