Ontario doctor suspended for requiring patients to waive right to sue
An Ontario family doctor, Dr. Michael Hart, has been suspended from practicing for six months after he prescribed ketamine over ...
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Thousands of Gaza patients awaiting medical evacuation, according to WHO chief
Thousands of patients in the Gaza Strip are still awaiting medical evacuation for urgent treatment, according to the World Health ...
Hospital gave patients incorrect medication, resulting in paralysis for one patient
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has decertified Kentucky's organ donation network following a serious incident where ...
Nashville Hospital Drug Mix-Up Complicates Care for Four Patients
What You Need to Know • Tennessee authorities are investigating a drug mix-up at Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown hospital in ...
Army Gynecologist John Doe Pleads Not Guilty to Secretly Recording Patients
What You Need to Know • Army gynecologist Dr. Blaine McGraw pleaded not guilty to charges of secretly videotaping patients ...
Yemen’s Healthcare Crisis Forces Patients to Seek Alternative Medicines
What You Need to Know • Jaleelah Abdul Hameed, a woman in her 50s from Yemen, was misdiagnosed with a ...
Man in Grim Reaper Costume Climbs Hospital Roof and Observes Patients
Leon Gillespie, 26, was fined £200 after dressing in a Grim Reaper costume and climbing onto the roof of Ysbyty ...
British Columbia court rules forced treatment of psychiatric patients unconstitutional
Elements of British Columbia's involuntary care system that permit compulsory psychiatric treatment without considering a patient's decision-making capacity have been ...
Doctors consider organ donation from MAID patients while alive
A new paper in the New England Journal of Medicine proposes reconsidering the "dead donor rule," which mandates that organ ...
New Technology Could Restore Movement and Sensation for Millions of Paralyzed Patients
What You Need to Know • Researchers have developed a new technology that may restore movement and sensation to paralyzed ...
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