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

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

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

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 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

Hospital officials confirmed a horse trotted through Wilcox Memorial Hospital earlier this month. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

The rhythmic click-click of knitting needles at one British hospital has become a little less noticeable because officials said the needles may be too sharp. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years ago

The smell of death was overpowering the moment a relief worker cracked open one of the hospital chapel’s wooden doors. Inside, more than a dozen bodies lay motionless on low cots and on the ground, shrouded in white sheets. picked by Bornbad 3 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 2 years ago

*I know, I know, we are all sick of hearing about this women, but this may be for the best*

Nadya 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

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 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

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

"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 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

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

A 12-year-old has been taken to hospital with burns after blowing up a petrol can while breaking wind. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago