Nurses push Lowcountry hospitals to eliminate surgical smoke. Now they want a state law.
A surgical tool that cuts and sears flesh generates toxic smoke. SC nurses are pushing to get rid of it in the OR.. A ...
Surgeon shares story of insurance provider calling during patient's surgery
A surgeon in Austin, Texas, was in the operating room with a patient when a call came in from the patient’s insurance provider, UnitedHealthcare. She returned the call and shared the story.
Two Fresno hospitals got state penalties for patient harm, death. Here’s what happened
Two Fresno area hospitals must pay tens of thousands of dollars after state health officials found they put patients at risk ...
Cancer patient was ‘awake’ when alcohol wipe helped spark fire on his face during surgery: suit
An Oregon cancer patient was “awake and conscious” when his face caught on fire during surgery — leaving him permanently ...
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UnitedHealthcare Calls Doctor Mid Surgery To Ask If Her Patient’s Overnight Stay Is Necessary
A UnitedHealthcare rep called a surgeon in the middle of a procedure to ask if her breast cancer patient's overnight stay was ...
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Medicare expands coverage for kidney transplant test
The company is at a key stage in deploying its proprietary diagnostic technology for organ transplant patients, operating with a moderate debt level and a current ratio of 0.53. InvestingPro ...
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Surgeon diagnosed with cancer after operating on patient
A German surgeon contracted cancer from a patient during surgery in a rare and unprecedented medical case, according to a report originally published in The New England Journal of Medicine.
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Surgeon catches cancer from patient for 'first time in history' during operation
A surgeon operating on a cancer patient managed to catch the deadly disease in what is thought to be a first-of-its-kind event. The doctor performing the surgery accidentally “transplanted ...
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Surgeon 'catches' cancer after operating on patient in first-of-its-kind case
A surgeon has been diagnosed with cancer after operating on a 32-year-old man from Germany who was diagnosed with a rare form of the disease. The surgeon is thought to have 'caught' the cancer during ...
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Hospital patients with flu quadrupled to over 5,000 ahead of New Year
New NHS data covering the Christmas and New Year period shows flu cases have continued to skyrocket, with over 5,000 patients hospitalised with the virus at the end of last week. Last week (w/e 29 Dec ...
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How a surgeon caught cancer from a patient he was operating on
In an even more unusual case, a surgeon did once catch cancer from a person he was operating on ... hand while trying to place a drain in his patient. The wound was disinfected and bandaged ...
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Surgeon catches CANCER from patient in first-of-its-kind case
A doctor operating on a cancer patient accidentally 'transplanted' the disease into himself, in what is believed to be a one-of-a-kind event. A 32-year-old man from Germany had been diagnosed with ...