Euthanasia Becoming ‘Default Way to Die’ in Belgium
BRUSSELS – Belgium has long been famous for food, like waffles and chocolate. But it’s becoming famous for death. Belgium has the most liberal euthanasia laws in the world. You…
The Melbourne surgeon giving FGM survivors their orgasms back through clitoris restoration
It wasn’t until she was in her early 20s that Jools realised there was something not quite right about her clitoris. “It looked like it had been cut,” Jools says.…
Aseptic Technique
Definition Aseptic technique is a set of specific practices and procedures performed under carefully controlled conditions with the goal of minimizing contamination by pathogens. Purpose Aseptic technique is employed to…
Elective surgeries cancelled as Queensland public hospitals reach capacity
Queenslanders are being urged by the state’s Health Minister not to go hospital unless it is a medical emergency, with almost every public facility in the south-east at capacity. Key…
Abdominal Hysterectomy; All You Need to Know
Overview An abdominal hysterectomy is a surgical procedure that removes your uterus through an incision in your lower abdomen. Your uterus — or womb — is where a baby grows…
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FDA Warns About Serious Adverse Events With Surgical Staplers
A letter to healthcare providers Dear Healthcare Provider, The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is concerned by the increasing number of adverse events associated with surgical staplers and staples…
Man Accidentally Circumcised After Paperwork Mix-Up
A man was circumcised by mistake after bungling surgeons got him muddled up with another patient. The shocking revelation came to light in a report by the UK’s National Health…
Surgical smoke generated in Utah operating rooms contains same hazards as cigarette smoke, report says
SALT LAKE CITY — We’ve come a long way in limiting cigarette smoke in public places, but half a million health care workers in the U.S. are still exposed to…
China performs first 5G-based remote surgery on human brain 3,000 km away
A patient suffering from Parkinson’s disease has received China’s first 5G-based remote surgery with a deep brain stimulation (DBS) implant, according to local media. The remote surgery powered by 5G…
Three months after surgery, doctors find forceps inside woman’s abdomen in Hyderabad
The woman, who underwent a surgery in November, returned to the Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) complaining of severe stomach pains. A woman in Hyderabad went through excruciating pain…
In A First, Doctors Perform Successful Child Valve Replacement Surgery
A spokesman of the super specialty tertiary care hospital said the cardiovascular and thoracic surgery (CVTS) department of the medical institute has conducted the successful heart valve replacement of a…
Mumbai: Doctors transferred, terminated after 3 lose eye in cataract surgery
American Academy of Ophthalmologist: Image Credit The medical superintendent of civic-run Balasaheb Thackeray Trauma Care Hospital was demoted and transferred on Monday, while the services of an honorary eye surgeon…
Two-year-old boy ‘castrated’ after doctors botched operation
Shutterstock A 2-year-old boy who was supposed to undergo a “minimal operation” was “castrated” when doctors accidentally operated on the wrong testicle, his family says. The boy was treated for…
Dying from scoliosis, ‘bending by the hour’ – 18th Surgery that changed his life
John Sarcona was at a baseball game when his mother Joanne found the bloodied T-shirts in his laundry hamper. His bedding was bloody too, and she knew something had gone…
Surgeons Reattached This Girl’s Leg Backward. No, It Wasn’t a Mistake.
When Amelia Eldred, an active 7-year-old in England, needed her leg amputated to treat bone cancer, doctors performed an unusual surgery: They removed the middle part of her leg and…
Second British woman dies after ‘Brazilian butt lift’ surgery
A second British woman has died after undergoing “Brazilian butt lift” surgery, it emerged today. The woman, aged in her late 20s, died following the cosmetic procedure earlier this year.…
Girl, 2, undergoes pioneering surgery in bid to shrink head
A two-year-old girl has been given a new lease of life after undergoing pioneering surgery to have her 72cm head reduced. Little Maryam was born with Hydrocephalus – a condition…
Woman says surgeon removed kidney by mistake in botched operation
Dena Knapp went to Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, S.D., to have an adrenal gland and associated mass removed. Instead, according to a lawsuit, Dr. Scott Baker removed her…
Brazilian plastic surgeon Dr Bumbum charged with murdering patient
Denis Furtado is held after Lilian Calixto died following a procedure at the celebrity surgeon’s apartment in Rio de Janeiro. Dr Bumbum – a celebrity plastic surgeon from Brazil known…
Icons Of Impact: A Global Surgeon Who Invests In Impact
What do you invest when investing money alone isn’t enough? In between kidney and liver transplants, I sat down with Jaymie Ang Henry– gifted surgeon, founder of the G4 Alliance,…
Most common surgery in the western world might be unnecessary
By Colm Gorey A new study claims patients undergoing one of the most common surgical procedures in the western world might be wasting their time. A team of researchers from…
Plastic surgeon on the run from Rio as women dies after bum-enhancing injections
By Matt Roper A plastic surgeon to the stars is on the run following the death of a woman hours after receiving injections to enlarge her bottom. HSBC bank manager…
NHS surgeon hid his HIV status sparking nationwide alert
By Steve Bird An NHS surgeon who kept his HIV infection secret because he feared he would be stigmatised triggered a nationwide search for people he may have contaminated, a…
She dreamed of getting plastic surgery in Miami. Three days later, she was dead.
BY SARAH BLASKEY, SONIA OSORIO AND DANIEL CHANG For Adianet Galván Gonzáles and her circle of family and friends, the popular surgical procedure known as a Brazilian butt lift was…
Shock as Queen admitted to hospital for surgery
THE Queen has undergone an operation on her eye at hospital, it has been revealed. Her Maj has had eye surgery to remove a cataract, Buckingham Palace confirmed this afternoon.…
Woman Born Without A Vagina Has Been Given One Using Tilapia Fish Skin ( Neovaginoplasty)
A Brazilian woman born without a vagina has been the first in the world to receive a life-changing constructive treatment involving the skin of tilapia fish. Student Jucilene Marinho, 23,…
Georgia Surgeon Accused of Dancing with Twerking Nurses During Operations
A plastic surgeon in Georgia is now being put under a microscope after allegedly putting patients under the knife with music blaring … and her body groovin’. Give Boutte THE…
The VA Hospital In L.A. Has Cancelled 83 Surgeries Due To A Fly Infestation In Operating Rooms
By Jared Sichel The Department of Veteran Affairs isn’t just in need of more doctors, nurses, and medical personnel. Someone over there needs to call an exterminator — right now.…
Gynecological mesh: The medical device that has 100,000 women suing
A common surgical implant has generated the largest multi-district litigation since asbestos. 60 Minutes reports on one of the device’s manufacturers, Boston Scientific, now facing 48,000 lawsuits. By Scott Pelley…
How Profiteers Coax Women Into Often-Unneeded Surgery
By Matthew Goldstein and Jessica Silver-Greenberg Jerri Plummer was at home in Arkansas, watching television with her three children, when a stranger called to warn that her life was in…