Cockroaches crawled on operating tables during procedures, the inquiry into Sydney's Royal North Shore Hospital has been told. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Jack Nicholson's alma matter... the Oregon State Mental Hospital is being torn down to make room for a NEW cuckoo's nest. I wonder if there will be a sequel? picked by BrownTrout 1 year ago

Mommy, daddy -- and Hello Kitty -- welcome newborns at a cat-themed Taiwan maternity hospital that hopes the Japanese cartoon icon will ease the stress of childbirth as well as boost business. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

82-year old man was wielding a 3" knife, the mounties come and taser him supposedly for his safety as well as others.

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A driver unfamiliar with the area and relying on navigational equipment took a wrong road back to the hospital. No one knows if the delay contributed to her death - probably it didn't but the family says they'll never know. picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

A swarm of bees clustered outside the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Medical Center shut down the emergency room Monday, as officials waited for a beekeeper to come vacuum up the 7,000 insects. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

Few Americans probably have any inkling of how their neighborhood hospital prices the myriad of distinct services rendered patients. I doubt many patients can understand the long hospital bills that feature exotic items such as “OP6-central line reposit. Even fewer still likely understand why a Tylenol pill or a rubber glove can carry the humongous price tags hospitals put on them. picked by 2manyusernames 10 months ago

Hospital asks judges for permission to take Orthodox Jewish boy — who all doctors have declared completely brain-dead (not vegetative, dead) — off the breathing machine, against his family's wishes. picked by lynxears 1 year ago

State health officials are investigating the death of an man who allegedly caught fire at a hospital while being treated with a defibrillator. picked by suebe 7 months ago

A mother who planned to eat her placenta will have it returned to her by a hospital following a court order. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Ed McMahon, who turns 86 next week, is currently in the intensive care unit of an undisclosed hospital. He's been there nearly a month now with pneumonia and other medical problems. picked by bingo 9 months ago

Baby given to wrong mother on first day gets fed and bonded, now rejecting real mother's breast milk. Both mothers are, of course, suing the hospital. picked by suebe 8 months ago

Grandmother taking a leisurely swim in a Swedish river ended up in the hospital after a beaver attacked her with its tail picked by Bornbad 2 years ago

Buddy the German Shepherd got himself lost and ended up in the emergency room with a broken leg. picked by musicgirldani 3 years ago

Two boys, one Saudi and one Turkish, will swap homes four years after a hospital gave them to the wrong parents. picked by mitzuzake 2 years ago

A horrible error resulted in as many as 17 infants receiving up to 100 times the proper dose of Heparin, a blood thinner. This is the same drug that a LA hospital accidentally overdosed Dennis Quaid's children. picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

In 1953, two baby girls were born in Pioneer Memorial Hospital, bathed, and returned to their mothers. Only they weren't. picked by meggysue 7 months 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

Eddie Izzard performs the whole 90 minute 'Stripped' gig for the Mumbai victim who had to miss out on the show while in hospital. picked by murphyz 11 months ago

Kansas has a safe haven law that allows mothers of newborns to drop them off at hospitals, police departments or fire departments without facing criminal charges, but police said that law didn't apply to the case, in part because the girl was not a newborn. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago