A surgeon who was asked to leave his lodgings over his landlord’s Covid-19 infection fears has set up a successful website to match vacant rooms to NHS workers in need. Joseph Alsousou, an orthopaedic surgeon, had to leave the room he rented after his live-in landlady told him she worried he might give her coronavirus. … Read more
NHS surgeon, 43, is ‘flung out’ of his rented room by landlady who feared he would give her coronavirus Joseph Alsousou, 43, said he was asked to leave house in Headington, Oxford NHS surgeon was ‘nearly in tears’ as he drove back to family home in Merseyside He said landlady wanted him to leave as soon … Read more
Surgeon’s stirring rendition of John Lennon’s Imagine accompanied by a pianist doctor colleague in hospital scrubs is hailed as ‘beautiful’ and ‘soothing to the soul’ A Minnesota doctor singing John Lennon’s Imagine has gone viral on Instagram Orthopedic surgeon Elvis Francois shared the ballad with his 56,000 followers Viewers thanked the health worker, 34, saying … Read more
The Surgeon General appealed to Kylie Jenner on Thursday morning to tell her millennial and Gen Z followers to stay at home and stop going to beaches as the country frantically tries to fight coronavirus. In an appearance on Good Morning America, Surgeon General Jerome Adams said the country needed social media influencers like Jenner … Read more
Woman in her 30s is left with PTSD after being able to FEEL her surgeon cutting her torso because blundering NHS staff kept her awake and operated on her with the wrong anaesthetic Yeovil District Hospital accepted responsibility for the traumatising incident It blamed a ‘communication breakdown’ for staff using the wrong anaesthetic The woman … Read more
Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. More than 4,000 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and more than 110,000 have been infected. Here’s what we know so far: What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type … Read more
Fears for hundreds of vulnerable patients as top surgeon fails to self-isolate after catching coronavirus on skiing holiday in Italy and ‘health professional’ at Great Ormond Street children’s hospital contracts killer virus By Connor Boyd Health Reporter For Mailonline Published: 13:35 GMT, 10 March 2020 | Updated: 13:52 GMT, 10 March 2020 Fears hundreds of … Read more
A teenager has become the first NHS patient to have her spine straightened with pioneering robotic surgery. Emma Mayamine, 14, was diagnosed four years ago with scoliosis, a condition in which the spine starts to grow unevenly and curves to one side. Scoliosis is thought to affect thousands of people in Britain, including Princess Eugenie. … Read more
The strains of George Gershwin’s Summertime float down the busy corridors of King’s College Hospital in London as violinist Dagmar Turner delivers a near-perfect performance. For a follow-up medical review, it’s rather unorthodox. But consultant neurosurgeon Professor Keyoumars Ashkan listens with rapt attention and delight. The last time he heard Dagmar play this aria was … Read more