Getty Images Great Ormond Street Hospital is one of the world’s leading children’s hospitals An investigation into disgraced bone surgeon Mr Yaser Jabbar has been widened to cover five London hospitals, as 721 patients’ care is being reviewed. His work at St John and St Elizabeth Hospital and Cromwell Hospital, both private, is now being … Read more
Hospitals need to review any child treated by bone surgeon Yaser Jabbar, a solicitor representing affected families has told the BBC. The lower limb reconstruction surgeon worked at private hospital The Portland, as well as seeing NHS patients at Chelsea and Westminster NHS Trust Hospitals and Great Ormond Street Hospital (Gosh) in London. A damning … Read more
Mumbai: Mumbai University will be collaborating with city hospitals to develop artificial intelligence (AI) models that can help in the early detection and management of diseases, mainly in women. As part of this AI in healthcare initiative, the university aims to substantially reduce the disease load and increase the percentage of screenings. It will help … Read more
Five more public hospitals in the State have secured the National Quality Assurance Standard (NQAS) certification. These include a family health centre at Shaktikulangara, Kollam; family health centre at Padyam, Kannur; family health centre at Vazhakkulam in Ernakulam; Thalikkulam family health centre in Thrissur; and Iravimangalam Urban family health centre in Malappuram. With this, 177 … Read more
Getty Images Delays are mainly due to patients waiting for assessments or suitable home care There are 1,594 people in Welsh hospitals who are fit to leave but remain there because of care or assessment delays, figures for the last year show. That is the equivalent of the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff and … Read more
Family handouts Sunny Parker-Propst (left) and Elena Ali died within weeks of each other during the first Covid-19 lockdown Two premature babies died within weeks of each other after neglect by a hospital, an inquest jury has found. Westminster Coroners’ Court heard Elena Ali and Sunny Parker-Propst were both given sodium nitrite instead of sodium … Read more
2 hours ago By Karl Mercer, Political correspondent, BBC London BBC Streatham GP Lucy Goodeve-Docker said the situation had been “incredibly tricky” Doctors’ surgeries in London have continued to struggle with the impact of a cyber attack that knocked out pathology services across the area. Synnovis, an agency which manages labs for NHS trusts and GPs in … Read more
Kolkata: At least two private hospitals in the city have either installed or are in the process of introducing artificial intelligence-powered remote monitoring system for every patient that will screen multiple vital parameters like heart rate, respiration rate, blood pressure, SPO2 levels or oxygen saturation and temperature. It also monitors ECG and issues real-time alerts … Read more
47 minutes ago By James W Kelly & PA Media, BBC News Getty Images O-negative blood can be safely given to people of with any blood type An appeal has been launched for O blood-type donors to book appointments across the country following the ransomware attack affecting major London hospitals. NHS Blood and Transplant is appealing for … Read more
getty St Thomas’, including the Royal Brompton and the Evelina London Children’s Hospital, is among the affected trusts Major hospitals in London have declared a critical incident after a cyber-attack led to operations being cancelled and emergency patients being diverted elsewhere. It applies to hospitals partnered with Synnovis – a provider of pathology services. King’s … Read more