Tag Archives: Hospital

South Africans pray for Nelson Mandela

March 31, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

JOHANNESBURG – Former South African President Nelson Mandela had a restful day in a hospital Sunday and is improving following treatment for a recurrence of pneumonia, the government said. The office of President Jacob Zuma thanked South Africans who prayed … read more »

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South Africa’s Mandela back in hospital with lung infection

March 28, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

(Reuters) – Former South African President Nelson Mandela has been admitted to hospital with a recurrence of a lung infection, the government said on Thursday. A statement said the 94-year-old anti-apartheid leader was admitted shortly before midnight. It gave no … read more »

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Ethiopian Maid hospitalised after burns

March 25, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

A 23-year-old Ethiopian housemaid was admitted to Al Qasimi Hospital on Sunday afternoon after receiving first and second degree burns. The woman was rushed to the hospital by a female friend when her health state had deteriorated. The duty doctor … read more »

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Nigeria: Presidency Keeps Mum On First Lady’s Ailment

September 4, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

The presidency yesterday declined further comment on reports that the First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan was undergoing medical treatment abroad, following food poisoning even as on-line media reports said the ailment struck eleven days ago in Dubai where she had … read more »

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Zimbabwe: Protesters demand doctor’s reinstatement

August 17, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Police in Zimbabwe say they have arrested at least 12 people in unrest over the firing of a popular Canadian doctor from a rural hospital in the impoverished northeast. Witnesses said Friday hundreds of villagers demonstrated outside the hospital run … read more »

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South Africa: Selebi back in hospital

August 3, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Ten days after being discharged from the Steve Biko Academic Hospital following his release on medical parole last month, former police commissioner Jackie Selebi is back in hospital. Selebi was released on medical parole on July 20 after he was … read more »

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Disgraced former S.Africa Cop Chief Jackie Selebi not ill

July 23, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Disgraced former national police commissioner Jackie Selebi walked around his hospital ward for six months with great ease and climbed off his bed into a wheelchair unassisted when released on Saturday. Amid a mounting public outcry over Selebi’s sudden release … read more »

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Conjoined twins abandoned at hospital because their parents could not afford surgery (Pictures)

February 9, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Conjoined twin girls who were abandoned by their parents because they could not afford their care have been given new hope of surgery and returning home to their family. Veena and Vani, eight, were born joined at the head, but … read more »

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New Khayelitsha Hospital under threat: Residents vow to protest and will prevent employees from working on site tomorrow until their grievances are heard

January 8, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

From 6am tomorrow morning, Khayelitsha residents will be protesting outside the new Khayelitsha Hospital. Tonight, we will be mobilising to that effect. We have had enough! Kwanele! The Community of Mandela Park (Ward 94 & 97) gathered this afternoon to … read more »

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Baby born with two heads in Picture

December 21, 2011 by IndepthAfrica

A Brazilian woman who has given birth to a baby with two heads, admitted she had initially expected twins. Maria de Nazare, gave birth by caesarean at a hospital in Anajas, in Brazil’s northern Para state, with her newborn weighing … read more »

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Togo soccer players die in bus crash

November 28, 2011 by benim

Lome – Togo’s government says at least six top flight soccer players have been killed and another 28 people are critically injured after a bus carrying them plunged into a ravine and caught fire. In a statement read on national … read more »

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Motswana girls turn to SA for abortions

November 25, 2011 by benim

Johannesburg – Motswana girls are turning to local clinics and hospitals near the border to terminate pregnancies, South Africa’s Limpopo health department said on Thursday. Shoki Mokobane, Statistics and Research Population Unit Manager, said a survey by the department found … read more »

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Libyans say they uncover secret Gaddafi-era morgue

October 17, 2011 by benim

Fighters loyal to Libya’s new rulers broke into a locked part of Tripoli’s main hospital at the weekend and discovered the remains of 17 people, including a baby, in what staff said was a secret morgue for Muammar Gaddafi’s opponents. … read more »

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Benghazi hospitals collapse

September 14, 2011 by benim

Benghazi – Benghazi hospitals face huge shortages as few antibiotics are left and cotton and gauze have run out, rattling the nerves of staff and patients alike. Many Libyan hospitals had long suffered from a chronic lack of basic medicines … read more »

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Winnie Mandela admitted to hospital

September 14, 2011 by benim

Johannesburg – ANC stalwart Winnie Madikizela-Mandela was admitted to the Life Brenthurst Clinic in the south of Johannesburg, the hospital said on Tuesday. “She has been admitted to our facility and she is doing fine. No further comments,” hospital spokesperson … read more »

