31. Government to invest 250 million dollars in KorleBu Hospital

Vice President John Dramani Mahama has said that Government would spend 250 million dollars on the recapitalization of the KorleBu Teaching Hospital He said a chunk of the money would be used in acquiring medical tools and equipment to make the hospital more functional The Vice President announced these at a ceremony for the commencement of work on Lions International Eye Centre ... Read More

32. Age UK opens new support service for the elderly at Stamford Hospital

A NEW support service for the elderly has opened in Stamford Age UK officially opened its new centre at Stamford Hospital on Thursday last week The facility was set up to offer a range of care and social options for people in the town The centre also honours a commitment made to Stamford Darby and Joan Club to run a social event for older people after the club closed about 10 ... Read More

33. Helpful hologram starts work in Scottish hospital

The hospital was the first in the UK to start using robots for daily tasks She speaks smiles offers patients advice and an array of information without ever losing her temper But the latest quotmember of staffquot at one of Scotlands newest hospitals is actually an optical illusion EVA which stands for Electronic Virtual Assistant will become the first virtual mannequi ... Read More

34. Huntingtons disease lowers cancer risk

People with Huntingtons disease a debilitating brain condition appear have a quotprotectionquot from cancer according to a study in Sweden Nearly 40 years of medical records showed patients with Huntingtons had half the normal expected risk of developing tumours Researchers writing in The Lancet Oncology said the reason was unclear Cancer Research UK said the findin ... Read More

35. Shift workers risking diabetes and obesity

Shift workers getting too little sleep at the wrong time of day may be increasing their risk of diabetes and obesity according to researchers The team is calling for more measures to reduce the impact of shift working following the results of its study Researchers controlled the lives of 21 people including meal and bedtimes The results published in Science Translational ... Read More

36. Stafford Hospital targets bowel cancer in under60s

Stafford Hospital has become the first in the UK to employ a dedicated nurse for bowel cancer in the under 60s Cancer support charity Macmillan has supplied the nurse who will look for the condition in people as young as 18 to the Mid Staffordshire Trust The post is partly funded by a charity run by Christine Woodward whose son died from the disease The trust said it ... Read More

37. Revised community hospital plans receive goahead from NHS board

REVISED plans for a new 15 million hospital in Clevedon have been given the green light by health chiefs The board of the NHS Bristol North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Cluster approved the revised business case for a new community hospital in the seaside town The plans will now have to go before the Board of NHS South of England in May for final approval and if agreed ... Read More

38. Sharp Memorial Named Most Beautiful Hospital in the World

San Diego s Sharp Memorial Hospital has been dubbed the Most Beautiful Hospital in the World by the health care information network and publication HealthExecNewscom Sharp Memorial located at 7901 Frost St topped a list of 25 hospitals across the US and countries such as Austria Canada China Switzerland and the UK who were applauded for their interior and ... Read More

39. UK surgeons are the first to operate in 3D

A team at Manchester Royal Infirmary hospital England claim to be the first surgeons to perform keyhole surgery using 3D cameras and monitors and embarrassingly clunky spectacles Furthermore if that wasn t hightech enough the lead surgeon also performed the surgery using a handheld robotic claw 3D vision during surgery makes perfect sense After all your anatomy is ... Read More

40. Care plan concerns at psychiatric hospital

WATCHDOGS say a private psychiatric hospital in Winchfield needs to improve The Care Quality Commission CQC had two moderate concerns after two inspections of the Vista Healthcare Independent Hospital in Old Potbridge Road It was in December last year that the health watchdog twice visited the hospital which has room for 69 people across six wards While the report ... Read More