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 2 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 1 year ago

Boston's Brigham & Women's Hospital is the first U.S. hospital approved to start performing face transplants. picked by dollyllama 7 months 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 9 months ago

Hospital officials confirmed a horse trotted through Wilcox Memorial Hospital earlier this month. picked by dollyllama 7 months ago

As Pope Benedict XVI spends time in New York, a local hospital is getting attention for a water mark on the ceiling some think looks like Jesus. Picture source picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

LAUREL, Md. - An inmate who escaped from a hospital Wednesday, briefly taking a worker hostage and stealing two getaway cars, was cornered hours later in a cemetery by police and killed in a shootout, authorities said.

...Killed in a cemetery, how convenient. picked by bevissimo 9 months ago

Four hospital workers abandoned a blind patient with diabetes at an Osaka park in September after his former wife refused to take him in. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

Umm,hello? Aren't the "good guys" only supposed to shoot at the "bad guys"? I mean if our freaking HOSPITAL GUARDS cannot get along, we have some serious issues here! picked by Moe 1 year ago

72 babies were infected because the hospital was reusing needles, and some mothers contracted after breastfeeding.
This is one of the saddest things I've heard in awhile. picked by SparklyEyedGal181 6 months 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 2 weeks ago

"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."
*Maybe this should go in the WTF category! picked by dollyllama 10 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 3 months ago

Commenting on the controversial "baby hatch" at Jikei Hospital in Kumamoto, Japan, a hospital official was quoted as saying "Maybe there are some people who are suspicious about it, but we should not pretend not to see them and let them die. Babies are innocent." picked by mitzuzake 1 year ago

A 12-year-old has been taken to hospital with burns after blowing up a petrol can while breaking wind. picked by AutumnLotus 2 months ago

An unexplained image in a hospital prayer garden window moved some people to tears and drew groups of people to a hallway before vanishing, according to witnesses. A crowd inside the Florida Hospital Medical Complex in Orlando snapped photos of the image apparently showing the profile of Jesus Christ crying. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

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 5 months 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 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 9 months ago

After officials at the Blekinge Hospital in Karlkrona determined the comfortable shoes built up so much static electricity they interfered with medical equipment they decided to ban the offending footwear. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago