Nun at Lebanese hospital recalls ‘mass of people…on stretchers’

Daughter of Charity Sr Ann Sauvé, a member of the administrative staff at the order’s Sacred Heart Hospital in this Beirut suburb, will not easily forget 4th August and the massive explosion in the port of Beirut. “I can still recall a mass of people sitting or lying on stretchers – sometimes even on the floor... Read More

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August 12, 2020

Italy plans to stop requiring hospital stay for abortions using RU-486

After the Italian health minister confirmed on Twitter plans to approve the administration of abortion-inducing pharmaceuticals outside of hospitals, Catholic commentators reacted with concern, especially for women who could be at home, cramping and bleeding. Roberto Speranza, the health minister, recently tweeted that new guidelines from the ministry would be forthcoming and would ‘foresee the... Read More

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July 17, 2020

Pope sends respirator to Brazilian hospital treating indigenous patients

Brazilian Bishop Vital Corbellini of Maraba expressed his gratitude to Pope Francis after receiving a much-needed respirator and temperature gauge for a hospital treating indigenous patients with Covid-19. The diocese said the respirator, delivered to the Campanha de Maraba Hospital on 12th July by the apostolic nunciature in Brazil, was one of four sent by the... Read More

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July 13, 2020

Hard-hit Italian hospital has no more Covid-19 patients in intensive care

Staff at the Pope John XXIII hospital in Bergamo – once the epicentre of the Covid-19 pandemic in Italy – announced they had no more patients with coronavirus in their intensive care unit. After 137 days of trying to keep critically ill patients alive, staff gathered on 8th July for a moment of silence to... Read More

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July 10, 2020

Home: Hospital cleaners share top tips for keeping your home virus-free

Keen to keep your home as clean as possible right now? Lisa Salmon finds out what hospital cleaning experts want us all to know. It’s always nice to have a clean home – and right now, home hygiene is especially important. Although it’s unclear exactly how long the Covid-19 virus lingers on surfaces – and... Read More

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July 9, 2020

Twins conjoined at head successfully separated at Vatican-owned hospital

After more than a year of preliminary studies and three difficult operations, a medical team at the Vatican-owned pediatric hospital successfully separated conjoined twin girls. Born with an extremely rare condition of being totally joined at the back of the cranium, the two-year-old girls, Ervina and Prefina, had recovered well from their last procedure on... Read More

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June 30, 2020

Kenya to demolish Catholic hospital to reclaim forest land

St Mary’s Mission Hospital is one of the structures marked for demolition in a Kenyan government move to repossess illegally acquired Ngong forest land. Since 2017, the hospital has been run by the Assumption Sisters of Nairobi, who won a six-year legal battle over its control. Before that, it was run by former Maryknoll Fr... Read More

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May 1, 2020

Dark days, but dawn is coming promises chaplain priest

A Catholic priest who is assisting with hospital ministry amid the Covid-19 pandemic has expressed his hope that “dawn is coming” to defeat the darkness, as he stressed the importance of hope and love in response to the virus. Fr Frankie Mulgrew, parish priest of St James and All Souls in Salford and Catholic priest... Read More

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April 29, 2020

Doctor-priest: Elderly die in UK nursing homes while hospital beds empty

Elderly people are being left to die in Britain’s nursing homes instead of being offered care in hospitals, said a priest and former surgeon. Fr Patrick Pullicino volunteered to return to the NHS to work as a consultant at Nightingale Hospital in London. The hospital was one of seven to be built in just 10... Read More

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Nun at Lebanese hospital recalls ‘mass of people…on stretchers’

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Hard-hit Italian hospital has no more Covid-19 patients in intensive care

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Twins conjoined at head successfully separated at Vatican-owned hospital

Kenya to demolish Catholic hospital to reclaim forest land

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