Hospitals

News

It Costs $US23,000 To Get Your Peen Snipped In The US

7:40AM August 27, 2011 | Casey Chan

Hospitals are already so ridiculously overpriced that I’m surprised I’m even surprised about this, but according to a new father, a hospital in Boston quoted him $US23,000 for a circumcision procedure for his son. More »


Geek Out

Someone Should Make These Clever Mobile Container Hospitals

9:40AM July 26, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

Created by designer Kukil Han, this container expands into a medical structure three times its original size. The container itself can carry the beds and supplies. You can even combine four modules to create a mini hospital with four wings. More »


News

New York Hospital Irradiated Babies With Improper X-Rays

10:48PM April 13, 2011 | Sam Biddle

The SUNY Downstate Medical Center has again been caught executing irresponsible X-ray scans of premature babies, who are extremely vulnerable to the radiation’s dangerous effects. State inspectors say the scans were conducted without proper shielding, the second rash since 2007. More »


Geek Out

12 Defunct Hospitals For Your Next Slasher Flick

7:00AM March 5, 2011 | Oobject.com

Though once proud centres of healing and rehabilitation, these derelict hospitals now more resemble a set from the latest Hostel. Check out all the creeptastic shots from our friends at Oobject.com. More »


News

How Careless Radiation Surgery Is Devastating Patients

5:20AM December 30, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

Marci Farber sought radiosurgery to treat a pain from a nerve deep in her head. Today, she’s “in a nursing home, nearly comatose, unable to speak, eat or walk.” What happened? The radiation hit places it wasn’t supposed to. More »


Would You Trust Robots With Prostate Surgery?

7:20PM October 22, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

Robots named McSleepy and DaVinci, I might add. I’m not sure I’d trust them with anything other than bed-making and music-playing, but one chap agreed to go under the knife in the world’s first robotic surgery. More »


Science

What Will Technology Do For The Future Of Healthcare?

8:20AM August 5, 2010 | Sam Biddle

It can be easy to let the contentious question of who will pay for healthcare in our society distract from questions of what it will pay for. Trends consultancy PSFK shares its vision of where technology will soon take medicine. More »


Australian Hospital Resembles Strange Outback-Dinosaur

8:20PM July 2, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

Due to open sometime in 2014, this $1.28 billion children’s hospital in Brisbane has been inspired by a “living tree”, with the various wooden windows jutting out like treehouses sat on branches. More »


Robots Are Taking Over In A New Hospital Opening In Scotland

4:40AM June 19, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

Robots (albeit not quite as pretty as Salma Hayek in Across The Universe) are replacing humans in a $US444 million hospital opening in Scotland. They’ll take over some of the more menial duties of ward-workers, including bringing meals and dispensing drugs. More »


Evict Bacteria With The Cleankeys Touch Sensitive Keyboard

12:00PM February 25, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

Did you know that your run of the mill keyboard is basically a gigantic apartment complex for bacteria? Gross, no? Thankfully there’s Cleankeys, a keyboard that bulldozes that shit and replaces it with a sleek, sterile touch-sensitive slab. More »