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Hospital admits errors over death (BBC News)
A Kent hospital admits that a 16-year-old girl might still be alive had doctors acted sooner and given her a CT scan.
Hospital patients can now use mobiles on wards instead of expensive bedside phones (Daily Mail: World News)
Hospital patients will be able to use mobile phones on wards to phone their loved ones, after official NHS guidelines were relaxed today.
New rules allow hospital patients to use mobiles (Independent)
Hospital patients will be able to use mobile phones on wards after official policy guidelines were relaxed from today.
Deaths from hospital error increase 60 per cent (Evening Standard)
THE number of patients killed by hospital blunders has risen by 60 per cent in two years, according to new figures. Records show that 3,645 died as a result of outbreaks of infections, botched operations and other mistakes between 2007 and last year - up from 2,275 two years ago.
Cricketer opens new hospital unit (BBC News)
Durham cricket star Steve Harmison officially opens the new MRI unit at Wansbeck General Hospital.
Man taken to hospital after fire (BBC News)
A man is taken to hospital following a fire at a shed on the Ballygawley Road in Dungannon, County Tyrone.
Steve Harmison opens MRI unit at Wansbeck Hospital (The Journal)
ENGLAND fast-bowler Steve Harmison went back home yesterday as he opened the new state-of-the-art MRI unit at Wansbeck General Hospital.
Deaths from hospital blunders soar 60% in two years as NHS staff 'abandon quality of care to chase targets' (Daily Mail)
The number of patients killed by hospital blunders has soared by 60 per cent in just two years. Records show that 3,645 died as a result of infections, botched operations and other mistakes in 2007/08.
Hospital warns of ‘desperate situation’ over fuel (Financial Times)
The Gaza Strip’s main hospital warned yesterday that dozens of patients may die because it has lost its electricity and faces the prospect of running out of fuel for back-up generators within three days.
ACT: Many injured civilians inaccessible, says Gaza hospital director (AlertNet)
Action by Churches Together (ACT) - Switzerland GAZA CITY, 5 January 2009 --Civilians injured by bombings are stuck in their homes without food and water and are unable to seek medical attention, says the director of an Anglican hospital in ...