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India doctors suspended after severed leg used as pillow

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 12 07:06 AM

NEW DELHI - Indian authorities have suspended two doctors and launched an investigation after a patient's severed leg was used as a pillow to prop up his head, a hospital official said Sunday. Read more »

'Aide' app matches patients to doctors

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 06 12:31 AM

Medical care is now in the palm of your hands, as scheduling an appointment with a doctor nowadays is as easy as can be via your smart phone. Read more »

Pasyenteng inakalang 'papatayin', nag-amok sa ospital

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 04 12:58 PM

Tinitignan kung may head injury, nakainom ng alak, o kaya'y nasa impluwensiya ng droga ang lalaki.   Read more »

Fil-Am boy battling cancer becomes honorary cop

Cheryl Piccio, ABS-CBN North America News Bureau
Posted at Dec 23 05:29 PM

HOUSTON, TX - For most children, the holiday season is the most exciting time of the year, even for the many youngsters undergoing medical treatment due to long-term health problems.   Read more »

Meet young Fil-Am who amazed America’s Got talent

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 08 06:17 PM

Filipino-American Angelica Hale has captured the hearts not just of Americans after her amazing performance on America's Got Talent. Read more »

Pasyente, namatay dahil hindi umano agad inasikaso ng doktor

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 20 01:30 PM

Inirereklamo ng isang pamilya ang doktor sa isang ospital sa Cavite dahil sa hindi umano inasikaso agad ang kanilang kaanak na isinugod sa emergency room.  Read more »

Paglalagay ng 'undercover patient,' pinag-aaralan ng DOH

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 09 11:55 PM

Layon nito ma-monitor ang masusungit at umano'y mga maling ginagawa ng staff sa mga pampublikong ospital. Read more »

Patient shoots, kills doctor in Berlin then kills self

Reuters
Posted at Jul 27 08:22 AM

BERLIN - A patient shot a doctor in a university clinic in Berlin on Tuesday before killing himself, but there were "no signs at all" of a link with Islamist militancy, police in the German capital said. Read more »

Sasakyan ng cancer patient, tinangay

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 24 12:52 PM

Pinaghahanap ngayon ang isang driver matapos i-carnap ang minamanehong AUV sa pagmamay-ari ng isang matandang may sakit. Read more »

Tragic story of stroke patient stokes calls for death penalty

Alexander Villafania, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 20 08:00 PM

Stroke patient Lima Malaya's tragic story was featured on TV Patrol Thursday night. By the next day, the story’s Facebook post had reached 5 million people and was shared nearly 20,000 times. It also has over 11,000 comments and counting.  Read more »

Cancer patient, natupad ang pangarap na maging LA Laker

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 02 01:15 AM

Ito ang hiling ng isang 18-anyos na brain cancer patient. Read more »

LOOK: Leukemia patient gets wish to become a model

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 07 01:54 AM

“She was the star of the night because she fulfilled her dream." Read more »

Nurse charged with fourth patient murder

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Aug 12 04:23 PM

A 30-year-old nurse in Denmark was charged with a fourth count of murder on Tuesday following a series of suspicious patient deaths on her ward, a court heard on Tuesday. Read more »

Tracing the path of South Korea's MERS 'patient zero'

By Ju-min Park, Reuters
Updated as of Jun 04 08:12 PM

Eight days after returning from a trip to the Middle East, a 68-year-old South Korean man developed a cough and fever. Read more »

Weekend hospital patients risk more infections: study

Reuters
Updated as of Apr 24 02:51 AM

Patients admitted to the hospital on weekends are more likely to get a preventable illness or injury during their stay than people admitted during the week, a large U.S. study finds. Read more »