Hospital articles
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Kettering General Hospital is first hospital in Europe to fit 100 special cardiac devices
Kettering General Hospital has become the first hospital in Europe to fit 100 of a new type of recording device to measure heart rhythm for up to three years. The device – called an implantation loop recorder - is an inch (2.5cm) long and is fitted just under the skin of a patient’s chest and used to diagnose infrequent heart rhythm disturbances like atrial fibrillation (unusually irregular/fast heart rate). Because such disturbances can occur infrequently it can be difficult to determine what...
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Woman hospitalized in Manhattan shooting
MANHATTAN (KSNT) – Police say a woman is in a Topeka hospital after being shot in Manhattan Tuesday morning. The Riley County Police Department (RCPD) says it received a 911 call at 12:20 a.m. on April 23 for a shooting in the 1400 block of Watson Plaza. Police arriving at the scene found a 20-year-old woman []
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Rallies planned in Steward hospital communities
Fearing hospital closures and service reductions, a coalition plans standouts over the next week at Steward Health Care hospitals in Massachusetts and is calling on elected officials to help secure new hospital owners, saying "failure is not an option."