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Dr Patrick Morrissey of Adare Medical Centre faces 39 factual allegations by the Medical Council

En manlig sjuksköterska står åtalad misstänkt för grov våldtäkt på en patient som vårdades i livets slutskede på länssjukhuset Ryhov i Jönköping. På onsdagen inleddes rättegången – och den blir bakom stängda dörrar.

Healthcare workers have welcomed a promise to crack down on abusive patients, while advocacy groups warn vulnerable people could be left without vital services.

Jill Kenning says she has been unable to get a drug she uses to manage her condition.

NT Health admits 12 pregnant patients were impacted by a RDH privacy breach in which medical information was posted to Instagram, after initially saying it only identified five.

The EU's signature Kids Act to block social media access to young people risks being tangled in a series of laws being pushed by national politicians.

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The patient's therapist has laid a complaint with the Health and Disability Commissioner.

Les personnes concernées recevront un courrier afin de les inviter à consulter un médecin et se faire dépister des virus des hépatites B et C et du VIH, même si l'ARS précise que les risques de contamination sont infimes.

Vor zwei Jahren bekam die NZZ exklusiven Einblick, wie die Station für hochinfektiöse Krankheiten funktioniert. Was damals noch Theorie war, muss sich mit der ¨Überweisung eines Ebola-Patienten nun in der Praxis bewähren.

Irish patients on waiting lists here who have sought treatment in hospitals abroad, under an EU Scheme, have been left waiting six months or more in some cases to get their money back from the HSE.

Un traitement complémentaire sous forme d'hormonothérapie de seconde génération permet d'augmenter significativement la survie des patients atteints de cette forme de cancer.

The number of Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has surpassed 10,000, government data showed, as fears that the epidemic could spread to more African countries grow.

A nurse responding to the Ebola outbreak has been killed by a group of young people armed with machetes, officials have said.

Pharmaceutical industry leaders have urged sales and marketing professionals in Nigeria to prioritise patient safety over profit at a conference in Lagos. Read More: https://punchng.com/prioritise-patient-safety-over-profit-pharmacists-tell-drug-marketers/

Nigeria’s Ebola index patient has arrived safely in Switzerland for treatment, as health authorities continue to monitor 52 contacts within the country. Read More: https://punchng.com/ebola-patient-arrives-switzerland-contact-tracing-continues/

A Swiss woman being treated for Ebola in Nigeria has been medically evacuated to Switzerland with her husband.

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The WHO says Nigeria has no active Ebola cases following the medical evacuation of an infected Swiss patient and her husband to Switzerland for treatment. Read More: https://punchng.com/nigeria-has-no-active-ebola-cases-after-patients-evacuation-who/

Erstmals seit zwölf Jahren ist ein Mensch in Nigeria an Ebola erkrankt. Via Spezialflugzeug wurde die Patientin in die Schweiz ausgeflogen. Fachleute rätseln, wo und wie sie sich angesteckt hat.

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The WHO says Nigeria is now Ebola-free following the medical evacuation of an infected Swiss patient and her husband to Switzerland, a health official says Read More: https://punchng.com/nigeria-ebola-free-after-patients-evacuation-to-switzerland-who/

Les chercheurs ont fait part de leur avancée au congrès de cancérologie qui se réunit à Madrid jusqu'à mardi. Le cancer des poumons est l'un des plus courants et des plus ravageurs.

Nigeria’s Minister of Health has confirmed the evacuation of the country’s first imported Ebola patient from Abuja to Switzerland along with her spouse. Read More: https://punchng.com/video-nigeria-flies-out-ebola-patient-via-air-ambulance-report/

The Irish Cancer Society is calling for funding to expand early detection centres for lymphoedema to all oncology centres nationwide.

« Lorsqu’on nous appelle, notre première préoccupation devient de savoir où habite le client et si on peut stationner à proximité », témoigne un soignant qui alerte sur le risque de désertification médicale du centre-ville.

A Canberra mother is shocked to learn her daughter has been removed from a waitlist for specialist care at a paediatric allergy centre because her condition "no longer meets the requirement for a specialist appointment".

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Health Minister Khaled Abdel Ghaffar said Egypt had launched a national quality and patient safety strategy for 2026-2030 as part of efforts to reduce medical errors, improve healthcare standards and establish institutional systems for reporting adverse events and learning from them. Speaking at an event marking World Patient Safety Day, Abdel Ghaffar said p

Mit Anfang 30 entwickelt eine Frau erstmals Anzeichen einer Psychose: Sie hört Stimmen, nimmt Schatten am Rande ihres Sichtfelds wahr. Zudem schläft sie schlecht und klagt über Schmerzen. Hängt das zusammen?

