Last Friday, a man jumped off the George Washington Bridge-a 212-foot plunge into 55-degree water—and survived and managed to swim to the NJ side, where he was taken to a hospital picked by suebe 3 weeks ago

Brooklyn man whose "Happy Hanukkah" greeting landed him in the hospital said he was saved from a gang of Jew-bashing goons aboard a packed Q train by a total stranger - a modest Muslim from Bangladesh. picked by leopoldogolba 2 years ago

A jogger is in a stable condition in a Melbourne hospital after he was attacked by a kangaroo on the city's north-western fringe. picked by ConeOfSilence 1 year ago

Authorities have put out a statewide alert for a mentally ill killer who escaped during a hospital field trip to a county fair, leading to fears that he'll become more unstable and potentially dangerous the longer he is on the loose with no medication. picked by nateebiinature 2 months ago

Wilfred Owen Fought, and died, in world war one. This is one of his most famous poems. Whilst in a hospital being treated for shell shock, he met Siegfreid Sassoon, who really helped him to express his feelings in his poetry. His poems show the terrible cost of WW1, and I think, whatever your feelings about past, or current wars, there's no doubt that the men who fight in them deserve our respe... read full post picked by Marz 2 years ago

A 6-year-old girl told hospital workers in October that her mother asked her to give "medicine" to her 11-month-old brother, Marc Azary.

It turned out to be a lethal dose of methadone, according to court records obtained by the Idaho Statesman. picked by muppet 11 months ago

Ten children drank windshield wiper fluid after a staffer at an Arkansas day care mistakenly put the liquid in a refrigerator and served it, hospital officials said Friday. picked by drogue 9 months ago

"It’s not uncommon for an intersex child to be raised as a boy, and then to begin self-identifying as a girl at puberty," says a Tushino Hospital doctor. "Unfortunately, all too often the decision of gender assignment is made not in the interest of the child’s wellbeing, but based on what surgery is simpler to perform." picked by kakana 5 months ago

....but you know the worst thing about this case? She refused to sign over the animals to the welfare people so they have had to keep them at great cost until the case came to court! She is in Hospital now, suffering perhaps? picked by topofall 2 years ago

A 'legless' hedgehog was found rolling around an orchard after getting drunk by gorging on fermented apples.

This would be a good place for a joke about drinks being 'spiked' picked by pandorarin 4 weeks ago

His brain injury was so massive that experts at Southampton General Hospital feared he may not survive. picked by henkspaan 2 years ago

A Swedish HIV vaccine study conducted by researchers at Karolinska Institutet (KI), Karolinska University Hospital and the Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control (SMI) has produced surprisingly good results. Over 90 per cent of the subjects in the phase 1 trials developed an immune response to HIV. picked by lkrofct 2 years ago

Health officials are having crisis talks with Muslim medical staff who have objected to hospital hygiene rules because of religious beliefs. Women medical students at Alder Hey children's hospital in Liverpool objected to rolling up their sleeves when washing their hands and removing arm coverings in theatre, claiming it is regarded as immodest. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

"It is amazing -- we have created a product nobody likes." picked by bornbad 7 months ago

One of the five teens beat the man with a bat and others punched him, police said. The man was treated at a hospital for injuries that were not life-threatening, and was released that night. picked by kakana 5 months ago

Japan's first "baby hatch", where mothers can drop off babies they can't care for, completed a test-run today with a doll, clearing the way for the controversial facility to start operating in about a week. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

“Amy started shouting, ‘My boobs are f**king killing me,’” the source says, adding that—despite Winehouse’s fear that her breasts might explode—she stopped on her way to the hospital for some chicken. picked by Bornbad 2 months ago

Blues singer Etta James is in stable condition in a Los Angeles hospital, suffering from complications following abdominal surgery, her manager said on Wednesday. picked by punthe 2 years ago

The victim was dragged approximately 100 feet in her wheelchair. She was transported to Oregon Health Sciences University Hospital, where she died about an hour later. Her name was not released. picked by muppet 2 years ago

Not another one :(

Hayes was taken to Baptist East Hospital in Memphis, and was pronounced dead at 2:08 PM picked by loonytoon 1 year ago