United Kingdom: Maternity Units Exposed! Leaves Much to Be Desired
...musical beds to accommodate patients. Transitional wards which were unstaffed saved the day during such emergencies. And amid such a scenario if a woman arrives in the late stages of labor, she would be accommodated on a chair, due to shortage of beds. Chief Executive of Barnet Hospital, which came unde......rom abroad. In the rural area many hospitals and wards have closed down due to the shortage of doctors. The burden then rests on the shoulders of the existing doctors to look after the health of the community. This has taken a toll their health. Association national president Dr Mukesh Haikerwal has sa...Ban on Smoking is Not a Magic Wand to Reduce Health Inequalities, UK Campaigners Warn
...Breckfield and Granby - three of the most deprived wards in England. Ailsa Rutter is director of Fresh, a campaign funded by PCTs in the north-east, which has the highest number of smokers in England. She says, "Tobacco remains the number one driver of health inequality," she says. "We must keep MPs e...Notice Sent to Courts Asking Them to Stop Courting Mosquitoes
... taking the help of elected representatives of MCD wards and NGOs to spread awareness among the masses. We are also urging residents to check mosquito breeding at their homes. Especially, people should take care of the stagnant water inside their coolers both at home and office," he advised. "Since the u...New Device Developed to Eliminate Superbugs Within Minutes
... the Air Disinfector can be used to purge hospital wards of superbugs. "The same results could be obtaine...ice is now on sale in the UK and is being tried in wards at three hospitals. There are also plans to launch it in the US, where it is being tested at 17 ve...Queensland Hospitals Reeling Under Norovirus Attack
...ed the hospitals to reduce activity in a number of wards in a bid to curtail the spread of the virus. In the Cairns Base Hospital, another 25 patients and staff caught the virus over three days last week. Dr Tony Allworth, RBWH's Infectious Diseases director, said the hospital had diverted admissions awa...Lancets Report Condemns UKs Mental Health Bill
...bes as untherapeutic and unsafe' the mental health wards of UK. Some of the observations include that ac...o the Lancet's report, , patients in mental health wards may be in bigger danger than the public....Experts Need to Include Children in Research
..., and it is based next to the hospitals paediatric wards in Paddington. Professor Warner, who is Chair in Paediatrics and Head of the Department of Paediatrics at Imperial College and consultant paediatrician at St Marys Hospital, explained that researchers should be designing therapies specifically for c...Concerns Raised Over Risks for Patients and Staff in Australian Hospital
...electrical failure and loss of power, including in wards and dialysis areas. HIGH risk of failure of the ... and consulting rooms are "grossly undersized" and wards and consulting spaces have no provision for disabled patients. The report raises three options for...