U.S. News & World Report has recognized The Women’s Hospital in a recently released set of rankings. The hospital, located on the Deaconess Gateway Medical Campus in Warrick County, was named a 2024 High Performing Hospital for Maternity Care. This is the highest award a hospital can earn for U.S. […]
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‘Hospitals are not battlegrounds’: World reacts to Israel’s al-Shifa raid | Israel-Palestine conflict News
World leaders and international aid organisations have strongly criticised Israel’s assault on al-Shifa Hospital, the largest medical facility in the Gaza Strip. After a week of incursions across Gaza in what some are calling a “war on hospitals”, governments, United Nations agencies and other aid organisations expressed their distress on […]
The Smart Hospital creates realistic simulations for real-world situations | News
Simulation technician Crystal Roden holds a gel foot Nov. 15 in the School of Social Work and Smart Hospital. Moulage is the art of applying mock injuries for the purpose of training emergency response personnel. Photo by Ronaldo Bolaños The College of Nursing and Health Innovation’s Smart Hospital strives to […]
Human Rights Watch says rocket misfire likely cause of deadly Gaza hospital blast
A satellite image shows Al-Ahli hospital, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Gaza November 7, 2023. Maxar Technologies/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights GENEVA, Nov 26 (Reuters) – Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Sunday that evidence suggested a misfired rocket was […]
Ukrainian doctors visit Brazil’s largest children’s hospital
Ukrainian doctors, training under the project of UWC’s initiative Unite with Ukraine, visited the largest pediatric hospital in Brazil – Hospital Pequeno Príncipe – in the city of Curitiba, Paraná state. The Ukrainian-Brazilian Central Representation (UBCR), under the leadership of its President Vitório Sorotiuk, made this visit possible. Ukrainian doctors […]
Newly Unveiled Verstandig Pavilion at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Promises Continued World-Class Care in a World-Class Facility
The highly anticipated opening will make MedStar Georgetown home to the Washington, D.C., region’s most advanced healthcare facility. WASHINGTON, Nov. 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — MedStar Georgetown University Hospital has officially unveiled the brand new Verstandig Pavilion, which is set to open December 10, 2023. A ribbon cutting ceremony featuring MedStar Health […]
UNMC, Columbus hospital sign affiliation agreement to send more students to east-central Nebraska
The University of Nebraska Medical Center and Columbus Community Hospital have signed an affiliation agreement that will send more health professions students — in more health professions — to the east-central Nebraska community for training. The master affiliation agreement is similar to one the university reached this summer with Great […]
While the world has abandoned Gaza, its doctors have done the opposite. They are our heroes | Ghada Ageel
In the movie Any Given Sunday, Al Pacino plays a highly strung football coach. In a key scene, he gives a speech about how “life is a game of inches” and how when “you add up all those inches that’s gonna make the difference between livin’ and dyin’”. For Pacino, […]
Rocket misfire from Palestinian side likely cause of Gaza hospital blast: HRW | World News
Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Sunday that evidence suggested a misfired rocket was the likely cause of an explosion that resulted in heavy casualties at a hospital in Gaza on Oct. 17. Wounded Palestinians Ahli Arab hospital at the al-Shifa hospital,(AP) The explosion at the Al-Ahli hospital triggered outrage […]
Premature babies evacuated from Gaza’s Al-Shifa hospital, arrive in Egypt
Follow live updates The infants were evacuated from Al-Shifa days after the hospital began to suffer from power outages and dwindling supplies, including supplies of fuel, amid Israel’s bombardment of northern Gaza and as its forces battled with Palestinian militants in the area. Despite efforts to evacuate the facility in […]
Gaza babies: Premature, sick babies cross into Egypt after Al-Shifa evacuation
CNN — Twenty-eight premature babies arrived in Egypt from Gaza on Monday and are receiving care in two hospitals, an Egyptian government source said after the infants were evacuated from Al-Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza. The government source told CNN on Tuesday nearly all of the babies are suffering from […]
Kula Hospital named in U.S. News and World Report’s ‘Best Nursing Homes’ | News, Sports, Jobs
Kula Hospital has been recognized by U.S. News and World Report as a “high performing” nursing home with a 5 out of 5 rating. Photo courtesy Maui Health Kula Hospital has been named one of U.S. News and World Report’s Best Nursing Homes for 2024, Maui Health announced Friday. U.S. […]
Hamas officials and medic say Israel surrounding 2nd Gaza hospital as babies from Al-Shifa reach Egypt
Tel Aviv — The Gaza Strip’s Hamas-run Health Ministry says 13,000 people have been killed in the Palestinian territory since Israel launched its military campaign against Hamas in response to the group’s bloody Oct. 7 terror attack. There were reports Monday morning that Israeli forces were surrounding a hospital in the […]
‘Patients are dying’: What we know about Gaza hospitals under Israeli siege | Israel-Palestine conflict News
Newborn babies wrapped in blankets and lined up on a bed after being removed from incubators have become the defining image showing the Israeli siege of hospitals in the Gaza Strip. At least 32 patients, including six premature babies, have died at the al-Shifa Hospital in the last three days, […]
Al-Shifa hospital ‘must be protected’, says President Biden
US President Joe Biden on Monday (November 13) called on Israel to protect Al-Shifa Hospital, which is the biggest hospital in Gaza City. The hospital complex is currently witnessing heavy fighting around it. The plight of patients, which include children and infants, stuck inside the hospital has led to Israel […]
Thousands flee Gaza hospital, but many still trapped
DEIR AL BALAH, Gaza Strip — Battles between Israel and Hamas around hospitals have forced thousands of Palestinians to flee from some of the last perceived safe places in northern Gaza, stranding critically wounded patients, newborns and their caregivers with dwindling supplies and no electricity, health officials said Monday. With Israeli […]
Babies die as Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza stops functioning
IDF has ‘responsibility’ to eliminate Hamas, but must ‘be mindful’ of hospitals, NSC spokesman John Kirby says As the Israeli Defense Forces close in on the center of Gaza City, some Biden administration officials and congressional lawmakers want evidence of Israel’s claim that Hamas’ operation center is under Al-Shifa Hospital. […]
Israeli tanks outside Gaza hospital, Biden hopes for ‘less intrusive’ action
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS: Hamas armed wing floats release of 70 hostages for 5-day truce Israeli military releases video and photos of what it says are weapons Hamas stored in the basement of a hospital White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan says Washington would ‘like to see considerably longer pauses – […]
Gaza City hospitals raise alarm as Israeli forces near
A child is killed about every 10 minutes in Gaza: WHO chief UNITED NATIONS — A child is killed on average every 10 minutes in the Gaza Strip, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told the United Nations Security Council today, warning: “Nowhere and no one is safe.” Israel […]
WHO: north Gaza hospitals are under bombardment
Smoke rises as displaced Palestinians take shelter at Al Shifa hospital, amid the ongoing conflict between Hamas and Israel, in Gaza City, November 8, 2023. REUTERS/Doaa Rouqa/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights Bombardment on hospital with children on life support: WHO UN calls for opening of another crossing for aid Says […]