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Telangana govt hospital doctors perform liver transplantation on patient suffering from Marfan’s and rare syndrome

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Telangana govt hospital doctors perform liver transplantation on patient suffering from Marfan’s and rare syndrome

Osmania General Hospital doctors from multiple specialisations coordinated to perform liver transplantation on a patient suffering from Marfan’s syndrome and hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS). The image is used for representative purposes only. | Photo Credit: NAGARA GOPAL In a medical breakthrough, doctors at Telangana government-run Osmania General Hospital (OGH) in Hyderabad have successfully performed a liver … Read more

Will scrapping NHS England help improve patient safety?

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Will scrapping NHS England help improve patient safety?

Michael Buchanan Social affairs correspondent Getty Images After Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s announcement this week that NHS England (NHSE) is to be disbanded, the BBC looks at whether the changes present a new opportunity to improve patient safety within the NHS. A hospital chief executive once described NHSE as “the biggest kiss up, kick … Read more

Sunderland Parkinson’s patient ‘feels cured’ with new device

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Sunderland Parkinson’s patient ‘feels cured’ with new device

Sharon Barbour BBC North East & Cumbria health correspondent BBC Kevin Hill said he is able to go for days now without thinking about his Parkinson’s A man fitted with a pioneering, computer-controlled brain implant to tackle his Parkinson’s disease says it works so well he is sometimes able to forget he has the condition. … Read more

Coventry patient underwent 14 years of chemotherapy he did not need

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Coventry patient underwent 14 years of chemotherapy he did not need

Google The patient was treated at University Hospital Coventry A cancer patient has spent more than 14 years receiving unnecessary chemotherapy, hospital bosses have admitted. Lawyers representing the man claim they know of 12 more patients – all in Coventry – saying his case is the “tip of the iceberg”. NHS Guidelines recommend the chemotherapy … Read more

Elon Musk says a third patient got a Neuralink brain implant – ET HealthWorld

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Elon Musk says a third patient got a Neuralink brain implant – ET HealthWorld

New Delhi: Elon Musk said a third person has received an implant from his brain-computer interface company Neuralink, one of many groups working to connect the nervous system to machines. “We’ve got … three humans with Neuralinks and all are working well,” he said during a wide-ranging interview at a Las Vegas event streamed on … Read more

£90,000-a-year Patient Safety Commissioner role remains unfilled

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£90,000-a-year Patient Safety Commissioner role remains unfilled

PA Media A recruitment drive for Scotland’s first ever Patient Safety Commissioner has failed for a second time. MSPs passed a law creating the new independent public advocate for NHS patients in September last year. The first round of interviews for the £89,685-a-year role in April failed to produce a suitable candidate and then last … Read more

GRAP is like giving medicine to an already critical patient, need to go back to the basics: Supreme Court

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GRAP is like giving medicine to an already critical patient, need to go back to the basics: Supreme Court

People in large number seen basking in the sun near Kartavya Path on a cold sunny afternoon in Delhi. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The Supreme Court on Thursday (December 19, 2024) compared the implementation of emergency anti-pollution measures like the Graded Action Response Plan (GRAP) in Delhi National Capital Region (NCR) to “medicine … Read more

London hospitals write off £112m in unpaid foreign patient bills

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London hospitals write off £112m in unpaid foreign patient bills

PA Media London NHS trusts write off £112m in overseas patient bills as they balance care with cost recovery London hospitals have written off more than £112m in unpaid treatment bills from overseas patients between 2018 and 2023, according to figures obtained by the BBC. Under current NHS regulations, hospital trusts in England must charge … Read more

Northamptonshire nurse said she would’ve drowned patient at birth

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Northamptonshire nurse said she would’ve drowned patient at birth

Nursing and Midwifery Council The Nursing and Midwifery Council ruled Kathleen Alexandra Warmington had committed serious misconduct A mental health nurse who said “I would’ve drowned her at birth” and “take her to the vets and get her put down” about vulnerable patients has been struck off. Kathleen Alexandra Warmington was given a striking-off order … Read more

AI system predicts patient health issues 16 hours in advance: Study – ET HealthWorld

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AI system predicts patient health issues 16 hours in advance: Study – ET HealthWorld

New Delhi: Across India’s vast healthcare network, which relies heavily on more than two million hospital beds, traditional methods of patient monitoring in general wards largely depend on periodic manual checks. This conventional system often leads to delayed detection of health deterioration, leaving many vulnerable patients at risk. A recent study published in Frontiers in … Read more