Health

Islamabad/Kabul/Geneva (ICRC-IFRC) – Afghan and Pakistan Red Crescent Societies are helping people affected by Monday's M7.5 earthquake whose epicentre was in Jerm district in the Afghan province of Badakhshan close to the border with…

There are 2800 no-go zones in Scotland, due to safety fears. This is the number of addresses where NHS ambulances can't go without police support.

Getting nurse staffing levels wrong in hospitals is linked to excess mortality and poor patient experiences but establishing the safe levels in the emergency department (ED) is challenging because patient demand is so variable.

The most exiting ambulance in the world is the Motorcycle ambulances. This is a a type of emergency vehicle which carries a solo paramedic or first responder to a patient. Sometimes the motorcycle could be a sidecar, but usually in Europe…

The seventeenth World Rescue Challenge will start today at 11.00 AM in Lisbon, Portugal.

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — The latest on a destructive wildfire burning in Wyoming (all times local): 8:40 a.m. The Red Cross is asking people to donate yard tools to help victims of the wildfire near Evansville, Wyoming.

India, 12. Oct. 2015 - A Mumbai homeless man of 50 years old, named Prakash was declared dead by a senior doctor and he was sent to the mortuary. According to the hospital rules, dead patients should be kept on the ward for a pair of hours…

LONDON, 7 October 2015 (IRIN) - Médecins Sans Frontières says the bombing of its hospital in Kunduz by a US warplane was a war crime. The four separate enquiries* that have been launched into the incident, which killed 22 people, should…

PARMA - A new technological revolution is about to change transporting patients in ambulance. Spencer Italia, the international leader in production of emergency medical devices is about to show an exclusive innovation in the field of…

No one is hurt in the incident. Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada lauds Manila policemen for their speedy response. Manila police shot dead a hostage taker of an Alabang-bound public bus along Taft Avenue on Thursday, October 8.