Staff from the Bundaberg Base Hospital will continue to give evidence on Friday to the Jayant Patel committal hearing in Brisbane.
On Thursday the hearing was told Patel was a difficult man who would lie to families about the success of operations even when his patients’ health was deteriorating.
Intensive care unit nurse Karen Stumer (Stumer) told the court on video link she overheard Patel telling the family of James Phillips that he was stable Read the rest of this entry »

Police investigating patient deaths at a Dunbartonshire Hospital have set up a major incident room, it has emerged.
An outbreak of Clostridium difficile at Vale of Leven Hospital caused the deaths of nine patients and was a contributory factor in nine more.
Strathclyde Police has dedicated 16 CID and uniformed officers to look into the incident.
Meanwhile, Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon said she was “sympathetic” to renewed calls for a public Read the rest of this entry »

A murder inquiry is continuing after a 17-year-old youth died after an “unprovoked attack” in a city centre.
He suffered serious head injuries in the assault in St Mary Street, Cardiff at around 1840 GMT on Friday.
The teenager was walking with a 21-year-old friend when he became involved in an altercation. He died in hospital the following day from head injuries.
South Wales Police are treating the incident as murder, have appealed for witnesses Read the rest of this entry »

Services at one of England’s leading children’s hospitals are being investigated after complaints from its own consultants.
A review of services at Birmingham Children’s Hospital was commissioned after management meetings in August.
The Observer newspaper said the review has been highly critical but the hospital said the paper was not quoting an official report from the review.
The hospital said none of the concerns related to serious clinical Read the rest of this entry »

An investigation into the cause of an explosion that ripped through a block of flats in Wigan, seriously injuring two men, has been launched.
The men, aged 26 and 43, were rescued after the blast on Blake Close, Worlsey Mesnes at 2120 GMT on Saturday.
Residents from 36 neighbouring properties were moved out and specialist search teams scoured the debris to see if anyone was trapped.
The victims’ injuries are not thought to be life-threatening, Read the rest of this entry »

on Monday stating that agency officials might have made them the targets of a criminal investigation into their complaints.
“It has been brought to our attention that F.D.A. management may have just recently ordered the F.D.A. Office of Criminal Investigations (O.C.I.) to investigate us rather than the managers who have engaged in wrongdoing!” states the letter, which was provided to The New York Times. “It is an outrage that Read the rest of this entry »

on Monday stating that agency officials might have made them the targets of a criminal investigation into their complaints.
“It has been brought to our attention that F.D.A. management may have just recently ordered the F.D.A. Office of Criminal Investigations (O.C.I.) to investigate us rather than the managers who have engaged in wrongdoing!” states the letter, which was provided to The New York Times. “It is an outrage that Read the rest of this entry »

The Health Information and Quality Authority has published the terms of reference for its independent investigation into the quality of care at Ennis General Hospital.
The Minister for Health announced that an inquiry would be held following revelations that two women died after they were given the all-clear for breast cancer at the hospital.
HIQA says it will seek to establish if safe, quality services are in place at Ennis and, if risks to patients Read the rest of this entry »

Nine FDA scientists who reported that agency managers allegedly forced them to clear high-risk medical devices that did not undergo comprehensive testing complained that they may have become subjects of an FDA criminal investigation. In a letter to President Barack Obama, the experts requested swift intervention on the issue and offered a list of regulations that they say FDA officials breached. An FDA spokeswoman said she could neither confirm nor Read the rest of this entry »

A Justice Department inquiry into Stryker’s marketing of human bone growth products has resulted in guilty pleas by former company sales representatives.
One former sales official pleaded guilty two weeks ago, and another one did in November, court documents show.
Stryker, a leading maker of medical devices, and the United States attorney’s office in Boston, which is conducting the inquiry, declined to comment. A spokeswoman for Read the rest of this entry »