Tag: hospital

New drugs to fight superbugs available on NHS soon

(Picture Kraton IQ) TWO new medications which fight drug-resistant superbugs could soon become available to NHS patients in England. Drugs’ watchdog NICE says cefiderocol and ceftazidime with avibactam offer value for money and will save lives. These ‘last line of defence’ drugs will tackle severe infections which cannot be...

13.04.2022

Fifth of England hospital admissions aged 18-34

One in five people being admitted to hospital in England with Covid is aged between 18 and 34, the new chief executive of NHS England has said. In her first major interview, Amanda Pritchard tosaid that about 1,000 young adults were currently “really unwell” in hospital. She said it was...

06.08.2021

Hospital cancels operations has Covid admissions surges

A hospital in Birmingham has cancelled elective operations as other health trusts across the country face increasing pressure due to coronavirus. Pressure is mounting on hospitals and frontline medical staff as a combination of rising coronavirus cases, staff self-isolating and a backlog of other conditions threaten to overwhelm the health...

16.07.2021

Police appeal after man shot in Hackney

Detectives from the Met’s Trident unit are appealing for witnesses, information or footage after a man was shot on a Hackney street. On Wednesday, 21 October, at 3.45 pm police were called to a London hospital after a man self-presented suffering with a gunshot wound to his leg. Officers attended...

23.10.2020

13 school students taken to hospital in north London

13 students from teenage pupils have been taken to hospital after an ‘incident’ at a school in north London. A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: “Police were called by London Ambulance Service at around 1145hrs on Monday, 5 October, to reports of children feeling unwell having eaten what they believed to...

05.10.2020

Boris Johnson out of hospital after a week and won’t be returning to work yet

Boris Johnson has been discharged from hospital but won’t immediately return to work as he continues to recover from coronavirus, Downing Street has said. The prime minister will recuperate at Chequers, his official country retreat in Buckinghamshire, after spending almost a week at St Thomas’ Hospital in central London. Mr...

12.04.2020

NHS Nightingale Hospital set to take first patients this week

On 24 March, the government announced it would turn the ExCeL Centre in London’s Docklands area into a temporary hospital to cope with patients affected by Covid-19. Due to open this week, NHS Nightingale Hospital London will have between 4,000 and 5,000 beds. The Ministry of Defence has been helping...

30.03.2020

Young people raise money to help a hospital in North Cyprus

THE Turkish Cypriot Youth Union UK (KTGBI) launched a donation campaign for the repair of the Dr Burhan Nalbantoğlu State Hospital., in the capital of North Cyprus which was seriously damaged by fire. In a statement made by KTGBİ, a campaign was launched to collect donations for the Lefkosa’s Burhan...

05.03.2020

One of Europe’s biggest ENT hospital opens in London

One of Europe’s biggest hospitals specialising in ear, nose and throat conditions and dental surgery has opened in London. The £100 million Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals will offer more than 200,000 appointments a year and focus on pioneering research. This includes clinical trials to restore sudden hearing loss...

02.10.2019

Mayor of Enfield visits children in North Middlesex hospital

SARAY Karakus Mayor of Enfield spent time with the young patients in North Middlesex hospital last week. Spending time with children spending time in ward for Christmas and the festival period, Karakus also meet with the nurses and staff on the rainbow ward, thanking them for their dedication and hard...

28.12.2018

Ezo Sarıcı performed for children

YOUNG and talented chief violinist Ezo Sarıcı performed at a classical music concert on Saturday evening, December 8, for the benefit of the Children’s Foundation at Great Ormond Street Hospital. The concert was organised by a charity event to contribute to the Children’s Foundation. Four young stars, Joe Pritchard (cello),...

14.12.2018

Fire destroys shop in Walthamstow

Ten fire engines and around 70 firefighters were called to a fire at a shop with flats above on High Street, Walthamstow, this morning. A mobile phone shop was destroyed in the blaze. Three adults and four children left the building before the Brigade arrived. Two of the women who...

28.11.2018

Croydon worst borough for asthma

CROYDON has been confirmed to be the worst borough in London for asthma. Due to information revealed, poorer areas have far higher hospital admission rates for asthma than richer ones. Research led by the charity Asthma UK stated residents of Croydon were more likely than those anywhere else in the capital to require...

05.11.2018

‘Laughing gas’ teenager dies after collapsing

IT has been claimed that a teenager has taken a laughing gas at a party and has died. The 18 year old was rushed to hospital after he passed out in the street in Bexley, south-east London at around 23:18pm on Saturday however, died two hours later after he collapsed....

17.10.2018

Record number of A&E patients caused by the heatweave

This year heatwave has been breaking more records; over 2.1 million patients attended A&E. With the temperatures increase saw a chain reaction and a recorder high number of patient’s visiting their A&E departments. Data from The NHS England shows there were 530,000 emergency admissions to A&E, a figure only surpassed once...

09.08.2018

Enfield councillor Tolga Aramaz injured in Ibiza

TOLGA Aramaz, Enfield councillor was seriously injured after falling from a second-floor apartment block in Ibiza. Tolga Aramaz, 23, the young councillor for Edmonton Green, was admitted into hospital in Ibiza on 20 July, Friday morning. Tolga was taken into intensive care however, speaking to Londra Gazete Ergin Erbil Enfield...

26.07.2018

Dozens evacuated from Chase Farm Hospital after fire breaks out

A fire broke out on Sunday night at Chase Farm Hospital, North London. It’s said 45 people had been forces to flee the hospital with 15 of them having to be found alternative accommodation for the night. The incident started on the ground floor of a two-storey building after 10.10pm,...

11.06.2018

Royal wedding flowers thrilled patients in Hackney

Patients at an east London health service were “thrilled” to be given bouquets of flowers from the royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. The bouquet flowers which were used at St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle were handed to St Joseph’s Hospice in Hackney on 20 May Sunday....

29.05.2018