Tag: Hospital

Death Toll Rises to 92 in Blaze at Coronavirus Ward in Iraq

NASIRIYAH, Iraq—The death toll from a fire that swept through a hospital coronavirus ward in Iraq climbed to 92 on Tuesday as anguished relatives buried their loved ones and lashed out at the government over the country’s second such disaster in less than three months. Health officials said scores of others were injured in the…


Iraqi Health Officials: 64 Dead in Fire at Coronavirus Ward

BAGHDAD—The death toll from a catastrophic blaze that erupted at a coronavirus hospital ward in southern Iraq the previous day rose to 64 on Tuesday, Iraqi medical officials said. Two health officials said more than 100 people were also injured in the fire that torched the coronavirus ward of al-Hussein Teaching Hospital in the city…


Touching Video Shows Loyal Dog Running Behind Ambulance Taking Owner to Hospital

A heartwarming video has captured a loyal pet dog running behind the ambulance that was taking its ailing owner to the hospital. The unidentified woman was reportedly treated at home in Buyukada Island, Istanbul, Turkey, with her beloved golden retriever by her side. However, on June 2, first responders decided to take her to the…


Nurse Who Already Had COVID-19 Fired for Refusing Vaccine: Hospital Is ‘Kicking Us to the Curb’

A Houston nurse who was fired for refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine said that she contracted the virus last year and therefore, didn’t need to get vaccinated. Houston Methodist hospital confirmed to The Epoch Times that more than 150 employees were either terminated or resigned after a judge earlier this month dismissed their lawsuit…


Hundreds of Vaccinated Indonesian Health Workers Get COVID-19, Dozens in Hospital

JAKARTA—More than 350 doctors and medical workers have caught COVID-19 in Indonesia despite being vaccinated with Sinovac and dozens have been hospitalized, officials said, as concerns grow about the efficacy of some vaccines against more infectious variants. Most of the workers were asymptomatic and self-isolating at home, said Badai Ismoyo, head of the health office…


Footballer Christian Eriksen Sends Public Thank You Message From Hospital

COPENHAGEN—Christian Eriksen sent his first public message from the hospital on Tuesday, thanking supporters for their “sweet and amazing” well-wishes after his collapse at the European Championship. Eriksen remains in the hospital after suffering cardiac arrest during Denmark’s game against Finland on Saturday, when he had to be resuscitated with a defibrillator on the field….


Mom Survives Car Wreck, Births Baby in Sac on Way to Hospital: ‘Never Stop Being Grateful’

Days after surviving a fatal collision with a speeding car, a second-time mom, Tessie Heeter of Fort Collins, Colorado, went into labor. Her baby was born in the back of her brother’s car on the way to the hospital, yet something wasn’t right: the baby was still inside her sac. In a personal account that…


Huntington Beach Man Receives Nation’s First Minimally-Invasive Double-Lung Transplant 

A Huntington Beach man’s life was saved after he received the nation’s first minimally-invasive double-lung transplant surgery. Frank Coburn, 57, had trouble breathing for years. With previous doctors diagnosing him with asthma, no medication was helping his case. Then, in March 2020, he received more tests and was diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis, a type of interstitial lung disease. This was…


Four Killed at German Hospital, Employee Arrested

BERLIN—Police in Germany detained a 51-year-old hospital employee and opened a murder inquiry after four people were found dead and another seriously injured at a clinic near Berlin. Police said they had arrived around 9 p.m. (local time) on Wednesday to find people with fatal injuries in several rooms of a ward at the Oberlin…


Hunger-Striking Navalny Being Transferred to Hospital

MOSCOW—Prison doctors have decided to transfer Russia’s main opposition leader Alexei Navalny to hospital, its prison authority said on Monday, 20 days into a hunger strike that has brought international warnings of consequences should he die in jail. Allies of Navalny, who have had no access to him since last week, said they were braced…