Former Ecuador vice president hospitalised but stable, prisons agency says
Quito, Ecuador Reuters Ecuador’s detained former Vice President Jorge Glas was taken to hospital on Monday after he fell ill at a prison in Guayaquil, prison authorities said, just hours after his lawyers complained they had been unable to contact him. Glas, already twice convicted of corruption and now facing fresh charges, was arrested on […]
Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Michael Curry to receive pacemaker to treat irregular heart rhythm
United States RNS The Episcopal Church’s Presiding Bishop, Michael Curry, is scheduled to have a pacemaker implanted Friday to treat his atrial fibrillation, or irregular heartbeat, the denomination announced Thursday. The procedure is expected to require an overnight hospital stay. Curry, who has been keeping to a lighter, modified work schedule while dealing with recent […]
Pope Francis had CT scan during hospital check-up, sources say
Vatican City Reuters Pope Francis, who has been suffering from influenza, made a brief trip to a Roman hospital for medical checks on Wednesday but was able to return to the Vatican, his office said in a statement. The Pope, who is 87, had checks at the Tiber Island hospital after his weekly general audience, […]
Russian bomb damages hospital, prompts evacuation in north-eastern Ukraine – officials
Reuters A Russian bomb struck a hospital in north-eastern Ukraine on Wednesday, smashing windows and equipment and prompting the evacuation of dozens of patients, regional officials said. Volodymyr Tymoshko, head of the Kharkiv regional branch of the national police, said one bomb scored a direct hit on the hospital at about 9:45pm in the town […]
Vatican: Pope OK to leave hospital, has pizza, baptises baby
Rome, Italy AP Pope Francis has been cleared by doctors for discharge on Saturday from the Rome hospital where he was treated for bronchitis, the Vatican said, adding that the pontiff had pizza one evening with medical staff and baptized a baby in the pediatrics ward. Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni, in one of several updates […]
Medecins Sans Frontieres shuts Haiti hospital amid gang violence
Port-au-Prince, Haiti Reuters Medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres has temporarily closed its hospital in Cite Soleil, in Haiti’s capital, after gang violence threatened the safety of patients and staff, a spokesperson for the group told Reuters Wednesday. This comes amid escalating violence from heavily armed gangs who last week expanded their territory to cover new […]
Quake deals new blow to Syrian medics after years of war
al-Dana Syria Reuters As a nurse working near the frontlines of the Syrian war, Ibrahim Zeidan endured many desperate moments including when shelling destroyed a hospital, leaving him trapped by rubble. But he says an earthquake which hit the region on 6th February has proved the most difficult challenge yet for medics in the rebel-held […]
Zelenskiy: Ukraine needs more weapons, faster
Reuters Ukraine needs new weapons and faster deliveries to confront a “very tough” situation of constant attacks by Russian forces in the eastern Donetsk region, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday. “The situation is very tough. Bakhmut, Vuhledar and other sectors in Donetsk region – there are constant Russian attacks. There are constant attempts to […]
Families confront horror after 11 babies die in Senegal hospital fire
Tivaouane, Senegal Reuters Three weeks ago, Ramata Gueye died after giving birth to a son, Mohamed, seven months into her pregnancy. On Thursday, her bereaved husband El Hadj Gueye learnt that Mohamed was one of 11 babies killed by a fire in a hospital neonatal ward. The couple had been trying for a baby for […]
Ukrainian hospital works overtime as trauma trains evacuate war-wounded
Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine Reuters Since Russia invaded Ukraine, doctors at a military hospital in the south-eastern city of Zaporizhzhia have stayed on the job for days at a time as waves of casualties are rushed to them for treatment from nearby frontline areas. On Wednesday, medics at the hospital prepped a wounded man for surgery to […]