News of hospital

'Too soon' to discuss pope's return home

10-03-2025 14:20 The pontiff issued a written version of his weekly Sunday Angelus prayer after showing "slight improvements" in hospital.

POPE FRANCIS

Weak-sounding pope releases audio from hospital

06-03-2025 18:00 Pope Francis says heartfelt thanks to worldwide supporters for their prayers as he nears three weeks in hospital: "May God bless you and the Virgin protect you."

Torture Investigation

Syria military hospital tortured detainees

22-01-2025 12:04 The fall of the Assad family's five-decade rule in December 2024 leaves behind a legacy of abuse at detention facilities in Syria.

COURTS

Unprecedented infanticide trial into newborn deaths begins

07-01-2025 11:10 Unprecedented trial sees 11 defendants facing trial by jury for the deaths of five infants at Córdoba neonatal hospital in 2022; Unlike similar cases of attacks on newborn babies reported in the United States, England and Mexico where only nurses are on trial, the case extends to 10 officials.

by María Ester Romero

COURTS

Lawyer for nurse accused of killing newborns predicts she will be cleared

07-01-2025 10:21 Slamming prosecutors, lawyer for nurse accused of killing five newborn babies predicts his client will be acquitted of all charges by the end of the trial.

NEONATAL DEATHS IN CÓRDOBA

Trial into death of five newborns at Córdoba hospital gets underway

06-01-2025 09:05 Eleven defendants in dock for deaths of five children at the Hospital Materno Neonatal in Córdoba; Former nurse Brenda Agüero, responsible for vaccinating the newborns, stands accused of poisoning babies with potassium.

BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT

Brazil's Lula 'in perfect neurological condition' post-op, says medical staff

13-12-2024 13:49 Update comes two days after Brazil president underwent emergency surgery, with doctors drilling through his skull to relieve pressure built up in protective intracranial membranes.

HEALTH & SOCIETY

Chile's 'transplant' footballers champion organ donation

13-11-2024 10:46 Twenty transplant recipients, most of them kidney organ recipients, make up an amateur football team known as the "Chilean Transplant Team."

HEALTHCARE & ECONOMY

Workers launch vigil to save mental health hospital from cutbacks

08-10-2024 17:31 President Javier Milei’s chainsaw hits Bonaparte Hospital in Parque Patricios; Workers stage vigil against alleged “closure” of hospital as Health Ministry states “restructuring process” has begun.

HEALTH & ECONOMY

New health minister fires management of top children’s hospital

03-10-2024 16:27 Newly appointed Health Minister Mario Lugones fires board of Garrahan Children’s Hospital for awarding 500,000-peso bonus; Decision “does not match the national government’s wage guidelines.”

COMMUNITY & SOCIETY

British Hospital of Buenos Aires marks its 180th anniversary

12-06-2024 18:39 The Hospital Británico de Buenos Aires (British Hospital of Buenos Aires) can trace its roots all the way back to 1844 and its creation as an institution to care for what was then Argentina's largest foreign community. Since then it has pioneered new medical technology and expanded its patient base, all with an eye on the future.

by Enrique Garabetyan

HEALTHCARE & SOCIETY

Briana: six-year-old’s tragic death highlights inequality in Argentina

22-07-2023 06:59 Child mortality is an ongoing tragedy in Argentina’s indigenous communities. The recent death of six-year-old Briana, a member of Salta’s Wichi community, in a hospital waiting-room last March highlights the precarious conditions facing residents in the north of the country and the failure of successive governments to protect the rights of all citizens.

by Sabrina Chemen

PONTIFF HOSPITALISED

After pizza and prayer, Pope Francis set to leave hospital on Saturday

31-03-2023 12:12 Pope Francis is expected to return home on Saturday after three nights in hospital with bronchitis, and will attend Palm Sunday services.

PONTIFF HOSPITALISED

Pope Francis working from hospital room as health improves

30-03-2023 13:15 Pope Francis was admitted to Rome's Gemelli hospital on Wednesday for what the Vatican said were pre-planned checks – it was later revealed he had complained of breathing difficulties and is suffering from a respiratory infection.

CATHOLIC CHURCH

Reports: Pope hospitalised with 'respiratory and cardiac problems'

29-03-2023 15:32 The Vatican said Wednesday that Pope Francis was in hospital in Rome for previously scheduled health checks, though reports in Europe said he was suffering from "respiratory and cardiac problems."