An ambulance called into town to help with ailing marathoner got lost enroute to the hospital. picked by Maven 2 years ago

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

A diabetic man rushes to the hospital. He manages to pull in and collapses outside his car. Nurses rush to render aid. A meter-maid ignores the frantic life-saving attempt and tries to give the car a ticket for pulling into a ambulance bay, ignoring the nurses and even the ambulance men explanations. Unbelievable picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

It was at least her third visit to Martin Luther King Jr.-Harbor Hospital in as many days. “You have already been seen, and there is nothing we can do,” a nurse told her. picked by kxmk 2 years ago

A woman who boarded the wrong bus on an attempted shopping trip from Thailand to Malaysia has returned home after 25 years. There were some language barriers and mistaken identity issues but hey... she should have been back home in 12 years tops! picked by BrownTrout 3 years ago

A West Virginia ambulance driver has been charged with driving under the influence of controlled substances after he ran two red lights with a patient in the back. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A woman who lost her class ring in Lake Michigan in 1954 has it back, thanks to a metal-detector hobbyist. he ring's owner says she had forgotten about the ring she lost at Ludington State Park. And she's even more puzzled that Savage found it in a lake about a dozen miles away. picked by bevissimo 1 year ago

The family said Chaney was discharged from Harper Hospital in Detroit on New Year's Eve and two days later he was found dead several miles away on Longwood Road near Woodward Avenue wearing a hospital gown and bracelet, a T-shirt and shorts. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

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

How some people abuse 911, the city ambulances and emergency rooms. Example one is "Ricky Alardo, a homeless alcoholic nicknamed Ricky Ricardo" who "swigs cheap vodka by day at his favorite corner in Washington Heights, then calls an ambulance to chauffeur him to the hospital for a free meal and a warm place to sleep, courtesy of taxpayers who fund his Medicaid benefits. picked by suebe 5 months ago

Betty Owen is 92 and after a stroke four years ago, needs a feeding tube and can't walk. But she was determined not to miss Tuesday's election. She arrived at her polling place on a gurney in an ambulance, where an election judge and support worker climbed aboard with an electronic voting machine and let her cast her ballot. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A woman who suffered three heart attacks and had no brain waves for 17 1/2 hours was revived and is now very much alive, despite rigor mortis having started to set in.

Rigor Mortis:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigor_mortis picked by lunasol 2 years ago

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.
Keillor, who turned 67 last month, checked himself into United Hospital in St. Paul, Minnesota, on Monday, picked by Bingo 3 months ago

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

Boston's Brigham & Women's Hospital is the first U.S. hospital approved to start performing face transplants. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

Martin Lake is not a smart man. He got lost for five days and then went back to the same area and got lost again. picked by musicgirldani 3 years ago

A transgender woman slapped a Catholic hospital with a lawsuit after she was denied breast-enlargement surgery. She is suing the hospital for charges of discrimination, because of her sex-change operation. picked by muppet 2 years ago

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

AUTHORITIES are investigating the death of a 22-year-old female mental health patient whose body was found in a Tasmanian hospital ward last night. picked by maxriter 2 years ago

ET has confirmed that family man Brad Pitt, along with his relatives, have generously donated $1 million to a new pediatric cancer center in the actor's hometown of Springfield, Missouri. picked by TraumaMamma 6 months ago