Posts Tagged ‘local-hospital’
Brazilian director dies at IFFI
In a tragic incident, Brazilian documentary film director Oscar Marron Filho suffered a cardiac arrest during an interactive session Sunday afternoon and subsequently died at a local hospital. More: Brazilian director dies at IFFI
Cholera-hit Haiti needs nurses, doctors: U.N (Reuters)
Reuters - Haiti needs a surge of foreign nurses and doctors to stem deaths from a raging cholera epidemic that an international aid operation is struggling to control, the United Nations' top humanitarian official said. Follow this link: Cholera-hit Haiti needs nurses, doctors: U.N (Reuters)
Police eye death of boy who fell at Staples Center (AP)
AP - Police say they are investigating the death of a 2-year-old boy who fell 50 feet from a Staples Center luxury suite after a Lakers game. More here: Police eye death of boy who fell at Staples Center (AP)
Haiti cholera toll tops 250 (Reuters)
Reuters - A multinational medical response has slowed deaths in a Haitian cholera epidemic that has killed more than 250 people so far, but the outbreak is likely to widen, a senior U.N. official said on Sunday Originally posted here: Haiti cholera toll tops 250 (Reuters)
Quake camps at risk as Haiti cholera toll tops 200 (Reuters)
Reuters - The death toll from a cholera epidemic in central Haiti topped 200 on Saturday as the government and its aid partners doubled efforts to stop the disease from reaching the crowded, earthquake-ravaged capital. See more here: Quake camps at risk as Haiti cholera toll tops 200 (Reuters)
Gunmen kill 21 in Pakistan’s largest city (AP)
AP - Gunmen have killed at least 21 people in Karachi in the past 24 hours, raising tensions in Pakistan's largest city as voters cast ballots Sunday for a replacement for a provincial lawmaker murdered in August. Follow this link: Gunmen kill 21 in Pakistan's largest city (AP)
Women, kids among 12 dead in NW Pakistani bombing (AP)
AP - A car bomb ripped through a police compound in a northwestern Pakistani city on Tuesday, killing 11 women and children and one officer, the latest in a string of attacks proving that Islamist militants remain a potent force in the country. Original post: Women, kids among 12 dead in NW Pakistani bombing (AP)
