Health Patient without COVID vaccine denied heart transplant by US hospital The Boston hospital said it is their policy that all transplant patients be COVID vaccinated because of the higher risks of them dying from the virus. 27/01/2022
Colombia Colombian cycling star Egan Bernal 'conscious' following bus collision Bernal slammed at high speed into a bus while he was training with his teammates 30 kilometres outside the capital Bogota. 27/01/2022
Health US doctors transplant pig heart into human in world-first surgery The groundbreaking surgery marks the latest step in the decades-long quest to one day use animal organs for life-saving transplants in humans. 11/01/2022
Austria Surgeon in Austria fined for amputating patient's wrong leg A regional court found the 43-year-old surgeon guilty of gross negligence. 02/12/2021
Health Pig-to-human transplants move a step closer to reality A team in New York successfully completed a three day experimental transplant of a pig kidney to a brain-dead patient. 20/10/2021
Green Opinion How and why hospital surgery is contributing to the climate emergency Most surgeons are not even aware of the scale of surgical practice’s carbon footprint, despite it being hefty. 16/10/2021
Lithuania Full Metal Palate? Doctors find 1kg of nuts and bolts in man's stomach Doctors at a hospital in Lithuania have found more than a kilogram of small metal objects inside a man’s stomach. 04/10/2021
Kosovo Prisoner in Kosovo puts bile in mobile as Nokia is found in stomach Pin-digestion? The prisoner had been complaining of stomach pain for days before doctors discovered the Nokia phone. 07/09/2021
Health The first Europe-made artificial heart has been implanted in Italy A bioprosthetic heart made by French company Carmat has been implanted in a patient in Naples marking its first commercial sale and use. 24/07/2021
Vatican Pope Francis had a temporary 'fever episode' after his recent surgery Routine tests and scans proved negative after the pope developed the temporary fever. However, he is still eating and moving around unassisted. 09/07/2021
Austria Austrian man has the wrong leg amputated in 'tragic' mistake An elderly man in Austria has had the wrong leg amputated after a "tragic" mistake at a clinic near the Czech border. 21/05/2021
Health Is the world’s smallest wireless chip the future of healthcare? Devices like pacemakers have kept millions alive. But injectable wireless chips the size of a grain of salt could eventually replace these lifesaving devices. 17/05/2021
United Kingdom Robotic surgery system used across Europe completes 1,000 operations Robot surgery is burgeoning across Europe and the wider world, with one UK-built surgical robot now completing more than 1,000 operations. 26/11/2020
no comment Maradona fans gather outside clinic where star undergoes brain surgery Maradona had a subdural hematoma, which is an accumulation of blood between a membrane and his brain, his personal doctor, Leopoldo Luque, said. 04/11/2020
View COVID-19 is sparking change in how high-risk patients are cared for with remote treatments ǀ View The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing us to a change our usual care practices and to rely on remote patient monitoring. Even when the COVID-19 crisis is over, this change is likely to bed itself in routine clinical practice. 28/05/2020
no comment This violinist played her instrument during brain surgery It was part of a bid to help surgeons avoid damaging key parts of her brain. 19/02/2020
France Long wait for transplant surgery brings limb donation into spotlight A double amputee is urging people to discuss their wishes about donating their bodies to medical science after they die. 14/02/2020
Romania Woman dies after being set ablaze during surgery in Romania The Ministry of Health has launched an investigation into the incident. 30/12/2019
Afghanistan Watch: Video of Afghan boy dancing with new prosthetic leg goes viral This video of a small Afghan boy dancing joyously after being fitted with a new prosthetic leg has gone viral on social media. 08/05/2019
Good Morning Europe The extraordinary story of a campaigner saving rape victims' lives Doctor Miracle's reputation spreads well beyond his home country, the Democratic Republic of Congo. He is a global campaigner against the use of rape as a weapon of war - a surgeon who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2018 for his extraordinary work. 17/04/2019
Hungary Hungarian doctors make progress on separating conjoined twins Rabia and Rukia are conjoined at the head, an extremely rare event that occurs in about one in 2.5 million live births. 12/02/2019
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 26/11/2018
futuris How augmented reality will make surgery safer New technology will push surgery forward by using augmented reality. 26/11/2018
USA 'Miracle' as boy survives fall onto BBQ skewer which impaled his skull Doctors say a 10-year old boy in the US could make a complete recovery following surgery to remove a meat skewer from his head. 13/09/2018
United Kingdom Sir Alex Ferguson out of intensive care The former Manchester United manager underwent emergency surgery for a brain haemorrhage on Saturday 10/05/2018
Brazil Neymar leaves hospital after 'successful' surgery The world's most expensive footballer was operated on for a fractured metatarsal and sprained ankle. The procedure "went perfectly," according to the Brazilian Football Confederation. 05/03/2018
