Tag: Hospital

‘Very Shocking’: Four Stabbed by Assailant at Major Shanghai Hospital

SHANGHAI—Four people at a renowned Shanghai hospital were wounded by a knife-wielding assailant on Saturday, in the second reported stabbing incident after a COVID-19 lockdown of the financial hub was lifted early in June. Officers raced to the more than 100-year-old Ruijin Hospital on Saturday morning after receiving calls about an attack, police said. Videos…


Baby Born at 11 Ounces Smallest to Survive in Hospital’s NICU, Finally Heads Home

The smallest baby ever to be born, and survive, in one Indiana hospital’s NICU has finally been discharged after 6 1/2 months. She headed home with her elated parents and has been doing well. Baby Audrey was born to first-time parents Brooke and Tim Mead of Southwest Michigan on Thanksgiving, 2021. She weighed just 10.9 ounces (310…


Hospitals Struggled Amid Omicron Surge in New South Wales: Report

Patients in New South Wales (NSW), Australia faced longer waits for ambulances and care in emergency departments as the state grappled with the COVID-19 Omicron variant, according to new data. The health system was under stress as non-urgent elective surgery was suspended and the government relaxed most public health restrictions between January to March, the…


Man Held in Attack on Doctor, Nurses at California Hospital

LOS ANGELES—A man stabbed a doctor and two nurses inside a Southern California hospital emergency ward and remained inside a room for hours before police arrested him, authorities said. The man walked into Encino Hospital Medical Center in the San Fernando Valley shortly before 4 p.m. Friday, Los Angeles police Officer Drake Madison said. The…


Inside a Civil War Soldier’s 40-Year Quest to Find the Nurse Who Brought Him Back to Health

Captain Augustus Vignos of the 107th Ohio Infantry was so determined to find and thank the nurse who cared for him at the XI Corps Union hospital after the Battle of Gettysburg that he carried a photo of Rebecca Lane Pennypacker Price for 40 years. Vignos was wounded in the right arm on July 1,…


Shanghai Nurses With Mild Fevers Asked to Keep Working, Other Lockdown Consequences

At least four nurses from a Shanghai hospital went on strike to defy management, who told them to keep working despite testing positive for COVID-19. This and other chaotic pandemic measures have recently come to light. “We four all tested positive, but leaders told us to go to work, which we refused,” said one of…


Volunteers Set up National Legal Network to Help COVID Patients, Families in ‘Dire Circumstances’

Lawyers around the country are volunteering their time to help route people with “dire circumstances” involving COVID-19 to attorneys with experience who are ready to help. Patients and families of patients told The Epoch Times that they’ve struggled to find any lawyer willing to even talk about their legal needs. Tapping into the network that…


Volunteers Start National Legal Network to Help COVID Patients, Families in ‘Dire Circumstances’

Lawyers around the country are volunteering their time to help direct people with “dire circumstances” involving COVID-19 to attorneys with experience who are ready to help. Patients and families of patients told The Epoch Times that they’ve struggled to find any lawyer willing to even talk about their legal needs. Tapping into the network that…


South-Western Sydney Gets $790 Million Health Boost

Construction is underway on a new six-storey hospital tower as part of the $790 million (US$578 million) Liverpool Health and Academic Precinct, which will bring improved health services to south-western Sydney. In a release on Thursday, New South Wales (NSW) Premier Dominic Perrottet said the new hospital will offer enhanced facilities, including an integrated cancer…


Russia Denies Bombing Maternity Hospital in Mariupol, Calls Claim From Ukraine ‘Fake News’

Russia asserted Thursday that the claim from Ukraine that Moscow forces were responsible for the bombing of a maternity hospital in the port city of Mariupol was “fake news.” “That’s how fake news is born,” Dmitry Polyanskiy, Russia’s first deputy permanent representative to the United Nations, said on Twitter. He said that Russia had said…