28/11/2012 | Argentina

Public hospitals in Buenos Aires province go on strike

Staff from 77 public hospitals across Buenos Aires province, belonging to workers union CICOP, went on strike for two hours today demanding improved security at health centres.

01/01/2013 | Argentina

77 people admitted to emergency rooms with fireworks injuries

Seventy seven people were admitted to emergency rooms early in the City today due to injuries received during New Year’s Eve celebration. Santa Lucía eye hospital assited 33 injured.

13/06/2012 | Argentina

Máximo Kirchner 'recovering well' in hospital

Máximo Kirchner, the elder and only son of President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, was recovering well, following his knee surgery for septic arthritis he underwent on Monday, and is to remain under medical observation for a week, the Austral Hospital said today.

17/06/2012 | Argentina

Two killed in car accident in Avellaneda

Two men were killed in a car accident in the Greater Buenos Aires district of Avellaneda, police officials said.

08/08/2012 | Argentina

City doctors announce 24-hour strike after Santojanni Hospital incidents

Workers from city hospitals announced that from tomorrow they are to go on a 24-hour strike, in support of the demands for better safety, put forward first by the staff of public hospital Santojanni in Liniers today.

11/06/2012 | Argentina

CFK's son hospitalized with septic arthritis

Máximo Kirchner, 36, son of the President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, was hospitalized in the early hours of yesterday morning at the Austral Hospital in the Greater BA district of Pilar due to a septic arthritis on his right knee.

11/06/2012 | Argentina

CFK suspends agenda due to son's condition

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner postponed all presidential activity for the day due to the sudden hospitalization of her older son, Máximo Kirchner. Thus, the Head of State cancelled an early rally scheduled at 11:30 am in the Western Greater Buenos Aires district of Morón.

12/06/2012 | Argentina

Máximo Kirchner remains in hospital after operation

For the second day, Máximo Kirchner, the elder child and only son of President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner remained admitted to the Austral Hospital in Pilar, after undergoing an operation on his right knee yesterday for septic arthritis.

19/11/2011 | Argentina

Maradona's mother dies, aged 81

The mother of football star, Diego Armando Maradona, known as "Doña Tota," died this evening in the Los Arcos clinic. According to hospital sources, the 81-year-old had been hospitalized since Friday. Maradona made his way from Dubai on hearing the news of his mother's health.

23/01/2012 | Argentina

Man dies in Santa Lucía hospital blaze

A maintenance man was killed and another had to be hospitalized after a fire broke out in the Santa Lucía hospital, the director of the institution said.

15/05/2012 | Argentina

Cerati reaches 2 year mark in a coma

17/06/2011 | Argentina

Gutiérrez Children's Hospital announces new strike for end of June

Following the Gutiérrez Children’s Hospital’s 24-hour strike staged by doctors, nurses and medical professionals yesterday, staff announced a new 48-hour strike which will take place on the June 28 and 29, furthering their salary demands.

03/08/2011 | Argentina

Fire breaks out in Hospital Español basement

A fire was reported to have broken out in the basement of the Hospital Español downtown, located at the intersection of Belgrano and La Rioja streets. Four teams of firefighters were working at the scene to put out the flames, police officials reported.

18/10/2011 | Argentina

Macri taken to hospital for checkup after 'feeling dizzy'

City Mayor Mauricio Macri was taken to the Fernández Hospital on Tuesday after feeling dizzy while he was exercising at a nearby gym, his spokesman confirmed.

10/05/2011 | Argentina

Das Neves released from hospital after suffering from a 'laryngeal spasm'

Chubut Governor Mario Das Neves was released from Santa Teresita de Rawson Hospital and given the ‘all clear’ by doctors. He had been hospitalized for a few hours with a ‘laryngeal spasm,’ Health Secretary for Buenos Aires Province, Ignacio Hernández informed.

31/05/2011 | Argentina

Two dead in Borda Hospital fire

Two people died this morning after a fire broke out inside the psychiatric hospital José T. Borda, in Barracas neighbourhood, firefighters reported. The victims were patients of the hospital's Penitentiary Unit.

