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'Hospital' for Misfit Toys Keeps Joy Going for a New Generation

Venezuelan nonprofit gives outgrown playthings a makeover, donates them to vulnerable kids

(Newser) - The doll's golden curls are intact, and soon her head is, too. One by one, the toys that show the wear and tear of love are restored for the holidays: sewed and combed, stuffed and dressed. From Barbie dolls to a Kung Fu Panda character with a paw raised...

After Fall Overseas, Pelosi Has Hip Replacement Surgery

Spokesman says that ex-House speaker is 'well on the mend'

(Newser) - Nancy Pelosi's Luxembourg trip included a detour to a hospital in Germany, where a spokesman said Saturday she underwent successful hip replacement surgery. The former House speaker is "well on the mend," he said, after injuring herself in a fall. A Defense Department official told NBC News...

Israel Says Beirut Hospital Is Hiding Millions for Hezbollah

Hospital invites journalists in to prove it has nothing

(Newser) - The Israeli army accused Hezbollah of storing money and gold under a prominent hospital in Beirut, and the director of the hospital responded by inviting journalists in for a look, reports the AP , which was among those invited to inspect. Fadi Alame, a member of Lebanon's Parliament who's...

Helicopters Battling Winds Reach Patients on Hospital Roof

Water in Tennessee was rising too fast to evacuate people by raft

(Newser) - Patients and their caregivers were rescued Friday from a Tennessee hospital's roof, where they took shelter after flooding caused by Hurricane Helene drove them from the building's interior and conditions made rescue efforts difficult. The dramatic scene at Unicoi County Hospital in Erwin, near the North Carolina border,...

Suit: Hospital Said Patient Left When She Actually Died Inside

Family claim they searched for Jessie Peterson for a year before learning the truth

(Newser) - Family members of a woman who spent time in a California hospital say they desperately searched for her for a year after the hospital claimed she had checked herself out. In fact, the patient had died at the hospital, which failed to inform her family, according to a civil lawsuit...

State AG Drops Lawsuit Linked to 10-Year-Old's Abortion

Indiana's Todd Rokita said IU Health violated privacy laws when doctor spoke about case publicly

(Newser) - Indiana's attorney general has dropped a lawsuit he filed against the state's largest hospital system after a doctor told the media about a 10-year-old rape victim who traveled to the state from Ohio for an abortion in 2022. In a court filing last week, Todd Rokita said the...

Ukraine's Biggest Children's Hospital Struck by Missile

Doctor at Kyiv facility estimates more than half of it is damaged

(Newser) - Russia unleashed a daytime barrage of missiles on five Ukrainian cities on Monday, but it was a strike in Kyiv that has generated the most attention. A missile struck Okhmatdyt Children's Hospital, the nation's largest pediatric medical facility, in the capital, reports the BBC . At least two people...

Charges Dropped Against Nurse Accused of Treating Newborn Roughly

Amanda Burke was accused of slamming baby face down into bassinet in ICU

(Newser) - Charges against a Long Island nurse accused of slamming a newborn baby boy face down in a bassinet in an intensive care unit were dropped on Monday, the day her trial was due to begin. Amanda Burke was fired hours after the incident last year, but state investigators said her...

Charles, Kate Get Sprung From Hospital

The London Clinic has a decided dearth of royals after Monday

(Newser) - King Charles III on Monday was discharged from a private London clinic after undergoing a "corrective procedure" for an enlarged prostate. The 75-year-old monarch was admitted to the London Clinic, where the Princess of Wales, his daughter-in-law, recently had abdominal surgery. Charles, who ascended the throne 16 months ago,...

Questions Arise Over 'Evolving Situation' With Defense Secretary

Lloyd Austin's hospitalization on Jan. 1 for complications following surgery was kept quiet

(Newser) - Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is already home after being hospitalized most of the week—except almost no one knew he'd been hospitalized in the first place. The Pentagon announced Friday that Austin, 70, checked into Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on New Year's Day, after he suffered...

Jewish Doctor Fired for Anti-Hamas Posts Sues

Dr. Benjamin Neel accuses NYU Langone of wrongful termination, religious discrimination

(Newser) - Pilots , journalists , professors , and doctors have been fired or otherwise disciplined for comments supporting and condemning Israel's offensive in Gaza, and now, in what will add to a nationwide debate over what's considered protected speech amid the Israel-Hamas war, one doctor is suing in response. Dr. Benjamin...

