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A Hello Kitty Maternity Ward?!
While we all love Hello Kitty, we're not sure about giving birth surrounded by images of "Kitty" in all her pink glory. In Taiwan they've created an entire maternity ward to try to increase business and ease stress...
Registered Nursing shortages continue. Non-RN's hired to fill in.
There is a world wide shortage of nurses.
When I graduated in 1981 in Castlegar BC, Canada with a nursing diploma, my total cost for tuition was $1000. Many nursing students were given monthly stipends of... Zimbabwe police break up doctors, nurses protest
"Riot police in Zimbabwe are preventing striking doctors and nurses from protesting against the country's collapsing health system." Healthcare Incompetence And Emergency Room Waiting - Oh The Pain Of It All
Op/Ed Our health care system has become nothing less than a joke. Anyone who has paid a visit to an emergency department, here in Toronto anyway, can attest to that. More of my story, opinion and... 510 views | 32 recommendations | 17 comments
Man Dies in Winnipeg Emergency Room after waiting 34 Hours
Is this what socialized health care would bring? " A man who was in the same hospital waiting room as Brian Sinclair says he told nurses and security workers he was concerned about Sinclair -- but says he was... 1185 views | 39 recommendations | 32 comments
Kicking up leaves
Autumn brings cooler weather but it's also the time of the year when people report most foot problems as they move from a summer of sandals into closed toe shoes. It's not a glamourous job podiatry but if you've got... Nurses caring for four men with rare brain illness treat them to a night out ...
A rare and interesting treatment for four men with rare brain illness. "As special treats go, it was just what the doctor ordered.Nurses at a private care home arranged for four of their male residents, all suffering...482 views | 7 recommendations | 4 comments
'Golden Girls' Estelle Getty Passes Away at age 84
Estelle Getty, the feisty mother hen to the famous Golden Girls series that ran throughout the 80's (and continues in reruns today) died today at the age of 84. Getty was long a supporter of gay rights and had a...472 views | 2 recommendations | 2 comments
Hubby buys wife a £4k 'new body'
" WITH his wife’s 31st birthday coming up fast Andy Donley knew just what to splash out on – a new Mrs. He surprised mum-of-two Lisa by booking her in for an unusual treat . . . extensive COSMETIC SURGERY. ...232 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Nurses to be rated on how smiley they are
Well a smile is great but getting a 'drip' in a vein well and with as little pain as possible will do - smile or not. " Nurses are to be scored on how compassionate they are towards patients as part of a government plan to improve quality in the NHS to be unveiled in...241 views | 10 recommendations | 3 comments
Surgeons Busted for Rectal Spray-Can Removal Video
Surgeons and medical staff in Cebu, Phillipines are in the hot-seat after a video of them removing a spran can from a patient's rectum was circulated on the Internet. Beyond the generally unprofessional conduct...'Sorry about that pair of scissors in your stomach'
A new "Apology Act" introduced in Ontario will likely make it possible for doctors and other professionals to say sorry for mistakes without facing legal repurcussions."TORONTO - Ontario Liberal backbencher David...372 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
UK Doctors and teachers will be among first issued with ID cards
Labour says, for now, noone will be required to carry ID cards in the UK. But at the same time they have taken initial steps to get the program moving."Millions of teachers, doctors, nurses and carers could soon be issued with identity cards, Jacqui Smith disclosed yesterday... JPEPA will only make slaves out of Filipino nurses and caregivers
“Scabs in a foreign land, slaves in their own” as the likely condition of our health care professional, described by Health Alliance for Democracy(HEAD), a group opposing the near ratification of the... Nurses Strike in Northern California
"Nearly 5,000 nurses in 15 Northern California hospitals began a two-day walkout Wednesday to protest what they said were inadequate contract offerings. Officials with the Sutter Health hospital chain said...
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