CATHOLIC CHURCH Pope Francis returns home from hospital, thanks faithful 23-03-2025 10:41 Pope Francis returns to the Vatican after being discharged from the hospital where he spent more than five weeks receiving treatment.
POPE FRANCIS '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