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Coronavirus: China readies thousands of new hospital beds in Wuhan

Malaysia has also beefed up cleaning at Kuala Lumpur’s airport in order to tackle the virus spread.

4 February 2020

France

French doctors warn of 'dying' hospitals amid strikes

"The hospital is dying," 600 French doctors have warned, threatening to quit if the French Health Minister does not negotiate with them about the future of France's public health service.

16 December 2019

France

Thousands of French hospital workers protest years of cutbacks

"Exhausted caregivers = endangered patients", "Public hospitals in life-threatening emergency" were some of the protesters' mottos.

14 November 2019

Algeria

Algeria protests: 50 police officers and dozens of demonstrators injured

The largest anti-government protest for eight years sees 45 people arrested. Algerian's urge President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to step down.

2 March 2019

USA

'Skin-like' sensors allow intensive care babies to bond more easily

The new technology eliminates the traditional wires and electrodes, protecting baby's skin and allowing better access for nurses and family.

1 March 2019

World News

Faulty surgery devices scandal | Raw Politics

Raw Politics discusses an investigative report on medical devices that are faulty, causing thousands of people to suffer

26 November 2018

Germany

Killer nurse pleads guilty to 100 further murders

Niels Hogel, 41, told a court that the charges against him were largely accurate, news agency dpa reported. The trial began with a minute of silence for the victims.

30 October 2018

Germany

Germany debates opt-out system for organ donations

Germany's Health Minister Jens Spahn is pushing for the country to adopt an opt-out policy for organ donations as the number of donors sink to its lowel-ever level.

3 September 2018

Austria

Keeping patients safe: our next #Europeanhero is a hospital cleaner

When Juliana Vintala was working as a tax consultant in Romania, she never envisaged working as a cleaner. But in Vienna, she found work as a hospital cleaner, and this #Europeanhero is pleased to make patients more comfortable.

30 July 2018

Yemen

Yemen hospitals under pressure

The fighting around the Houthi-controlled port has claimed at least 280 lives

23 June 2018

Spain

Benidorm ambulance drivers fail drug test after 'losing' British patient

An ambulance in Benidorm lost a British tourist who was injured in a fight. Just how the patient strayed off could be down to the medic and driver testing positive for cocaine and cannabis.

3 May 2018

United Kingdom

Life support ‘withdrawn’ from toddler Alfie Evans as parents lose appeal

The parents of a boy with a degenerative neurological condition have been locked in a legal battle in the UK as they seek further treatment to keep him alive.

24 April 2018

Austria

Afghan man 'admits' Vienna knife attacks

Four people were targeted in two seperate knife attacks in the Austrian capital.

8 March 2018

South Korea

More than 40 killed in South Korea hospital blaze

The cause of the fire in the city of Miryang is not yet known

26 January 2018

Germany

German nurse is charged with 97 new murders

If convicted, the health worker could become Germany's deadliest serial killer.

22 January 2018