Medical System

Healthcare

Nurses in Denmark shift to cosmetic care amid hospital staffing crisis

The Danish Nurses’ Organisation (DSR) believes that the shift is due to salary and working conditions in public hospitals.

16/02/2024

Healthcare

Bulgaria in need of nurses as medical staff shortages persist

A recent report by the Bulgarian Council for Economic Analyses has shown that Bulgaria's medical staff shortage is severe with many professionals choosing to move abroad.

20/12/2023

Health news

Australia has apologised to thalidomide survivors. What about Europe?

The Australian government issued formal apologies to victims of thalidomide this week. In Europe, the recognition of victims has been heterogeneous.

01/12/2023

Health news

French railway to introduce telemedicine booths in 300 stations

Ten million people pass through the train stations every day, and 90 per cent of the population lives within 10 km of a station.

17/11/2023

Gaza

Fighting outside Gaza's largest hospital forces thousands to flee

The latest updates from the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.

13/11/2023

World News

Tired, overworked, underpaid: Why doctors across Europe are striking

Doctors across Europe say their health and that of their patients is at risk due to poor working conditions. Euronews speaks to the clinicians concerned to find out why.

18/09/2023

Europe News

Access to contraception in Europe remains highly unequal

The study was produced by the European Parliamentary Forum for Sexual and Reproductive Rights (EPF).

08/02/2023

World News

Thousands of ambulance workers in England and Wales walk out over pay

Nurses will walk out again next week and more than 100,000 civil servants will join one-day strike action on 1 February.

12/01/2023

Italy

Cuban specialists drafted in to Italian hospitals amid staff shortage

Over the years spending cuts in public health have slowed down the recruitment of new doctors in all Italian regions, especially those facing the biggest health system challenges, like Calabria, in the South of Italy.

11/01/2023

USA

Martina Navratilova diagnosed with throat and breast cancer

Martina Navratilova diagnosed with throat and breast cancer

02/01/2023

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Watch: Hundreds of thousands rally to defend Madrid public healthcare

Protesters say they're defending the region's primary care services, warning that plans to overhaul the system would "destroy" local healthcare.

13/11/2022

Italy

Italy: Working conditions force an exodus of emergency room staff

"Almost 50% of positions in emergency medicine remained vacant (in 2022), and many of those who fill these positions eventually decide to leave", the National Secretary of the doctors' union ANAAO told Euronews.

13/10/2022

World News

Turkey: Warning to medical tourists from patients with botched teeth

A lack of regulation means patients are leaving Turkey with worse teeth than they arrived with - and dentists at home refuse to touch them.

13/10/2022

United Kingdom

Boy at heart of UK court battle dies after life support ends

Both British and European courts had refused to intervene in the case of the 12-year-old boy, who had been in a coma for four months.

06/08/2022

United Kingdom

UK warns of hospital overload as coronavirus cases continue to surge

The country's health secretary says two million of the most vulnerable people have been vaccinated, but people still needed to remain indoors.

10/01/2021

United Kingdom

Coronavirus: UK daily death toll nears 1,000 amid surge in cases

There are currently more people in hospital in the UK with COVID-19 than there were at the peak in April - and case numbers continue to smash daily records.

30/12/2020

France

French surgeon jailed for 15 years for abusing hundreds of children

In what could be France's largest ever paedophilia case, surgeon Joel Le Scouarnec has been sentenced after being accused of sexually abusing hundreds of children.

04/12/2020

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Drones deliver supplies to Israeli hospital in new pilot scheme

As many countries grapple with a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, the drones mean items can be moved without the need for humans to expose themselves to the risk of travelling.

24/10/2020

No Comment

Coronavirus: Israel test booth allows staff-patient separation

An Israeli health organization has set up a COVID-19 testing booth allowing quick tests with complete separation between medical staff and patients

19/04/2020

United Kingdom

UK government fighting on multiple fronts to prepare for COVID-19 peak

The UK government is preparing the medical system as cases of COVID-19 in the country increase.

30/03/2020