16/06/2011 | Argentina

Gutiérrez Children’s Hospital staff stage 24-hour strike

Doctors, medical staff, and nurses from the Ricardo Gutiérrez Children’s Hospital were staging a strike today, due to staff shortages within the medical facility, and to re-open the collective bargaining over wages with the City government.  

18/02/2011 | Argentina

Seven train accident victims remain in hospital

Seven of the train accident victims are still hospitalised in various provincial facilities, wounded from the crash incident, when two trained collided in San Miguel two days ago.

24/02/2011 | Argentina

Newell’s hooligan in intensive care after being shot in head

Diego Orlando Malkovich a hooligan fan from Newell’s Old Boys club, was shot in the head this morning after coming out of a nightclub fight, then having a shoot-out with the police. The 29 year-old is now in intensive care, suffering brain loss.

09/05/2011 | Argentina

Headmaster of Jewish Orthodox school injured in anti-Semite attack

The headmaster of an important Jewish orthodox school was violently attacked as he was leaving the Heijal Hatorá School, a dependency of the Jafetz Jaim Yeshiva educational institution, run by rabbi Samuel Levin in the city neighbourhood of Once.

14/01/2013 | World

Former President George H.W. Bush leaves hospital

Former US President George H.W. Bush was released from a Houston hospital today after more than seven weeks of treatment for bronchitis and related ailments, according to a statement issued by a family spokesman.

08/02/2013 | World

Pakistani girl shot by Taliban discharged from UK hospital

A Pakistani schoolgirl shot in the head by the Taliban for advocating girls' education has been discharged from a British hospital where she had reconstructive surgery on her skull.

15/12/2012 | World

Nelson Mandela recovering after gallstone operation

Nelson Mandela, the 94-year-old former South African president and Nobel Peace laureate hospitalised with a lung infection, has successfully undergone a procedure to have gall stones removed, the South African government said today.

27/12/2012 | World

Egypt's Mubarak moved to army hospital on health concerns

Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian strongman ousted last year after 30 years in power, was moved to an army hospital from a prison hospital today following a fall that raised fresh concerns about his fragile health.

28/12/2012 | World

India gang-rape victim dies in Singapore hospital

The Indian gang-rape victim whose assault in New Delhi triggered nationwide protests died in hospital of injuries suffered in the attack, a Singapore hospital treating her said.

06/12/2012 | World

Kate Middleton leaves hospital after morning sickness

Prince William's pregnant wife Kate left the King Edward VII hospital in central London today where she had spent four days being treated for acute morning sickness.

08/12/2012 | World

S.Africa's Mandela admitted to hospital for tests

Former South African president Nelson Mandela was admitted to hospital for medical tests, although the government said there was no cause for alarm.

11/12/2012 | World

Mandela has lung infection, responding to treatment

Former South African President Nelson Mandela, who is 94 and has been in hospital since Saturday for tests, has suffered a recurrence of a lung infection but is responding to treatment, the government said.

09/06/2012 | World

UK's Prince Philip leaves hospital before birthday

Prince Philip, the husband of Britain's Queen Elizabeth, left hospital on the eve of his 91st birthday on Saturday, five days after he was taken ill during celebrations to mark the monarch's 60 years on the throne.

15/08/2012 | World

UK queen's husband Prince Philip, 91, in hospital

Britain's 91-year-old Duke of Edinburgh, husband of Queen Elizabeth, was taken to hospital in Scotland today as a "precautionary measure", Buckingham Palace said.

29/11/2012 | World

Former US President George H. W. Bush hospitalized

Former US President George H.W. Bush is being treated at Methodist Hospital in Houston, hospital spokeswoman Stephanie Asin said today.

09/12/2011 | World

Hospital fire kills at least 84 in India

A fire ripped through a seven-storey hospital in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata before dawn today, killing at least 84 people, most of them patients who were asleep when the blaze started.

08/03/2012 | World

Two dead in shooting at Pittsburgh hospital

Two people were killed in a shooting at a psychiatric institute at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, and one of the dead was believed to be the shooter, the hospital said.

