Whistleblower complaints have raised questions about private equity giant TPG’s ability to manage five hospitals and dozens of clinics in Kenya, Nigeria and Pakistan on behalf of investors, including the Gates Foundation. The saga has cast a shadow over the strategy of development banks and philanthropists to lean on for-profit companies to improve health care…
An 89-year-old male patient has been arrested for allegedly indecently assaulting a female worker at a Hong Kong hospital. Tuen Mun Hospital reported that the allied health professional was allegedly assaulted in a rehabilitation ward at around 10am on Tuesday. Police arrested the suspect, a patient at the hospital. The man, who had been hospitalised…
Resident doctors across the NHS are spending four times more on paperwork than with patients, a new national study has revealed.The research – called the TACT Study and carried out by scientists at Imperial College, London – is the first of its kind in the UK. It shows doctors in training spend just 18% of…
Patients at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (NNUH) are being forced to rest their heads on makeshift pillows made from towels due to shortage of standard hospital pillows. A physiotherapist admitted to the claim that the hospital offered a makeshift pillow during her stay. Claire Sapwell, a 53-year-old physiotherapist from Cromer, was admitted twice in…