Police were on the lookout Sunday for an ambulance they said was stolen from the entrance to an Alabama hospital emergency room. Authorities said a Haynes ambulance was taken from UAB hospital about 8 p.m. Saturday. It was parked on …
Authorities say an electrical fire led to part of a western Ohio hospital being evacuated on New Year’s Day and a firefighter treated for injuries. Dayton fire officials say it happened at about 5:30 p.m. when a fire started inside …
A western Pennsylvania family is suing a hospital and funeral home after the wrong man’s body was prepared for a viewing. Richard Tkacik’s family is suing the Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center and a Richland Township funeral home over the mix-up …
Authorities say a cardiac patient and three Central Texas medical personnel have been hurt after their ambulance flipped on a rain-slick highway. The Texas Department of Public Safety says the accident happened late Sunday afternoon in Waco. DPS says the …
Police say a tractor-trailer clipped a school bus in central Texas, flipping the bus onto its side and sending 32 people – 29 of them children – to a hospital. The accident occurred about 7:30 a.m. Tuesday about 60 miles …
A private hospital in eastern India where dozens of people died in a massive fire failed to update its safety procedures despite being ordered to do so months ago, officials said Saturday. Most of the victims died in their beds …
The family of an 89-year-old man who died at Massachusetts General Hospital when nurses did not respond to alarms on his cardiac monitor has settled its case against the hospital for $850,000. The Boston Globe reports Monday that the hospital …
An Alabama Supreme Court ruling that protected a hospital from paying a judgment in a patient’s death has sparked an outcry from attorneys. The Tuscaloosa News reports on Sunday that about 100 attorneys have asked the court to reconsider its …
The Illinois Department of Public Health didn’t investigate 85 percent of the 560 hospital complaints it received last year even when the complaints alleged patient abuse and lax infection control, according to a published report Sunday. The Chicago Tribune reported …
A $10 million lawsuit alleges a patient at the Oregon State Hospital was overmedicated, mistreated and as a result suffered permanent damage from two heart attacks in one week. The Salem Statesman Journal reports the suit says doctors gave 32-year-old …