Kerala Sastra Sahitya Parishad president C. Ramakrishnan and general secretary V. Manoj Kumar say that access to this medication is crucial for improving the quality of life and life expectancy of patients

The APC Women Mobilisation Directorate, led by Dr Betta Edu, has visited patients in two Kaduna hospitals as part of its grassroots outreach activities. Read More: https://punchng.com/apc-women-visit-patients-in-kaduna-hospitals/

Confidential medical information belonging to about a dozen pregnant patients at Royal Darwin Hospital was posted to Instagram by a 'medical observer' associated with the facility.

A Nigerian tech expert has developed an AI-powered platform, Kidneydotcom, to provide free, reliable kidney health information to patients and families. Read More: https://punchng.com/tech-expert-develops-ai-tool-to-support-kidney-patients/

Mariam Jumaat once believed good nursing meant helping patients get better and did not want to work with dying patients. Now, the home palliative care nurse helps them spend their final days comfortably at home, surrounded by the people they love.

The registrar said there were no beds; records showed there were 45 available

I worried my ICU roommate wasn’t going to make it. Then he started ordering fried chicken.

Après le Kenya où un deuxième décès a été annoncé, vendredi 23 octobre, Ebola est arrivé au Nigeria. Une enquête est en cours pour déterminer son origine. Selon le ministère nigérian de la Santé, des analyses génétiques montrent un lien entre le virus de la patiente et celui identifié chez le premier patient atteint d’Ebola au Kenya. L’annonce a été faite, v

A drug from Amgen could give patients with an aggressive form of lung cancer significantly more time to live when added to an immunotherapy from AstraZeneca.

She was a close family member of the first victim, a man who had travelled from the Democratic Republic of Congo.

New Brunswickers who use a virtual health-care app can now access a "conversational AI feature" for cardiac, surgical and maternity care.

Read the evening recap of top stories, including the identification of an Ebola patient in Nigeria and 24 states approving the state police amendment. Read More: https://punchng.com/evening-recap-ebola-patient-identified-24-states-back-state-police-other-top-stories/

Quest is the latest in a series of healthcare technology companies that have been hacked in recent months.

A Ugandan-born woman, married to a Swiss diplomat, has tested positive for Ebola in Nigeria after a trip to Uganda, marking the country’s first case in a d Read More: https://punchng.com/ebola-patient-in-nigeria-is-swiss-diplomats-wife-report/

Beyond melanoma, scientists are studying cancer vaccines for glioblastoma, pancreatic cancer and more.

AMPANG, Oct 23 &mdash; Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today acknowledged complaints about local navigation app...

A police officer went in for a pap smear and left profoundly disturbed. Her pursuit of justice exposed alarming flaws in how authorities handle dangerous doctors.

Cette approche thérapeutique innovante a permis, après deux ans, de réduire de 42 % le risque de récidive ou de décès chez des patients atteints de mélanome à haut risque. C’est ce qu’a montré un essai international incluant 1 137 patients, aux résultats divulgués jeudi soir.

The omission of Henrietta Lacks, who donated the immortal cells that have facilitated biomedical research, from scientific history is a rare wrong that has been righted, recently. Thanks to the battle her family fought, today, more regulations will govern ethical research.

Medical Council intervention leaves hundreds of patients 'frightened, angry' - and in limbo.

France reported the first human case ⁠of the Shamonda virus usually found in livestock on Thursday in a hospital patient who died, though authorities said there was no risk to the general population. It is suspected that the victim was bitten ⁠by a midge carrying the virus in eastern France where it had circulated among animals this spring ​and ⁠summer, the

Breast cancer patients in Gaza face delayed diagnoses, medicine shortages and limited access to scans and treatment.

Un homme immunodéprimé est mort en France de complications cérébrales « très probablement liées » au virus Shamonda, au début du mois d'octobre. Il s'agit d'une première mondiale. Jusqu’ici, ce virus transmis aux animaux par des moucherons n’avait jamais été documenté chez l’être humain. Les autorités assurent ce jeudi 22 octobre 2026 qu’aucun risque sanitai

A first known human case of Shamonda virus infection has been detected in France, the country's health authorities said on Thursday.

Dem Kinofilm »Chopin – eine Sonate in Paris« gelingt etwas Seltenes: Er zeigt auf spektakuläre Weise, wie Komponisten arbeiten.

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L’infection par le virus Shamonda ne rentrant pas dans le cadre de la législation européenne, elle n’est soumise à aucune mesure officielle de surveillance ou de lutte.

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Les autorités françaises ont toutefois annoncé ce jeudi qu’aucun risque sanitaire ne pesait «à ce jour» sur la population. Le virus circule depuis cet été dans des élevages bovins en France et plusieurs autres pays européens.