Health

December, 30, EMERGENCY - On the 28th December, the first Ebola patient treated in Africa with the experimental drug ZMAb has been discharged from the Ebola Treatment Centre run by EMERGENCY NGO in Goderich, Sierra Leone.A.M., 72 years old,…

PLYMOUTH - When a child suffered an allergic reaction last month in Braintree, the babysitter did not know where to find life-saving medication. But a call to that town’s new 911 system saved the day. The Smart911 gave dispatchers access to…

"Really?" Is the first sentence that you usually think when Dr. Google gives you some information about a health problem. And - you know - most people use this engine for a medical search online. Unreliable online information is one of the…

Geneva/Damascus (IFRC-SARC-ICRC) – The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is today launching a new website, #REDforSyria (www.redforsyria.org), dedicated to the Movement’s humanitarian response to the Syrian conflict.…

Fixing bones with a power drill? It sounds terrifying, but thanks to an ingenious cover these household drills are now healing hospital patients in Uganda - at a tiny fraction of the cost BBC - Being operated on with an ordinary power…

For anyone still undecided on what to buy as a last minute Christmas present, a cycling helmet may turn out to be much more than a gift, it could be a lifesaver. That proved to be the case for a man in Bomere Heath this morning after he…

Target times for ambulances to reach some seriously ill patients could be lengthened, the BBC has learned. A leaked NHS document includes plans to change the response time for some Red 2 patients - those with "serious but not the most…

Hospitals at breaking point after record number of admissions this week SOURCE: DAILY MAIL - Hospitals in England have admitted a record number of patients this week, bringing the NHS to its knees, doctors have warned. They say the service…

Secretary of State for Health, Jeremy Hunt, responded to an Urgent Question from Shadow Health Secretary, Andy Burnham, on the performance of accident and emergency and ambulance services, and the plans in place to help them cope with…

More than 300 new paramedics are to be recruited by West Midlands Ambulance Service, it has been announced. The workforce is to be expanded across the region in an attempt to help meet growing demand. The service experienced the fourth…