‘Patients are dying in front of my eyes,’ says India hospital director

Catholic hospital directors in India have warned that they do not have enough facilities to treat patients as India set records for the number of Covid-19 deaths – numbers many people believe were underreported. “The situation is very bad. No beds available anywhere in the hospital. Patients are on the corridors and many are dying because no beds, no... Read More

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April 27, 2021

Pope calls for prayers after hospital disaster in Baghdad and migrant deaths

In the wake of a deadly fire in a Baghdad hospital treating Covid-19 patients and more migrant deaths in the Mediterranean Sea, Pope Francis prayed for the victims of the disasters and their families. After reciting the “Regina Coeli” prayer with visitors in St Peter’s Square on 25th April, the pope urged those gathered there to join him in prayer.... Read More

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November 12, 2020

Banned Polish cardinal unconscious in hospital

A retired Polish cardinal disciplined by the Vatican in early November has been hospitalised and remains unconscious, Polish media reported. Cardinal Henryk Gulbinowicz, the 97-year-old retired archbishop of Wroclaw, was banned from all public appearances and ordered to compensate his alleged victims, after being investigated for sexual abuse, the Vatican nunciature in Warsaw said on... Read More

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October 9, 2020

Police arrest two over ‘cannabis sweets’ that saw 17 pupils taken to hospital

Two people have been arrested by police investigating an incident at a north London Catholic school which left 17 children feeling unwell after eating sweets that were believed to have contained an active ingredient of cannabis. Police were called by London Ambulance Service at around 11.45am on Monday 5th October to La Sainte Union Catholic School... Read More

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August 20, 2020

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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‘Patients are dying in front of my eyes,’ says India hospital director

Pope calls for prayers after hospital disaster in Baghdad and migrant deaths

Banned Polish cardinal unconscious in hospital

Police arrest two over ‘cannabis sweets’ that saw 17 pupils taken to hospital

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

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

Pope sends respirator to Brazilian hospital treating indigenous patients

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

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

Twins conjoined at head successfully separated at Vatican-owned hospital

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