Kettering General Hospital has become the first hospital in Europe to fit 100 of a new type of recording device to measure heart rhythm for up to three years. The device – called an implantation loop recorder - is an inch (2.5cm) long and is fitted just under the skin of a patient’s chest and used to diagnose infrequent heart rhythm disturbances like atrial fibrillation (unusually irregular/fast heart rate). Because such disturbances can occur infrequently it can be difficult to determine what...
Bryn Matongo and Masimba Makwembere STAFF WRITERS HEALTH experts have implored authorities to give more support to the country’s public hospitals. This To access this post, you must purchase a subscription. Please click the button below to visit our subscriptions page to select a package. Subscriptions
MANHATTAN (KSNT) – Police say a woman is in a Topeka hospital after being shot in Manhattan Tuesday morning. The Riley County Police Department (RCPD) says it received a 911 call at 12:20 a.m. on April 23 for a shooting in the 1400 block of Watson Plaza. Police arriving at the scene found a 20-year-old woman []
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- A twelve year old who was hit by a car on a scooter is now stable in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Mercy Hospital. Tanner White was taken to the hospital in critical condition after the crash that happened on West Division Street near West Bypass his parents tell Ozarksfirst he []
One person had to be taken to the hospital Thursday afternoon after a vehicle accident on Interstate 79 that has caused delays in the area.
ODESSA, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) - One person was sent to the hospital after a head-on crash Tuesday evening. At about 6:30pm on Tuesday, Odessa Fire Rescue responded to a head-on collision at Oakwood Drive and Driver Avenue. Upon arrival, crews found the driver of the silver car pinned inside. He was extricated from the car before []
Fearing hospital closures and service reductions, a coalition plans standouts over the next week at Steward Health Care hospitals in Massachusetts and is calling on elected officials to help secure new hospital owners, saying "failure is not an option."
TOPEKA (KSNT) - A 28-year-old man from Minnesota was taken to an area hospital after a crash in Shawnee County on Thursday. Just after midnight, the 28-year-old was driving a 2021 Honda Accord south on I-335. The vehicle went off the road to the right side and went into a ditch, according to a Kansas []
A man is in the hospital after police said he was shot on Nine Mile Road in the Highland Springs area of Henrico County.
TROY, Ohio (WDTN) -- Crews were on the scene of a garage fire with reported injuries in the 400 block of Lincoln Ave. in Troy Monday evening. According to Miami County Dispatch, the call came in at 7:13 p.m. with reports of a garage fire. Assistant Fire Chief Don Pemberton told 2 NEWS that upon []
A man was taken to the hospital after a shooting in Maple Heights Monday afternoon.