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Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust apologises over elderly patient who died after falling off trolley in Maidstone Hospital
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Updated: 12:38, 15 February 2021
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Foundation Trust has apologised after staff shortages led to the death of an elderly patient who fell off a hospital trolley.
Katherine Hogan, 93, had been left overnight on a trolley in a clinical decision unit at Maidstone Hospital because of staff shortages.
Staff shortages led to an elderly patient being left on a trolley overnight
She fell off the trolley and suffered head injuries that led to her death 15 days later on August 31, 2019.
An inquest that concluded last July determined that Mrs Hogan had sustained a severe head injury and major haemorrhage due to a high impact fall from a trolley .
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Netcare hospitals are experiencing an increase in the number of patient admissions due to Covid-19.
Hospitals in KwaZulu-Natal and Limpopo are currently experiencing an unprecedented demand in hospitalisation, with some in Polokwane and Netcare Pholoso Hospital more than fully occupied.
Hospitals in Gauteng are already experiencing an alarming rise and this is expected to worsen over the next two weeks.
Netcare hospitals in parts of the country are experiencing a huge increase in the number of patient admissions due to Covid-19.
Facilities in the Western Cape have also started to reflect an increase in admissions.
Netcare hospitals in Limpopo and KwaZulu-Natal are currently experiencing an unprecedented demand in hospitalisation, with some in Polokwane as well as Netcare Pholoso Hospital more than fully occupied.
FIRST COVID-19 VACCINES ADMINISTERED TO PHYSICIANS & FRONT-LINE HEALTH CARE WORKERS AT RENOWN
FIRST COVID-19 VACCINES ADMINISTERED TO PHYSICIANS & FRONT-LINE HEALTH CARE WORKERS AT RENOWN
Reno, Nev., Dec. 18, 2020 This week, many of the nation’s health care systems in communities across the U.S. began vaccinating physicians and health care workers caring for patients with COVID-19. Many of these health care heroes have been on the front-line of this pandemic and working around-the-clock over the last ten months.
Vaccinations signal hope for the future
Here in Washoe County, today is the highly anticipated start date of what public health and medical experts hope is a nationwide wave of vaccinations that signal the beginning of the end of the COVID-19 pandemic.