A healthcare professional at a hospital has been arrested over the alleged administration of poison or a noxious substance to patients. Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust raised concerns over care to some patients on 8 November, Lancashire Police said. The allegations related to the alleged mistreatment and neglect of some patients on the stroke… Read More »
Guest services for surgery, including patient check-in, registration and the patient/visitor lobby, as well as valet parking services at Mission Hospital Memorial Campus will move to the Main Visitor Entrance on November 15, 2018. Mission Health has been transforming since our first hospital opened in a five-bedroom house in Asheville 133 years ago. The latest… Read More »
Editorial pages focus on these health care topics and others. St. Louis Post-Dispatch: No, Republicans Are Not The Party Of Pre-Existing Condition Protection. Never Have Been. With Election Day looming, Republicans around the country, at every ballot level, are engaged in a party-wide effort to pull the proverbial wool over voters’ eyes on health care. It’s… Read More »
Air pollution could be to blame for up to 33 million emergency asthma attack visits to hospital a year, a world study involving the University of York has found. It is the first study to estimate the impact of air pollution on asthma cases across the globe. Asthma is the most prevalent chronic respiratory disease worldwide, affecting… Read More »