An inquest verdict of misadventure has been recorded into the death of a 95-year-old man who suffered a bleed to his brain after falling from a hospital ... that the bed rails had been raised ...

State regulators have approved the addition of 70 hospital beds and four operating rooms in Wake County, but turned down proposals for new hospitals in Garner, Knightdale and Wake Forest.

largely due to a reduction in staffed hospital beds. This puts the U.S. on track for a severe shortage of hospital beds by 2032 unless action is taken. U.S. hospital occupancy after the end of the ...

His left wrist was handcuffed to the plastic railing of the hospital bed, but Flemming allegedly used a lighter to melt the plastic railing and escape from the bed. He tried leaving the holding ...

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MANILA, Philippines — For every 1,000 people, only 0.5 hospital beds are available on average. This needs to be tripled to 1.5 beds, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Thursday, January 16.

Ron McDaniel had been trying to find a place for the hospital bed both his dad, Robert, and brother, Gary, had used in the assisted living facility where they were before they died. His father was ...

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission on Thursday issued an urgent warning about portable adult bed rails, saying the devices are behind the suffocation deaths of 18 people since 2021.

Explore the federal data on hospital restraint deaths across the U.S ... Video monitoring and four side rails on the bed were also in use for safety. Since the patient was alert and oriented ...

Ms Gorrie questioned staff as to whether the railings of her father's hospital bed had been ... they don't put rails up in the hospitals anymore because it is a form or restraint.

About 1,500 new acute hospital beds will be put in place within the next five years, the Government is due to promise on Wednesday. It is understood Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly will give ...