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
Supplied Milo weighed just less than 2lbs (0.9kg) when he was born A hospital trust has apologised to the parents of a baby who was given another mother’s breast milk after being born prematurely. Melissa and Callum say they were “let down repeatedly” during their son Milo’s treatment at Leicester Royal Infirmary (LRI) and Leicester … Read more
Getty Images Even as Covid hit, the government and its health officials were bullish in their confidence about their ability to cope. Dr Jenny Harries, then the deputy chief medical officer for England, hailed the UK as an “international exemplar” in its preparedness at one of the early TV press conferences. She was not the … Read more
A view of the National Testing Agency website. The National Testing Agency (NTA) website and all its other web portals are fully secure, and reports that these have been compromised and hacked are wrong and misleading, officials said on June 23. The clarification comes amid a raging row over alleged irregularities in competitive exams, including … Read more
New Delhi: The World Health Organisation is wading into the world of AI to provide basic health information through a human-like avatar. But while the bot responds sympathetically to users’ facial expressions, it doesn’t always know what it’s talking about. SARAH, short for Smart AI Resource Assistant for Health, is a virtual health worker that’s … Read more
Other so-called never events include a patient almost having the wrong toe amputated during surgery. Source link
Gail Porter has shown people that bald is beautiful – but she can wear wigs too, says campaigner. Source link
It is among several serious incidents recorded in July and August at two Shropshire hospitals. Source link
Nipah outbreak | Number of cases rises to six in Kozhikode One more person tested positive for the Nipah infection in Kozhikode district of Kerala on Friday, taking the total number of infected persons to six now. Meanwhile, lab tests have proved that E. Mohammedali, the first patient who died on August 30, too was … Read more
Chief Justice of India Justice D.Y Chandrachud. File | Photo Credit: PTI Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud on Friday told a lawyer to disabuse his mind of the notion that the Supreme Court constitutes Constitution Benches to hear “fancy” matters which have nothing to do with the daily travails of the ordinary people. The … Read more