patients over 75 would have a 46% higher risk of dying after a night on a stretcher

2023-06-09 06:54:17 A study presented at the congress of emergency physicians identified serious consequences of the saturation of emergency services for the elderly. For patients over 75, a night in the ER spent on a stretcher could be the last. According to a cohort study conducted in 97 emergency departments in France, consulted by France … Read more

“He Couldn’t be Saved, Confirmed in the Emergency Room”

Sofie Van Hoof, a 41-year-old from Deurne, suffered a serious foot injury during a walk last November. This was particularly concerning due to her type 1 diabetes, which makes her vulnerable to injury. Unfortunately, her wound became infected and continued to worsen despite medical attention, causing fever, pain, hypertension, and hyperventilation for many weeks. When … Read more

When should you go to the emergency room?

HEALTH ADVICE – Many people go to these saturated services for no good reason. Conversely, others should have called 15 to be taken care of more quickly. Le Figaro make the point. Emergencies are aptly named: you should only go there in an emergency. But how do you know if the situation warrants it? What … Read more

An unconscious elderly woman raped by another patient in the emergency room of Notre-Dame hospital in Charleroi

The lady was in an emergency “box”, unconscious, when another patient attacked her, no doubt taking advantage of a moment of inattention. The man would have removed her diaper to rape her, as indicated by our colleagues from the DH. The information was confirmed by the Charleroi prosecutor’s office: “An elderly person was at Notre-Dame … Read more

the establishment evacuated, the deminers and the firefighters called in emergency (photo)

It is a totally extraordinary intervention that some members of the hospital staff of the Sainte-Musse emergency room, in Toulon, France, were confronted with this Saturday evening. An elderly man showed up there with a shell… in his anus! “An apple, a mango or even a shaving foam… We are used to finding unusual objects … Read more

The flu epidemic threatens and promises to be early, in an already difficult context

Credit: illustration Envato – DR Metropolitan France is increasingly threatened by seasonal flu, health authorities reported on Wednesday, with the epidemic announcing itself early in a health context already made difficult by a persistent Covid-19 and an outbreak of bronchiolitis. Last week was marked by a “increase in all influenza indicators“, summarized in a weekly … Read more

The suspect was arrested on Friday evening

Hamza’s hearing is underway this Friday evening, after his arrest by the police. Sarah Frederickx, spokesperson for the Brussels Midi police, confirms the information. The man, aggressive and insulting, armed with a knife, presented himself at the Saint-Anne / Saint-Rémi hospital in Anderlecht on Friday morning, shouting: “Allahu Akbar”. The individual reportedly said he was … Read more

Hamza, the man who wanted to “kill everyone” in the emergency room in Anderlecht, will not ultimately be forcibly interned

Earlier in the day, he had however launched a so-called Nixon procedure in this sense, which cannot be applied according to the elements of the investigation. “The person concerned will be made available to the prosecution tomorrow,” said the spokesperson for the prosecution, Willemien Baert. The man, Hamza, 24, presented himself armed with a knife … Read more