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01/30/2018 / By Rhonda Johansson

Well, a robot would be better than THAT: Surgeon showed up to operate DRUNK, then ran for it when coworkers called the cops

Dr. Theodore Gerstle, M.D. of Lexington, KY was held in the Fayette County jail on January 15, on public intoxication charges. Dr. Gerstle allegedly attended his only surgery that day intoxicated. The hospital staff at Baptist Health Lexington called the police after they became suspicious that Dr. Gerstle was drunk. After being confronted by the […]

11/27/2017 / By JD Heyes

Nation in SHOCK after hidden camera captures nurses laughing like crazy as U.S. veteran gasps for air and dies in a hospital

In a world where there is so much outrageous behavior, most of us have become numb to a great deal of it. But some things do still surpass our “outrage” threshold and this is certainly one of those instances. As reported by Atlanta-based NBC affiliate 11Alive, an undercover video has surfaced showing some of the […]

05/13/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield

Welsh patient discharged from hospital… after almost four years

Conservative Assembly Member Darren Miller commented that: “No patient should have to wait almost four years to be discharged from hospital.” Yet that’s exactly what happened to one patient who had only been declared fit for discharge after 1,338 days had passed. The patient, whose name has not been disclosed, was noted for having a […]

04/07/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield

Hip surgery on a Sunday? Think again… it could be your last

Bristol University researchers have concluded that elderly patients are more likely to die if they undergo a fractured hip surgery on a Sunday. Termed “the weekend effect“, the study looked at more than 250,000 cases of hip fracture surgery and saw that 12.5 percent of these were performed on a Sunday. It was found that […]

03/08/2017 / By Vicki Batts

Venezuela’s desperate medicine shortage is having dire effects on its people

The devastation in Venezuela continues to worsen as the country runs short of valuable, life-saving medications and other necessities to keep many of the country’s citizens healthy. The children of Venezuela, in particular, are left vulnerable by the traumatic shortages striking the country. According to the Daily Mail, 85 out of every 100 medications are no […]

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