IDF: Here's Proof of Hamas Tunnels Under Hospital

Israel says footage of shaft, tunnel is evidence of complex Hamas tunnel network under Gaza facility

(Newser) - The world wanted evidence, and Israel now says it has it. On Sunday, the IDF said in a statement that it had discovered a tunnel underneath Gaza's Shifa Hospital, proof that the militant group was using the hospital as a command center. The IDF had long insisted that was...

Gunman Opens Fire in Hospital Lobby, Killing Security Guard

State trooper then killed gunman at Concord's New Hampshire Hospital, a psychiatric facility

(Newser) - Two people are dead after a shooting at a New Hampshire psychiatric hospital, including the gunman, according to authorities. Per the Washington Post , the shooting took place around 3:30pm ET on Friday in the lobby of Concord's New Hampshire Hospital, with state police reporting that the gunman was...

Israel: Body of 2nd Hostage Found Near Gaza Hospital

Israeli authorities say body of 19-year-old Noa Marciano was discovered

(Newser) - Israel Defense Forces troops in Gaza say they've found the body of yet another hostage taken during the deadly Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, reports the BBC . The Daily Beast identifies this hostage as 19-year-old Noa Marciano, whose body "was found and extracted by IDF troops adjacent...

Only 14% of US ERs Are Prepared to Treat Kids
Most Hospital ERs Aren't
Prepared to Treat Kids
investigation
Oct 8, 2023 5:20 PM CDT

Most Hospital ERs Aren't Prepared to Treat Kids

A report by the Wall Street Journal found that the consequences have been deadly

(Newser) - If a trip to the ER with a child isn't scary enough, Wall Street Journal now reports that many hospitals are not equipped to treat them properly. In an exclusive investigation, the paper found that only 14% of hospital emergency departments are certified to treat kids or are actually...

Ammon Bundy Owes Millions Over Hospital Harassment
Ammon Bundy
Arrested at Fundraiser
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Aug 12, 2023 7:00 AM CDT

Ammon Bundy Arrested at Fundraiser

Anti-government activist has been embroiled in defamation case brought by Idaho hospital

(Newser) - Ammon Bundy has been arrested in Idaho. KTVB reports that the 47-year-old anti-government extremist was taken into custody Friday night while attending a high school football fundraiser in Emmett. The station has video of an annoyed-looking Bundy being handcuffed and led away by law enforcement. Bundy was arrested on a...

Patients Used Bedsheets as Ropes in Deadly Hospital Fire

At least 21 die in Beijing fire

(Newser) - A fire killed at least 21 people at a hospital in Beijing on Tuesday and forced dozens of people to evacuate, Chinese state media reported. As clouds of black smoke billowed into the sky, people trapped in the multistory building apparently tied bedsheets into makeshift ropes and escaped by climbing...

Hospital Sues Attorney General Over Demand for Trans Records

Kansas City Children's says it's not accused of doing anything wrong

(Newser) - A Kansas City hospital is suing Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey over what it calls his "burdensome" requests for records on gender-affirming care. In a lawsuit filed Friday in Jackson County, attorneys for Children's Mercy Hospital ask a judge to deny Bailey's 54 investigative demands for records...

Prosecutors: 7 Deputies Fatally Smothered Man in Hospital

Deputies in Henrico County, Virginia, are now facing murder charges in death of Irvo Otieno

(Newser) - Seven Virginia sheriff's deputies are now facing murder charges after authorities say they fatally smothered a physically restrained man in their custody during the intake process at a local hospital. NBC News reports that 28-year-old Irvo Otieno "died of asphyxia due to being smothered to death, thanks to...

They Came In With Paddles to Save Him. A Fireball Erupted

Family says dad died after fireball caused by defibrillator in Nashville hospital

(Newser) - A Tennessee woman says her husband died on Thanksgiving after catching fire in a Nashville hospital, and now his family is speaking out to prevent something like this from happening again. Kathy Stark tells WKRN that earlier this month she had her spouse of 35 years, Bobby Ray, brought to...

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