03/04/2012 | World

Cheney released from hospital after heart transplant

Former US Vice President Dick Cheney, who underwent a heart transplant 10 days earlier, was released from the hospital on Tuesday, a spokeswoman said.

13/12/2010 | World

Afghanistan envoy Richard Holbrooke dies

Richard Holbrooke, who was President Barack Obama's special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, died, an administration official confirmed. He was 69.

28/01/2011 | World

Mandela leaves hospital after treatment

Former South African President Nelson Mandela left hospital after treatment for an acute respiratory infection, officials said.

15/06/2011 | World

US congresswoman Giffords discharged from hospital

US congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was discharged from the Houston hospital where she has been recovering since she was shot in the head during a political event in Arizona in January, the hospital said.

16/01/2013 | Latin America

Some Uruguayan doctors refuse to perform abortions despite law

Fierce opposition to abortion among many Uruguayan gynecologists is overshadowing the implementation of a new law legalizing the procedure in the mainly Roman Catholic South American nation.

05/10/2012 | Latin America

Colombian president to leave hospital on Saturday

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos will be released from the hospital on Saturday following surgery for prostate cancer that has not spread beyond the gland, his medical team said.

06/10/2012 | Latin America

Colombian president leaves hospital after cancer surgery

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos was released from a hospital today and said he was "totally cured" after successful surgery for prostate cancer that had not spread beyond the gland.

15/01/2013 | Latin America

Maduro stands in for Venezuela's ailing Chávez in key speech

Venezuelan Vice President Nicolás Maduro gave a brief state of the nation address today in place of his ailing boss, Hugo Chávez, who has not been seen in public since going to Cuba for cancer surgery more than a month ago.

03/03/2012 | Latin America

Bolivia's President Evo Morales hospitalized

Bolivia’s President Evo Morales caused a momentary press flurry today after he checked into a Cochabamba clinic. It was reported that the Bolivian head of state was going in for a routine check-up. “He is in very good health,” said Dr Mauricio García, a lung specialist at the Los Olivos clinic.

09/06/2012 | Latin America

Chavez says tests show him in good health

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said today medical tests following his cancer treatment show he is in good health, but provided few additional details about an illness that has become an obsession in the OPEC nation.

03/10/2012 | Latin America

Colombia's Santos recovering from successful cancer surgery

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos' surgery for non-aggressive prostate cancer was successful and the 61-year-old is recovering in the hospital, his medical team said.

23/06/2012 | Sports

Eusebio taken to hospital in Poznan

Former Portugal and Benfica great Eusebio was taken to hospital in the Polish city of Poznan where he has been watching matches at Euro 2012, the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) said in a statement.

02/12/2012 | Sports

Arsenal chairman Hill-Wood suffers heart attack

Arsenal chairman Peter Hill-Wood is recovering in hospital after suffering a heart attack following a bout of pneumonia, the Premier League club said today.

22/12/2012 | Sports

Barca coach Vilanova out of hospital after surgery

Barcelona coach Tito Vilanova was released from hospital today, two days after undergoing surgery on his saliva glands, the La Liga club said.

22/03/2012 | Sports

Havelange condition shows slight improvement

Former FIFA president Joao Havelange, in hospital since Sunday with septic arthritis, has shown a slight improvement in his condition, a hospital statement said.

18/04/2012 | Sports

World Cup winner Lynagh in hospital

Former Australia captain and 1991 rugby World Cup winner Michael Lynagh is in a Brisbane hospital after suffering apparent blood clots in his brain, local media reported.

11/06/2012 | Sports

Police raid River stadium after hooligan's death

Police officers and inspectors led a raid at the River Plate’s Stadium after the death of an alleged hooligan during Sunday’s game between River and Boca Unidos de Corrientes.

08/04/2011 | Sports

President of Olimpo club Jorge Ledo dies

The president of Bahía Blanca’s Olimpo sports club Jorge Ledo died this morning aged 68, after suffering a long term illness, close friends from the club informed today.

28/02/2012 | Sports

Gorosito resigns from hospital bed after car crash

Néstor Gorosito handed in his resignation as coach of Argentine first division side Argentinos Juniors from a hospital bed after suffering multiple injuries in a car crash.

