added 2007 Wed May 9 19:24:03 by TechnologyExpert
For reasons of national security -- i.e., to shore up popular support for war policy -- the DoD has long underplayed the tragic consequences of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Returning corpses (soon to number 4,000) are shrouded in secrecy. The suffering of the wounded (more than 26,000) is kept out of the nation's awareness.
For reasons of national security -- i.e., to shore up popular support for war policy -- the DoD has long underplayed the tragic consequences of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Returning corpses (soon to number 4,000) are shrouded in secrecy. The suffering of the wounded (more than 26,000) is kept out of the nation's awareness.
added 2007 Tue Apr 10 5:22:42 by STONERS
Former first lady Betty Ford was released from a hospital where she underwent surgery last week, her office said in a statement Monday.
Former first lady Betty Ford was released from a hospital where she underwent surgery last week, her office said in a statement Monday.
added 2007 Tue Mar 20 21:15:18 by capn_caveman
Healthcare workers' lanyards and name badges can harbour pathogens including antibiotic resistant 'superbugs', an Australian hospital study has shown for the first time.
Healthcare workers' lanyards and name badges can harbour pathogens including antibiotic resistant 'superbugs', an Australian hospital study has shown for the first time.
added 2007 Sun Mar 18 22:52:11 by TechnologyExpert
An Army contract to privatize maintenance at Walter Reed Medical Center was delayed more than three years amid bureaucratic bickering and legal squabbles that led to staff shortages and a hospital in disarray just as the number of severely wounded soldiers from Iraq and Afghanistan was rising rapidly.
An Army contract to privatize maintenance at Walter Reed Medical Center was delayed more than three years amid bureaucratic bickering and legal squabbles that led to staff shortages and a hospital in disarray just as the number of severely wounded soldiers from Iraq and Afghanistan was rising rapidly.
added 2007 Wed Mar 14 18:26:04 by jovial
A VISIT TO THE US MILITARY HOSPITAL AT LANDSTUHL. Every day, planes land at Ramstein with severely injured US soldiers from Iraq. In the biggest American military hospital in Europe, lives are saved, limbs amputated and gunshot wounds patched up. It's the Iraq War's German front.
A VISIT TO THE US MILITARY HOSPITAL AT LANDSTUHL. Every day, planes land at Ramstein with severely injured US soldiers from Iraq. In the biggest American military hospital in Europe, lives are saved, limbs amputated and gunshot wounds patched up. It's the Iraq War's German front.
added 2007 Wed Mar 14 12:28:54 by Fabienne
From the article: "The Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai and 49 other antigovernment protesters were sent to a Harare hospital for treatment on Tuesday, two days after the police arrested and beat them for their efforts to hold a protest meeting.The violence continued to draw international condemnation, including an unusual, if muted, rebuke on Tuesday from neighboring South Africa..."
From the article: "The Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai and 49 other antigovernment protesters were sent to a Harare hospital for treatment on Tuesday, two days after the police arrested and beat them for their efforts to hold a protest meeting.The violence continued to draw international condemnation, including an unusual, if muted, rebuke on Tuesday from neighboring South Africa..."
added 2007 Sun Mar 11 17:48:12 by TechnologyExpert
A man has pleaded guilty in federal court to participating in a kickback scheme involving contracts at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Leon Krachyna Jr., 39, pleaded guilty Friday to conspiracy to bribe a public official and defraud the Army, U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein said.
A man has pleaded guilty in federal court to participating in a kickback scheme involving contracts at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Leon Krachyna Jr., 39, pleaded guilty Friday to conspiracy to bribe a public official and defraud the Army, U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein said.
added 2007 Thu Mar 8 21:01:34 by STONERS
A cardiologist resigned his staff privileges at a Maryland hospital citing vision problems after officials began investigated whether he performed unnecessary stent procedures to prop open clogged arteries.
A cardiologist resigned his staff privileges at a Maryland hospital citing vision problems after officials began investigated whether he performed unnecessary stent procedures to prop open clogged arteries.
added 2007 Wed Mar 7 19:04:22 by Varadinum
NEW YORK - Fire broke out in a doctor's seventh-floor office at Mount Sinai Medical Center on Wednesday, injuring six people and forcing the staff to move more than a dozen patients, officials said.
