Nurses and Global Health

South Africa: Nurses Failed Me, Says Mom Who Lost Baby

A Table View woman has lodged a complaint with the provincial Health Department against Somerset Hospital, in which she accuses staff of telling her to mop up her blood after she suffered a miscarriage.

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'My Second Birth': Discovering Life in Vegetative Patients

For over 20 years, doctors thought Rom Houben was brain dead. But then, neurologist Steven Laureys discovered that the Belgian was very much awake. Experts say that up to 40 percent of those thought to be in a persistent...

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Should dads be in the delivery room?

It was once imparted to the father over the phone, yet now it's men themselves who often tell their exhausted partner the sex of the child she has just delivered. French obstetrician Michel Odent says yes, and even blames...

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Research Nurse (HIV/GUM)

The GUM and HIV section of the Department of Infectious Diseases workload is one of the largest in London, with more than 40,000 patient attendances each year and approximately 2,500 people with HIV/AIDS seen on a regular...

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This flu outbreak, health workers quicker to roll up their sleeves.

This flu outbreak, health workers quicker to roll up their sleeves. Canada.com OTTAWA - There has been a high demand for the H1N1 vaccine among health-care workers, which comes as a pleasant surprise to hospital administrators...

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Afraid, in pain and alone – new mothers' NHS ordeals

Published Date: 25 November 2009 MORE than one in three new mothers are left alone and worried during labour or shortly after giving birth, a poll found yesterday. The survey of more than 3,500 women logging onto Netmums.com...

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WHEN Teesside nurse Radha Brown graduates today she will be fulfilling her grandmother’s ambition.

Nov 25 2009 by Simon Walton, Evening Gazette Radha, 36, flew to London with her grandmother from her home in Mauritius when she was just 14. Her grandmother was suffering from cancer and received treatment in London. Radha’s...

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Abbotsford to create its own Canuck Place

Abbotsford council approved a plan Monday night for a Canuck Place children's hospice in Abbotsford that would eliminate the long trip to Vancouver's facility for hundreds of sick children and their families.

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Nursing home admission and discharge

The holiday season brings families together. Sometimes, when family members arrive in Naples to see their aging parents, they are surprised to find their parents in need of critical medical care. Family members should be...

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Full or Part Time RGN - Private Hospital

Not Specified, Full or Part Time RGN Staff Nurse - Private Hospital The Company My Client is part of a leading private Healthcare Provider and Hospital Group. This particular hospital is based in the West Yorkshire area and its...

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