20/03/2012 | Sports

Havelange has serious bacterial infection

Former FIFA president Joao Havelange has a serious bacterial infection, the Río de Janeiro hospital where he is being treated said in a statement.

10/10/2012 | Entertainment

Debbie Reynolds due out of hospital after bad reaction to meds

Veteran singer and actress Debbie Reynolds was hospitalized in Los Angeles over the weekend after a bad reaction to medication but is expected to be released on Wednesday, her manager said.

02/11/2012 | Entertainment

TV host Marcelo Tinelli given all clear by doctors

TV host Marcelo Tinelli was given the all clear this afternoon by doctors after checking into hospital with abdominal pain.

30/01/2013 | Entertainment

US porn star Ron Jeremy hospitalized with aneurysm

Veteran pornography actor Ron Jeremy, one of the industry's biggest stars, was in intensive care and undergoing surgery for an aneurysm near his heart in Los Angeles, his manager said today.

28/06/2012 | Entertainment

Journalist Juan Alberto Badía in critical condition

Tv and radio presenter Juan Alberto Badía remained hospitalized in critical condition due to a pneumonian, which worsened his health. He was diagnosed with cancer in late 2010.

13/07/2012 | Entertainment

'Green Mile' actor Michael Clarke Duncan hospitalized

"The Green Mile" actor Michael Clarke Duncan has been hospitalized in Los Angeles, a spokeswoman for his reality TV star girlfriend said today.

24/07/2012 | Entertainment

Christian Bale visits shooting victims

Christian Bale, the actor behind the Batman mask in "The Dark Knight Rises," visited victims of the Colorado shooting at a hospital, the Denver Post newspaper reported, citing an official for the Warner Bros film studio.

24/05/2012 | Entertainment

Elton John cancels Vegas dates due to chest infection

Singer Elton John was treated in hospital in Los Angeles for a serious respiratory infection that forced him to cancel performances this weekend of his "The Million Dollar Piano" show at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.

15/06/2012 | Entertainment

Lindsay Lohan found unconscious

Actress Lindsay Lohan was treated for exhaustion and dehydration by paramedics who rushed to her hotel room on Friday, but she is "fine," her spokesman said.

27/06/2012 | Entertainment

'Jeopardy' host Alex Trebek home from hospital after heart attack

Television host Alex Trebek was released from a Los Angeles hospital on Wednesday after suffering a mild heart attack this past weekend, according to a spokeswoman for his "Jeopardy!" game show.

26/07/2011 | Entertainment

Schwarzenegger son out of hospital, 'going to be fine'

The 13 year-old son of former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is out of the hospital after a serious beach accident.

02/09/2011 | Entertainment

Zsa Zsa Gabor's husband hit by car in Beverly Hills

Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor's husband Prinz Frederic von Anhalt was hit by a car in Beverly Hills and taken to a hospital where he was treated for cuts to his hip and hand, his spokesman said.

21/04/2012 | Entertainment

Bee Gee Robin Gibb wakes from coma, UK media says

Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb has woken from a coma more than a week after he lost consciousness and has attempted to communicate with family members at his hospital bedside, the BBC reported on Saturday.

08/02/2011 | Entertainment

Folk musician Argentino Luna hospitalized

It was confirmed that folk star musician Argentino Luna has been hospitalizad at the Hospital de los Petroleros in Caleta Olivia, Santa Cruz province, since last Sunday. According to a close friend of Luna, the musician is suffering from a serious kidney and stomach failure and remains at the intensive care unit.

11/02/2011 | Entertainment

Elizabeth Taylor being treated for heart failure

Screen star Elizabeth Taylor has been admitted to a Los Angeles hospital to treat symptoms from congestive heart failure, her spokeswoman said. Taylor, 78, was admitted to Cedars Sinai hospital earlier this week.

27/02/2011 | Entertainment

Elizabeth Taylor spends 79th birthday in hospital

Two-time Oscar winner Elizabeth Taylor is cheering for "The King's Speech" to win the Academy Award for best film, her 79th birthday, from a hospital where she remains in treatment for heart problems.