LIMA, Peru — Doctors in Peru mistakenly amputated the wrong foot of an 86-year-old man, then had no choice but to cut off the other one as well to keep an infection from spreading, relatives and officials said Monday. “It was a terrible shock when I lifted up the sheets and saw they had amputated his left foot,” the patient’s daughter, Carmen Villanueva, told RPP radio. Read more: Peru , Hospital Alberto Sabogal , Amputee , Jorge Villanueva , Callao , Amputation , Wrong Foot Amputation , Doctors Amputate Wrong Limb , Hospital Sabogal , World News
I woke up one day and went in for my physical, as usual. I was surprised and disappointed to learn my blood pressure had crept up. I’m in a medical profession, in a department of anesthesiology, and I’d been trying to live right
A pressure group is planning a mass ‘overdose’ on homeopathic pills at branches of Boots on Saturday Age: 214. Appearance: Glass bottles, dinky white pills …
Add to My Stories Arsenic: The poison that caused thousands of agonising deaths Glaring at their pocket watches, Queen Victoria’s courtiers waited angrily for the visiting dignitary who had dared to be late for an audience with Her Majesty. His tardiness on that morning in 1879 seemed all the more extraordinary given that he had stayed at Buckingham Palace overnight. They were about to send out a search party when he finally turned up with a most unexpected and shocking excuse
Add to My Stories Scientists have pinpointed the genes that stop common breast cancer drugs from working Scientists have pinpointed the genes that stop common breast cancer drugs from working in a breakthrough that could save hundreds of lives a year. The discovery paves the way for a genetic test that identifies women likely to be resistant to the powerful chemotherapy drugs given after surgery to stop the tumour from spreading or returning. Those who test positive could be given other medicines, greatly boosting their chances of survival
Add to My Stories Contract: Take Care Now is the same provider which employed German doctor Daniel Ubani who killed a man on his first shift Some 600,000 people in one of England’s largest counties are left with only two doctors on call overnight and at weekends, it was revealed. Medics say the service in Suffolk is threatening patient safety and points to the state of out-of-hours care across the health service. In one case, a nine-month-old baby died of meningitis as his parents were told to wait up to four hours for a phone call from a GP.
The cricket commentator, 35, on his accident-prone youth, why beer beats drugs, and why he wouldn’t say no to cosmetic surgery Are you healthy? Since I’ve stopped playing I probably haven’t been as healthy as I should have been.
