A top Italian maternity hospital has drawn criticism from right-wing politicians by replacing crucifixes on the walls of its wards with images of the Virgin Mary so as not to offend immigrant women giving birth there. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago tags row Milan hospital removes crucifixes Virgin Mary maternity hospital |
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A women called Antonia Ruiz Hernandez from Mercedes, Texas has found an image which resembles the Virgin Mary on her air conditioning unit. picked by iamamaniac 6 months ago 7 comments edit related share weird |
Bolivian pilgrims ask the Virgin Mary for money and revenge. Bolivian pilgrims come to her in huge numbers to complain about their poor financial position and the neoliberal system which they blame for this. picked by stinkobinko 3 months ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
A 17-year-old girl gave birth secretly at home, then walked four blocks to a hospital with the baby still attached by its umbilical cord. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago 3 comments edit related share plime.com |
A likeness of the Virgin Mary spotted in the trunk of a suburban tree is being touted as a divine “blessing”. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 15 comments edit related share weird |
Boston's Brigham & Women's Hospital is the first U.S. hospital approved to start performing face transplants. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share science |
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Warrington Hospital has apologised to a mother whose miscarried baby's body was stored in the mortuary for almost two years without her permission. Leanne McCabe, 25, of Runcorn, Cheshire, found out the body of her son had been frozen when she had a second miscarriage at the hospital last year. More at The News of the World picked by suebe 10 months ago 0 comments edit related share world |
If you or a loved one develops pneumonia or has a heart attack and is taken to a hospital, do you know what the chances are of getting out alive? Hospital death rates are difficult to pin down because some see sicker patient populations than others. Your chances of survival have become a little easier to find, thanks to information included in the government's Hospital Compare Web site. picked by TraumaMamma 1 year ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
Garrison Keillor, author and host of the live radio show "A Prairie Home Companion," is to be released Friday from a hospital where he was undergoing tests after suffering a minor stroke, his spokesman said. 4 comments edit related share plime.comKeillor, who turned 67 last month, checked himself into United Hospital in St. Paul, Minnesota, on Monday, picked by Bingo 3 months ago |
Pilgrims to a holy shrine in Portugal are being given free maps of the site that show the Virgin Mary on one side and adverts for sex aids and aphrodisiacs on the other. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
Mommy, daddy -- and Hello Kitty -- welcome newborns at a cat-themed Taiwan maternity hospital that hopes the Japanese cartoon icon will ease the stress of childbirth as well as boost business. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
*I know, I know, we are all sick of hearing about this women, but this may be for the best* 5 comments edit related share plime.comNadya Suleman apparently has bigger worries than taking care of her 14 children. Now she may have to prove she can handle the load, or else have hospital officials withhold her newborn octuplets. picked by cmgoings 9 months ago |
Miracle? Hoax? Absurd joke? Scam? Whatever it is, these supposed Virgin Mary nipples (how do they know they're hers?) are a bizarre and hilarious summary of the Internet. 5 comments edit related share plime.comBetter hurry to eBay if you want to get them before someone steals them for the Buy It Now price of $500,000. picked by bingo 6 months ago |
Regions Hospital in St. Paul, Minn., suffered no lack of labor during a 17-hour period when 16 babies were delivered, a hospital record. picked by maxriter 1 year ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
50 people blinded looking for an image of the virgin Mary on the surface of the sun. picked by johnnytitan 2 years ago 3 comments edit related share plime.com |
A North Carolina artist intrigued by the public obsession with celebrity has found herself feeding that obsession with a painting of actress Angelina Jolie as the Virgin Mary hovering over a Wal-Mart check-out line. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago 1 comments edit related share arts |
Hundreds of people gathered [tonight] outside a Mercy Medical Center office on Stafford Street to view what they believed to be an apparition of the Virgin Mary appearing in a second story window. picked by cartoonmotion 1 year ago 2 comments edit related share weird |
In Britain, a survey was done using thin models and larger models. More women chose the thinner models stating they gave a better impression than the larger models. No survey of cocaine use was included. picked by musicgirldani 3 years ago 0 comments edit related share entertainment |
In August, a patient died several weeks after a third doctor operated on the wrong side of his brain. Afterward, state health authorities ordered the hospital to take steps to avoid similar accidents in the future picked by Bornbad 1 year ago 4 comments edit related share weird |
"We are extremely concerned about this continuing pattern," Director of Health David R. Gifford said in a written statement. "While the hospital has made improvements in the operating room, they have not extended these changes to the rest of the hospital." 2 comments edit related share plime.com*Maybe this should go in the WTF category! picked by dollyllama 2 years ago |
Chuck Forbes has battled liver disease for half of his 59 years. When the time finally came for a transplant, a blizzard blocked his route to the hospital — until a corps of snowplow drivers saved the day... picked by bingo 8 months ago 3 comments edit related share plime.com |