Medics find Eid celebration bullet in brain of Palestinian boy aged 9

Medics find Eid celebration bullet in the brain of nine-year-old Palestinian boy after his parents took him to hospital complaining he was ‘sleepy’ The unnamed boy was conscious when he arrived at Hadassah Medical Centre  Doctors say they discovered blood on his head and a small wound on his scalp They said the bullet passed … Read more

Royal Navy medic’s amazing undercover Second World War heroics are remembered

Royal Navy medic’s amazing undercover Second World War heroics that inspired The Guns of Navarone are remembered as his rare Jolly Roger flag goes up for sale Dr Darrell Wilkinson took part in covert operations in the Aegean Sea in WWII His Greek fishing boat facilitated SAS and Special Operation Executive missions Flotilla later immortalised … Read more

Start-up billed as ‘Zoom for medics’ aims to raise £100m

British technology start-up billed as ‘Zoom for medics’ mulling a fundraising of up to £100m to help support growth in UK and overseas By Neil Craven, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:56 BST, 11 July 2020 | Updated: 22:46 BST, 11 July 2020 Signed up: ITV’s This Morning doctor Zoe Williams is an adviser to … Read more

Pubs refuse to open on Super Saturday over safety fears as medics urge Brits to ‘drink responsibly’

One couple closed their new pub an hour after reopening on the day of the coronavirus lockdown. Another has lost a lot of money but its staff are very excited to finally get back to work. Here are just some reactions from landlords and landladies around Britain as they prepare for July 4 – including … Read more

Coronavirus Italy: Medics are ‘walking ghosts’ in film of crisis

An Italian A&E doctor has revealed how hospital staff have been left like ‘walking ghosts’, after being forced to make life and death decisions about admitting patients during the coronavirus crisis.  Dr Francesca Mangiatordi, 46, from Cremona, Northern Italy is an A&E doctor who was followed working in an Italian intensive care unit for three months for … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Second wave a ‘real risk’, leading medics warn

There is a very ‘real risk’ of a second wave of coronavirus striking the UK and the Government must start to prepare for it now, leading medics have warned. In a letter to the leaders of all of Britain’s political parties, top doctors have called for a rapid review to prepare the country for another … Read more

Burundi president becomes world’s first head of state to die of Covid confirm medics

The Burundian president died from the coronavirus, according to medics at the hospital where he was flown to following his death.  The country’s government had announced Pierre Nkurunziza’s cause of death as from a heart attack.  A medical source at the Karusi hospital where Nkurunziza died, has confirmed the president was in ‘respiratory distress’ before his … Read more

Matt Hancock introduces mandatory face coverings in hospital for medics, staff add outpatients

Face masks will be compulsory for ALL medical staff and visitors and outpatients must wear homemade coverings in hospital from June 15 By David Wilcock, Whitehall Correspondent For Mailonline Published: 17:16 BST, 5 June 2020 | Updated: 17:23 BST, 5 June 2020 Face coverings will become compulsory in hospitals for all staff and outpatients, Matt … Read more

Tory peer says ‘fat’ NHS medics weaken obesity battle

Tory Lord says there are ‘too may fat NHS medics and teachers’ setting a ‘very bad example’ in the fight against obesity and suggests overweight people should be ‘shamed’ into eating and drinking less Lord Robathan criticised ‘a large number’ of overweight medics and teachers Accused them of setting a bad example to patients and … Read more

Why your support for Mail Force charity is vital: Medics reveal PPE is their only hope

Some of it has flown all the way from China. Some of it has travelled just a few miles down the M6. In the ceaseless quest for new sources of personal protective equipment (PPE), the Mail Force charity is constantly seeking fresh supplies from pretty much everywhere. We have scoured the Far East, our own … Read more