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Libya: Agony Of Children Maimed In Fighting

September 6, 2011 by benim

An anguished father has told how his maimed son is lying in agony in a desperately overcrowded Tripoli hospital after being terribly injured by a grenade. Rashid Ahmed says the hospital is so busy that it is difficult to find … read more »

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South African uniformed officers having sex while on duty (Pictures)

August 16, 2011 by benim

A South African newspaper, Sowetan on Monday published a series of pictures of the two South African uniformed officers having sex while on duty. The officers were supposed to guard a suspect they had transported from a prison to a … read more »

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Dead’ baby cries before burial

August 4, 2011 by benim

Sao Paulo – Brazilian police say a newborn girl was saved from being buried alive when she started crying at a funeral home where she had been taken after doctors declared her dead. A police statement says that the 14-year-old … read more »

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No work, no pay angers Botswana strikers

May 24, 2011 by benim

Gaborone – More than 50 000 striking civil servants in Botswana will go without salary or see their pay deducted as government begins implementing its “no work, no pay” policy, a union official said on Tuesday. About 90 000 workers … read more »

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Mubarak depressed, needs therapy

May 22, 2011 by benim

Cairo – Egypt’s ousted leader Hosni Mubarak, who is under arrest in a hospital room, is depressed and needs treatment by a psychologist, the official Mena news agency reported on Saturday. The 83-year-old former president has been in hospital since … read more »

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Mubarak to be checked for transfer to prison hospital

May 18, 2011 by benim

Egypt’s top prosecutor Wednesday ordered former president Hosni Mubarak to be examined to determine whether he can be transferred to a prison hospital from the one where he has been held since his detention last month. Abdel Meguid Mahmud “has … read more »

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Mubarak wife in intensive care unit after heart attack

May 13, 2011 by benim

Ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak’s wife, Suzanne, was moved to an intensive care unit after suffering a heart attack Friday, hours after being ordered detained in a corruption probe, state TV said. “Suzanne Thabet has been moved to the intensive … read more »

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Mubarak to be moved to Egypt army hospital in days

April 15, 2011 by benim

Egypt’s ousted president Hosni Mubarak will be moved to a military hospital until he is well enough to face interrogation in a corruption investigation, the prosecutor said on Friday, as the army rulers seek to show they are serious about … read more »

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Ghana: Rawlings suspects foul play about motor way incidents

January 9, 2011 by benim

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has expressed concern about the spate of suspicious incidents on the Tema motorway and called on the Ghana Police Service to get to the bottom of it. Flight Lieutenant Rawlings was speaking when he visited … read more »

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Dads: Tips on How You Can Help with Breastfeeding

December 31, 2010 by benim

Prior to giving birth to our second son, my husband and I had a serious conversation about him being the gatekeeper for visitors at the hospital. I was inspired by how my sister initiated breastfeeding right away after delivery, and … read more »

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Impatient patient crashed truck into hospital: RCMP

December 29, 2010 by benim

An impatient patient crashed his truck through the emergency entrance of Kelowna General Hospital after waiting 45 minutes to see a doctor, according to B.C. Mounties. The 41-year-old man visited the hospital emergency room Tuesday evening, but left after waiting … read more »

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Man Told ‘You’re Pregnant – Maybe With Twins’

December 8, 2010 by benim

A Birmingham man was left “flabbergasted” after a hospital told him he was pregnant – and could be expecting twins. Hilton Plettell and Debbie Brennan Mr Plettell said he had been the butt of jokes from friends since the letter … read more »

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Toronto hospital bans wait room magazines

November 10, 2010 by benim

Sitting in hospital waiting room can be boring, and it’s likely to get even worse at Toronto’s Women’s College Hospital, which is banning magazines. ADVERTISEMENT In a move to stop the spread of germs, the hospital is removing all magazines … read more »

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South African Hospital guilty of illegal kidney transplants

November 9, 2010 by benim

Netcare KwaZulu (NKZ) also known as St Augustine’s could be the first hospital in the world to be convicted on charges related to human tissue, police said on Tuesday. This was after NKZ pleaded guilty and received a fine for … read more »

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Celine Dion admitted to prevent early delivery

October 18, 2010 by benim

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Celine Dion has been admitted to a Florida hospital to prevent the early delivery of her twins. The superstar singer is at St. Mary’s Medical Center in West Palm Beach, Fla. The hospital said in a … read more »

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