Family handout Louise Gleadell died aged 38 from cervical cancer after being wrongly told her tests were negative in both 2008 and 2012 The family of a mother who died from cervical cancer after twice being wrongly told she had negative results have been awarded undisclosed damages. The misreporting of Louise Gleadell’s cervical screening results … Read more
Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu with the ICMR team members during a review meeting at the Secretariat at Velagapudi near Vijayawada on Friday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Friday held a review meeting with a delegation from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) that arrived in … Read more
Fergus Walsh Medical editor Camilla Horrox Global health producer BBC This is the last picture of Wayne with his wife Stella (right) and children Emily and Ashley (left), taken on the day of his death It’s 10am, and in a little over two hours, Wayne Hawkins will be dead. The sun is shining on the … Read more
Michael Buchanan Senior Social Affairs Correspondent, BBC News Family Handout William Hewes died of sepsis less than 24 hours after he arrived at hospital A doctor who rushed her seriously ill son to the east London hospital where she worked, and where he later died of sepsis, says she feels “betrayed” by the way her … Read more
Michael Buchanan Social affairs correspondent, BBC News PA Media Ida Lock died a week after she suffered serious brain injuries around the time of her delivery A newborn baby died due to the gross failure of three midwives to provide basic medical care, a corner has ruled. Ida Lock was born at the Royal Lancaster … Read more
A bedridden man was allegedly stomped to death by his son reportedly under the influence of alcohol at Chelamattam near Perumbavoor on Wednesday night. The deceased was identified as Johny, 67. He was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead following which an autopsy was conducted on Thursday. The autopsy report attributed … Read more
A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Monday slammed the police for the delay in tracing a 15-year-old girl who was reported missing and later found dead along with her 42-year-old neighbour in Kasaragod on March 9, nearly a month after she and the man went missing. The Bench comprising Justice Devan Ramachandran … Read more
Christine Jeavans Data journalist, BBC Verify Getty Images Improvements in death rates largely reflect better health at older age groups The UK death rate reached a record low last year, according to exclusive analysis carried out for BBC News. Mortality experts looked at death certificates registered in 2024 and found that deaths per head of … Read more
Joshua Askew BBC News, South East Getty Images A hospital trust spokesperson said they would learn from the report A coroner has said the public is being misled over what an NHS physician associate (PA) does after a woman died following hospital failings, including being misdiagnosed with a nosebleed. Pamela Marking went to A&E at … Read more
A 40-year-old man allegedly strangled his 32-year-old wife to death before ending his life in front of his six-year-old son over a domestic row at their house in Byadarahalli on Wednesday. The deceased were identified as Suresh V., a factory employee, and his wife Mamata G, a garment worker. The couple had two sons , … Read more