NEW YORK - Fire broke out in a doctor's seventh-floor office at Mount Sinai Medical Center on Wednesday, injuring six people and forcing the staff to move more than a dozen patients, officials said.
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added 2007 Wed Mar 7 1:52:40 by jeremytoday
Staff, patients and visitors at a city hospital who do not wash their hands properly are being shown the error of their ways by a new "glow bug" machine.
Staff, patients and visitors at a city hospital who do not wash their hands properly are being shown the error of their ways by a new "glow bug" machine.
added 2007 Sat Mar 3 20:58:13 by rmvgod
Nicole Richie had to be taken to the hospital from the set of "The Simple Life" yesterday.
Nicole Richie had to be taken to the hospital from the set of "The Simple Life" yesterday.
added 2007 Thu Mar 1 5:53:15 by TomBiro
According to a new story from the WaPo, people up to the Army's surgeon general have known full well about problems at Walter Reed hospital for some time.
According to a new story from the WaPo, people up to the Army's surgeon general have known full well about problems at Walter Reed hospital for some time.
added 2007 Wed Feb 21 0:53:00 by STONERS
A premature baby who doctors said spent less time in the womb than any other surviving infant will remain in a hospital a few extra days as a precaution, officials said Tuesday.
A premature baby who doctors said spent less time in the womb than any other surviving infant will remain in a hospital a few extra days as a precaution, officials said Tuesday.
added 2007 Sun Feb 18 6:05:03 by TechnologyExpert
The common perception of Walter Reed is of a surgical hospital that shines as the crown jewel of military medicine. But 5 1/2 years of sustained combat have transformed the venerable 113-acre institution into something else entirely -- a holding ground for physically and psychologically damaged outpatients. Almost 700 of them -- the majority soldie
The common perception of Walter Reed is of a surgical hospital that shines as the crown jewel of military medicine. But 5 1/2 years of sustained combat have transformed the venerable 113-acre institution into something else entirely -- a holding ground for physically and psychologically damaged outpatients. Almost 700 of them -- the majority soldie
added 2007 Wed Jan 31 16:18:03 by charbarred
A third of all hospital doctors make at least one major mistake - which may harm the patient or even result in his death - every year, a new study has discovered. As a result, the physician may become so upset by the blunder that his chances of committing another mistake increase dramatically.
A third of all hospital doctors make at least one major mistake - which may harm the patient or even result in his death - every year, a new study has discovered. As a result, the physician may become so upset by the blunder that his chances of committing another mistake increase dramatically.
added 2007 Tue Jan 30 23:51:49 by bhartzer
A Sanford mother says she will never be able to hold her newborn because an Orlando hospital performed a life-altering surgery and, she claims, the hospital refuses to explain why they left her as a multiple amputee.
A Sanford mother says she will never be able to hold her newborn because an Orlando hospital performed a life-altering surgery and, she claims, the hospital refuses to explain why they left her as a multiple amputee.
added 2007 Mon Jan 29 1:04:12 by Neophile
Thieves in Vermont targeted the home of a young cancer patient while he was undergoing treatment in Boston. His new XBox 360 and more than $1,000 worth of games and DVDs were stolen.
Thieves in Vermont targeted the home of a young cancer patient while he was undergoing treatment in Boston. His new XBox 360 and more than $1,000 worth of games and DVDs were stolen.
added 2007 Fri Jan 12 3:47:32 by ninjaboy
Searches reveal Italian hospital horrors. Expired drugs, unlicensed nurses, stray cats and scuttling rats were among the horrors that emerged from police inspections of Italian hospitals that recommended possible investigations against more than 100 people.
Searches reveal Italian hospital horrors. Expired drugs, unlicensed nurses, stray cats and scuttling rats were among the horrors that emerged from police inspections of Italian hospitals that recommended possible investigations against more than 100 people.
added 2006 Wed Aug 16 6:01:45 by dirtyfratboy
NBA star and humanitarian icon Dikembe Mutombo is set to open the Biamba Marie Mutombo Hospital and Research Center, a 300-bed hospital that will provide desperately needed healthcare to the impoverished population of Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
NBA star and humanitarian icon Dikembe Mutombo is set to open the Biamba Marie Mutombo Hospital and Research Center, a 300-bed hospital that will provide desperately needed healthcare to the impoverished population of Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
