Assisted dying could lead to coercion, warns Wes Streeting

Assisted dying could lead to coercion, warns Wes Streeting

Getty Images MPs are due to vote on a bill next month that could make the process legal in England and Wales The health secretary has said he is worried that legalising assisted dying could risk ill people feeling “guilt-tripped” into ending their own lives. It emerged last week that Wes Streeting had privately told … Read more

Need medicine in hospital? Study finds how often IT flaws lead to wrong drug or dose – ET HealthWorld

Need medicine in hospital? Study finds how often IT flaws lead to wrong drug or dose – ET HealthWorld

Sydney: Every time you are prescribed medicine in hospital a computer will prompt your doctor about the appropriateness of the medicine and its dose. Every time health professionals update patient records on the computer they need to fill in the appropriate information in the correct spot, or choose an option from a drop-down menu. But … Read more

Long A&E wait times lead to more than 250 needless deaths a week – analysis

Long A&E wait times lead to more than 250 needless deaths a week – analysis

Sir David Spiegelhalter, emeritus professor of statistics in the Centre for Mathematical Sciences, University of Cambridge, told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “It sort of seems intuitive that if you wait a long time in a corridor or somewhere else waiting to be admitted, an average of six hours now, that that’s going to harm … Read more

‘Small ideas lead to game changing innovations’

‘Small ideas lead to game changing innovations’

Vice-Chancellor of GM University S.R. Shankapal and others during the inauguration of Innovation Week in Davangere on Monday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Many of the game changing innovations originated from small original ideas, Vice-Chancellor of GM University S.R. Shankapal has said. He was speaking in Davangere on Monday during the inauguration of a programme, … Read more

Read Deen Dayal Upadhyaya to lead a dignified life: Telangana Governor

Read Deen Dayal Upadhyaya to lead a dignified life: Telangana Governor

Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan, A.P. BJP president Daggupati Purandeswari and others release the book ‘ Complete Works of Deendayal Upadhyaya’ in Vijayawada on Monday. | Photo Credit: G.N. Rao Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan while speaking as the chief guest at a programme, organised by Research and Development Foundation for Integral Humanism in Vijayawada to mark … Read more

PM Modi in U.S. | Narendra Modi arrives in New York; to lead Yoga Day at United Nations

PM Modi in U.S. | Narendra Modi arrives in New York; to lead Yoga Day at United Nations

Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets supporters as he arrives in New York on June 20, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in New York in the early afternoon of June 20 on his first State visit to the United States. The Prime Minister is scheduled to lead the International Day of … Read more