Tag: hospital
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Appeals court rejects Michigan woman’s lawsuit over Catholic hospital care
Tamesha Means said she went to a Mercy Health Partners facility in Muskegon, Michigan, the only hospital within 30 minutes of her home, when her water broke after only 18 weeks of pregnancy, according to the lawsuit filed against the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in 2013. Despite her being in excruciating pain and with…
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‘Come home and help’, urges Central African Republic doctor
By Paula Dear BANGUI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – When violence erupted in the Central African Republic three years ago, hundreds of thousands of people fled the capital Bangui, including most doctors and medical students at the main children’s hospital. As the city descended into chaos, 58-year-old Jean Gody was one of the few doctors who…
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Children face ‘staggeringly high’ hunger in conflict-hit Central African Republic
By Paula Dear BANGUI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Clinging to her toy dog, 18-month-old Clemence Mokbem stares ahead as nurses rush past to tend to crying babies in the hot, overcrowded intensive care ward in a Bangui hospital. The toddler was taken to the main children’s hospital in Central African Republic’s capital by her teenage…
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Children face ‘staggeringly high’ hunger in conflict-hit Central African Republic
By Paula Dear BANGUI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Clinging to her toy dog, 18-month-old Clemence Mokbem stares ahead as nurses rush past to tend to crying babies in the hot, overcrowded intensive care ward in a Bangui hospital. The toddler was taken to the main children’s hospital in Central African Republic’s capital by her teenage…
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Many surgical readmissions can’t be blamed on hospitals
By Andrew M. Seaman (Reuters Health) – When too many surgery patients come back to a hospital after being sent home, the hospital can be fined by the federal government. Many readmissions were due to issues like drug abuse or homelessness, the researchers found. “Very few were due to reasons we could control with better…
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Reliance on China health sector raises searching questions for Baidu
By Paul Carsten BEIJING (Reuters) – The death of a student following experimental cancer treatment he found through China's biggest search engine, Baidu Inc , has exposed the faultlines in the company's business model, which relies heavily on income from the country's lightly regulated health sector. Before his death, student Wei Zexi, 21, criticized the…
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Reliance on China health sector raises searching questions for Baidu
By Paul Carsten BEIJING (Reuters) – The death of a student following experimental cancer treatment he found through China's biggest search engine, Baidu Inc , has exposed the faultlines in the company's business model, which relies heavily on income from the country's lightly regulated health sector. Before his death, student Wei Zexi, 21, criticized the…
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Yoko Ono hospitalized in New York with flu-like illness: spokesman
The artist Yoko Ono, the widow of the late former Beatle John Lennon, was admitted to a New York City hospital on Friday after complaining of severe flu-like symptoms, her West Coast-based spokesman said. Spokesman Elliot Mintz denied U.S. media reports that Ono, 83, had suffered a possible stroke or heart attack, and said he…
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Yoko Ono hospitalized in New York with flu-like illness: spokesman
The artist Yoko Ono, the widow of the late former Beatle John Lennon, was admitted to a New York City hospital on Friday after complaining of severe flu-like symptoms, her West Coast-based spokesman said. Spokesman Elliot Mintz denied U.S. media reports that Ono, 83, had suffered a possible stroke or heart attack, and said he…