B. Veerakumar of Tiruppur, who died after a fall from the Vellingiri hills near Coimbatore while on a trek for a pilgrimage | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement A 31-year-old man from Tiruppur, who suffered injuries after falling from a steep portion of the Vellingiri hills near Coimbatore on April 19, died on Monday, April 22. … Read more
On-shift with the Leeds hospital team caring for young knife crime patients in West Yorkshire. Source link
Over 125 cases of cracker-related injuries have been reported in various hospitals during the Deepavali festivities this year starting Sunday. Two persons under treatment at the State-run Minto Ophthalmic Hospital and one at Narayana Nethralaya are not likely to regain vision in one eye, and nine others have suffered partial vision loss, doctors said. Nearly … Read more
After being paralysed in a motorbike accident, Harold, 79, was determined to defy medical opinion. Source link
Patients lose vision and have eyes surgically removed after using eyedrops now recalled in the US. Source link
Panel finds surgeon Camilo Valero’s actions “risked damaging public confidence in the profession”. Source link
A road had caved in at Akshayanagar following rain in Bengaluru on December 10, 2022. | Photo Credit: SUDHAKARA JAIN Taking note of newspaper reports that the police are not registering first information reports (FIRs) on the complaints of serious injuries and death caused due to potholes and bad roads, the High Court of Karnataka … Read more
Rocio Cifuentes, the Children’s Commissioner for Wales, said the report was harrowing reading, adding: “We cannot allow the death of a child to pass without us asking some fundamental questions of the system that’s there to protect children in Wales, especially when a review raises recommendations we’ve seen before in previous reports.” Source link
A 16-year-old girl was killed and her mother and younger brother injured, when a BMTC bus knocked down their scooter on Bhattarahalli Road in K.R. Puram on Tuesday morning. Rash driving by the bus driver caused the accident, the traffic police said. The deceased has been identified as Layashri, a Class X student of Kendriya … Read more
Nobby Stiles (pictured in 2008) died in October 2020 A group of 30 former footballers and their families are suing football’s governing bodies, claiming they failed to protect them from brain injuries. The Football Associations of England and Wales and the International Football Association Board (Ifab) are accused of “failing to take reasonable action” to … Read more