Hooked up to a drip, wearing just a nappy and a forlorn expression, the tiny infant stares out through the bars of his cot at the frenzy of activity around him.

They're so cute! picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

Neita Allen, who turns 100 today, has lived at St. Joseph's Medical Center for the last 327 days, even though she was ready to leave the hospital after 10 days. picked by suebe 1 year ago

A 93-year-old World War II medic who froze to death last month in his Bay City, Michigan, home left his entire estate to a local hospital.

Follow-up to this story. picked by dollyllama 10 months ago

At a maximum security mental hospital named Coalinga in California, sex offenders—including "some of the state's more serious pedophiles and rapists"—are given a test called a "plethysmograph," which features "a device...put around the subject's penis to measure his sexual arousal as he's shown a variety of images."
Inspired by this post picked by suebe 7 months 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

Has it come to this? Robots standing in for doctors at the hospital patients' bedside? picked by AutumnLotus 2 years 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 4 months ago

"It's crazy," said an unregretful Hodges. "Having a baby's more important. Of course I'm going to speed." picked by deepchill 2 years ago

An Australian woman was devastated to find her miscarried fetus had been mistakenly packed into a bag with her belongings by hospital staff. picked by DemureArt 2 years ago

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

The durable Leno reportedly came down with food poisoning, according to NBC-owned "Access Hollywood." picked by DaftGretel 7 months ago

She was playing a game with friends where you had to do a shot and take a hit off a joint every time you answered wrong. Apparently, she was very stupid... picked by Wingnut 3 years ago

Seven diners in northern Japan fell ill and three remained hospitalized Tuesday after eating blowfish testicles prepared in a restaurant not authorized to serve the poisonous delicacy. picked by Bornbad 10 months ago

Police are searching garbage dumps in New Jersey and Pennsylvania for the body of a baby that was apparently thrown out with the trash at a Jersey City hospital. picked by suebe 11 months ago

PC is getting a bit too pervasive methinks. picked by moe 2 years ago

A Mount Sinai Medical Center employee surrendered Wednesday after police say he performed oral sex on a male patient who was just waking up from anesthesia following surgery.

*Thumbnail is actual mouth from story picked by doggylives 1 year ago

The female was close to croaking it after getting crushed in the front door of a house. picked by Bornbad 9 months ago

The surveillance camera video shows the woman rolling off a waiting room chair, landing face-down on the floor and convulsing. Her collapse came at 5:32 a.m. June 19, the NYCLU said, and she stopped moving at 6:07 a.m. During that time, the organization said, workers at the hospital ignored her. picked by dollyllama 1 year ago

Hospital patients in Queensland are to be stamped with barcodes in a move to prevent operations being performed on the wrong body parts. picked by muppet 2 years ago

A woman went into labor with triplets 7 weeks early and didn't have time to make it to the hospital that she was scheduled to deliver at, so they had to make a new plan. picked by princess2408 2 years ago