Reports critical of major British public hospital over child abuse Whistleblower fired rather than heeded. "Rocking the boat" is the one unforgiveable sin in a bureaucracy. Too bad about the patients Great Ormond Street Hospital failed to answer senior doctors’ justified concerns about the clinic which failed Baby P [who died of abuse from his carers], according to two secret reports....
Today I came across a dancing themed video that rocked the khaki pants off Microsoft’s awkward experiment with viral video . The video, posted this week, features the entire staff of St Vincent’s Medical Center in Portland, Oregon donning pink gloves and dancing for Breast Cancer Awareness. As the grand-daughter of a Breast Cancer survivor, I thought the video was touching. As an inbound...
Two female brain tumor patients have become the first people in the south of England to be treated using a faster form of radiotherapy that extends more advanced care to more patients. RapidArc technology from Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR) makes it possible to deliver image-guided IMRT (intensity modulated radiotherapy) two to eight times faster than is possible with conventional IMRT.
I wwas pretty staggered to read this in today's Islington Gazette: http://www.islingtongazette.co.uk/content/islington/gazette/news/story.aspx?brand=ISLGOnline&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsislg&itemid=WeED19%20Nov%202009%2011%3A16%3A17%3A840 Essentially NHS London seem to be saying that although it is Government policy that the Whittington shuld have an Accident...
Health officials say a Tamiflu-resistant strain of swine flu has spread between hospital patients. Five patients on a unit treating people with severe underlying health conditions at the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, were infected. Three appear to have acquired the infection in hospital. They are thought to be the first confirmed cases of person-to-person transmission of a Tamiflu-resistant...
MORE than 800 health care professionals and breastfeeding experts from around the world will descend on the BIC for the Unicef UK Baby Friendly Conference next Wednesday and Thursday. Delegates will hear about research into breastfeeding and obesity, stem cells in breast milk, postnatal depression, and care for premature babies. There will also be presentations on how to improve breastfeeding support...
Dr Harpreet Wasan, a cancer consultant at London's Hammersmith Hospital, said: 'This cancer is not like any other cancer. There is no alternative treatment. Every other drug that has been tried fails to work. via www.dailymail.co.uk
Boston (DbTechNo) - There maybe a new strain of drug resistant swine flu on the loose in the country of Wales. Health officials in the country have documented 5 cases of the virus which are resistant to Tamiflu, the main drug given to people diagnosed with the virus. Five patients at the University Hospital of Wales in [...]
Lesbians! Professors! 30 million pounds! Over at Civitas they have a post that perfectly combines an eye-catchingly prurient title with the slow, logical, brutal peeling of what appears to be an evidence-free assertion of cultural relativism presented as scientific gospel by a Third Sector scientisticalist. Do Lesbians Make Better Parents than Mums and Dads? Professor Stephen Scott is Professor of...
Christmas Period Services for Plymouth Citybus Plymouth Citybus have announced their Christmas services: Thursday 24 December 2009 Normal Service** Friday 25 December 2009 NO SERVICE Saturday 26 December 2009 NO SERVICE Sunday 27 December 2009 Sunday Service Monday 28 December 2009 Sunday Service Tuesday 29 December 2009 Saturday Service Wednesday 30 December 2009 Saturday Service Thursday 31 December...
Submitted by Michael Clarke Will Judy Mallaber have to dip into her own pocket to fund her re-election campaign? (Maybe she could use some of the expenses she has swindled out of the taxpayer – like the £2,000 she claimed for food, or the £800 for gardening) According to this TimesOnline report Labour might be ready to dump her. 'Labour’s cash-strapped party machine is quietly...
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