Integrating emergency care into a general practice also requires the establishment of an emergency-ready environment. This ...

Leading medics warn of severe hospital overcrowding, staff struck down with flu, and a worrying number of cases among ...

In the first week of December, there was a 70 per cent jump in the number of lab-confirmed influenza cases in Alberta, along ...

Some warn that parts of the NHS in Scotland will be under siege via what is known as a ‘black alert’, with hospital wards ...

Sanford Health in Sioux Falls will open South Dakota’s first and only dedicated pediatric emergency department in January ...

At any one time, nearly 1 in 5 emergency department patients in the UK is being cared for in corridors, waiting rooms, and other non-standard ‘overflow’ spaces—an approach known as escalation area ...

Dr. Ankit Bhatia, in his new post on Instagram, revealed how mixing two toilet cleaners landed a woman in the emergency room.

Acute care across the province is feeling the strain, with flu and other respiratory diseases contributing to overflowing ...

ED overcrowding has become a major issue for many hospitals, especially those in rural areas, due to overutilization by patients with non-emergent medical needs. The UNC Health Southeastern Hospital ...

The development comes after a former president of the Alberta Medical Association warned hospitals are under severe strain ...