'Nurse of the Year' charged with not being a nurse

NORWALK, Conn. – A Connecticut woman who authorities say spent more than $2,000 to stage a dinner honoring her as "Nurse of the Year" has been charged with pretending to be a nurse at a doctor's office. Betty Lichtenstein, 56, of Norwalk was charged Thursday. Prosecutors...

TEA Party Patriots: Update-July 17 Simultaneous Health Care Rally

"Thousands of TEA Party Patriots Rallied at the political offices of US Federal Senators and Representatives Simultaneously this Friday, July 17, 2009. They rallied in support of Health Care Freedom of Choice. They...

Baby died of salt overdose in hospital

"POLICE are probing the death of a baby who died after being given a suspected salt overdose in hospital. The tiny boy, who had been born prematurely, had been on a saline solution drip. Horrified nurses...

Montreal Head Nurse Shot in the Chest by Resident

33-year-old Marlena Cardoso, head nurse of a nursing home was shot in the chest yesterday by an 84 year old resident in a wheelchair, apparently after being told he was going to be transferred to the...

USA - How Can Anyone be Against Universal Health Care?

Hello Donnie: You ask,  “How can anyone be against Universal Health Care?” Here is my response: On the Surface, I too, feel the warm fuzzies that the thought of guaranteed health care for everyone...

TEA Party Patriots: July 17 Simultaneous Health Care Freedom Tea

"TEA PARTY PATRIOTS HEALTH CARE EVENTS! STAND UP! STOP THE FEDERAL POWER-GRAB! WE ARE HOLDING OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS FEET TO THE FIRE! On July 17th, 2009 patriots all over the country will be holding protest rallies...

Nursing Shortage: Safety Issues Raised in Nova Scotia

The medical system in Canada continues on a dire path. Safety issues in hospital are raised in Nova Scotia due to nursing shortage. In May, I reported that in Canada, nurses work 250,000 hours in one week. "...

Letter Reveals Much About 1918 Flu Pandemic

Rather than look at today’s version of a flu pandemic, which involves hundreds of cases at most, I wanted to find out what it was like to live during the influenza outbreak of 1918 when 50 million people around...

Wrong mom breastfeeds baby in hospital mixup

A nurse at Portsmouth Regional Hospital's maternity ward gave the wrong baby, a one-day old baby girl, to another mother to breastfeed. " PORTSMOUTH — It is "every parent's worst nightmare," the man on the phone said in a trembling voice. This nightmare happened in the...

Doctors Without Borders Workers Kidnapped in Darfur

BREAKING NEWS,  March 13th, 4:00 p.m.  All three of the kidnapped workers have been freed, see Italian Foreign Ministry claiming Darfur aid workers are free. UPDATE 5:00 pm: Spokeswoman Marilyn McHarg...

Nurse suspended over prayer

Caroline Petrie is by all accounts a good nurse, she also believes in god and this has led to her suspension from work after she asked an elderly patient if she'd like her to pray for her. This has raised the...

UN concerned over shelling of Hospital in Sri Lanka

The UN has expressed its major concern about the fate of an estimated 250,000 civilians who have been trapped in the conflict zone during an escalation of Sri Lanka's civil war after government forces shelled a hospital in the rebel held area. The military mounted a...

Nurse in boot - Brother: Sister on road to recovery

The bother of a female nurse found alive in the boot [trunk] of her car has said she is doing "fine". Refilwe Makola, 35, flew from his home in South Africa to be with his sister Magdeline, he says they celebrated...

'Nurse in boot' 35-year-old man at court

A man has appeared in court charged with the attempted murder of a nurse who was discovered alive in the boot of her car on Boxing Day. South African-born Magdeline Makola, 38, went missing on Monday 15 December,...

Man wanted after nurse found in car boot

Police are wanting to speak to man about a nurse who went missing, who was later found in the boot of her own car.Nurse Magdeline Makola, disappeared at the end of her shift at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh...

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