Patients dying in hospital corridors, say nurses

Patients dying in hospital corridors, say nurses

Getty Images Patients are dying in corridors and pregnant women are miscarrying in side rooms as overwhelmed hospitals struggle to cope, nurses say. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) said evidence provided by more than 5,000 of its members across the UK this winter also showed cupboards, car parks, bathrooms and nursing stations were being … Read more

More NHS hospitals leaving patients in corridors to free up ambulances

More NHS hospitals leaving patients in corridors to free up ambulances

Since 2022, hospitals like NNUH have increasingly adopted a new way of working called the Continuous Flow Model, in which patients are sent from A&E to wards and other areas even if they are full. They have done this to address soaring ambulance waits outside A&E as paramedics try to offload patients. In the UK, … Read more

Two expert committees have been constituted to identify new elephant corridors, Tamil Nadu govt. tells HC

Two expert committees have been constituted to identify new elephant corridors, Tamil Nadu govt. tells HC

The Tamil Nadu government on Tuesday informed the Madras High Court of having constituted two expert committees to come up with a consolidated list of elephant corridors, comprising both those that had already been identified as well as the potential ones, in the State. A Division Bench of Justices N. Sathish Kumar and D. Bharatha … Read more