The patient – 4-year-old Adiroop Kumar from India – is suffering from AADC deficiency, a brain disorder that makes it impossible for a child to lift his or her head, let alone walk or talk.
Although it was initially limited primarily to the New York City and Chicago metropolitan areas, Candida auris has now been detected in more than half of US states, with recent cases mostly reflecting local transmission of the disease. Other countries have also reported increased spread of the fungus.
After the medical staff realized that an error had been made, the doctor apparently told the woman who underwent the mistaken operation that this was the first time this happened in the hospital.
Twenty-nine people have been hospitalized with an eye infection after swimming in the water.
Patt Benvenisti will work closely with Prof. Yoram Weiss, MD, Director General of the Hadassah Medical Organization, and former Speaker of the Knesset Dalia Itzik, chair of its board. In January 2023, she will become executive director.
Overweight patients often find that they have to deal not only with the pain of a medical condition, but also with doctors who make offensive remarks about their weight, dismiss their complaints, and even refuse to treat them, blaming their obesity for their condition.
An ambulatory wing with 30 medical testing rooms and a large treatment hall provides an emergency-care team and, for the first time in Israel, professional advisers in the fields of cardiology, neurology, dermatology and sexual health.
Health Ministry balks at clearer labeling of opioid painkillers as prescriptions for opiate-based medications jumps 70% from 2017-2021.
Medical staff at Sheba Medical Center will use algorithm that can scan 10,000-12,000 images of the digestive system in two minutes to improve early detection of disease.
A Health Ministry campaign launched in response to a polio outbreak in Israel sees the vaccination among children aged nine and over increase marginally from 3% to 7%.