JOHANNESBURG—Nearly 700 patients are being evacuated Saturday from Johannesburg’s Charlotte Maxeke Hospital, where a fire blazed overnight through parts of the facility in South Africa’s largest city. No injuries or casualties have been reported. The fire has been contained but the hospital has been closed for seven days, said David Makhura, premier of Gauteng province…
Bereft Mom Warns Parents to Throw Out Thumbtacks After Tot Dies From Inhaling a Pushpin
A heartbroken mom is warning parents to throw out all thumb tacks after her 4-year-old son died when he inhaled a PUSHPIN in January. Ayla Rutherford was getting in the shower when she heard her family screaming downstairs, before rushing in the room to find her husband Josh, 29, performing the Heimlich maneuver on their…
Fix Our Failed Health System Instead of Protecting It With Lockdowns
Commentary New variants of SARS-CoV-2 hit England last fall. Over 70 percent of those infected in England’s second wave tested positive for the more-lethal B.1.1.7 variant. As the National Health System struggled, the government responded with stay-at-home orders, school closures, and strict non-pharmacologic interventions. New research on the variants hit the scientific press this month…
Tiger Woods Transferred to LA Hospital After Surgery
LOS ANGELES—Tiger Woods was moved Thursday to another Los Angeles hospital after undergoing surgery to his right leg after being badly injured in a car crash. Harbor-UCLA Medical Center said Woods was transferred to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center for “continuing orthopedic care and recovery.” The hospital didn’t provide any other details, saying it was respecting patient…
Viral Infection Hits 15 Childcare Centres in Far North Queensland
An Australian city in the far north of the state of Queensland is dealing with a significant spike in cases of hand, foot, and mouth disease, affecting 15 childcare centres, with tests being carried out urgently to determine the cause. Cairns and the nearby Tablelands region have been hit hard, with 60 infected people presenting…
Conjoined Twin Girls Successfully Separated in Nigeria, Hospital Employs Struggling Parents
Warning: This article includes content some readers may find disturbing A set of conjoined twin girls have been separated at a teaching hospital in Nigeria, making it the first successful operation of its kind in the hospital’s recorded history. “We felt very bad and depressed when we got to know that the babies are conjoined…
Firefighter Injured in Silverado Blaze Set to be Released from Hospital
February 17, 2021
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SANTA ANA—One of two Orange County firefighters critically injured during the Silverado Fire near Irvine in October was scheduled to be released from a hospital Feb. 17. Dylan Van Iwaarden spent 114 days in the OC Burn Center at OC Global Medical Center in Santa Ana. Van Iwaarden, 26, and fellow firefighter Phi Le, 31,…
Fire at Romanian Hospital Treating Virus Patients Kills 5
BUCHAREST, Romania—A fire early Friday at a key hospital in Bucharest that also treats COVID-19 patients killed at least five people, authorities said. The fire broke out around 5a.m. (0300GMT) on the ground floor of the hospital and forced the evacuation of more than 100 people. Some hospital staff could be seen later still wearing…
Ontario Children Hospital Calls for Quick Return to In-person Learning
Ontario needs to reopen schools for in-person learning as soon as possible, as the harm of school closures outweigh the likelihood of COVID-19 spreading among children, according to Canada’s largest child health hospital. A guidance document for school operations was released on Jan. 21, conducted with the lead of the Toronto-based Hospital for Sick Children…
Ontario Announces New Hospital Dedicated Solely to Treating COVID-19 Patients
Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced on Jan. 18 that a new hospital in Vaughan will be dedicated solely to treating COVID-19 patients in order to support the province’s pandemic response. The Cortellucci Vaughan Hospital, scheduled to open on Feb. 7, will be solely devoted to treating COVID-19 patients to relieve pressure on nearby hospitals due…
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