hospitals
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Mould Linked To A Seventh Death At Seattle’s Children Hospital
Mould infestations at a Washington state hospital have claimed yet another life, according to the deceased’s family. On Wednesday, 5-month-old Elizabeth Hutt died, following months of complications from a mould infection her family says she contracted at Seattle’s Children Hospital. If accurate, it would be the seventh documented death connected to mould at the hospital…
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Even The Flies Inside Hospitals Carry Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
Upwards of 90 per cent of insects found in British hospitals carry potentially harmful bacteria, according to new research. Alarmingly, a significant portion of this bacteria is resistant to one or more antibiotics, highlighting a previously under-appreciated health risk—though the researchers caution that chances of infection are low.
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US Hospitals Deny Patients Organ Transplants For Smoking Cannabis
While the tension between state and federal laws in the US has created a difficult situation for cannabis users, there’s another factor that is complicating the changing attitude towards weed: Hospitals. Though it isn’t legally mandated, many US hospitals won’t allow people who use weed to be placed on organ transplant waiting lists.
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Explore Every ‘Foreign Body In Rectum’ Reported At US ERs Between 2009 And 2014
There’s a lot of data in national records. And, if those records are anything to go by, there’s a lot of things inside the people of the US, too.