A psychiatric patient lay dead for eight days in a broken-down lift in a hospital in Gelsenkirchen before being found, even though hospital authorities noticed he was missing on July 3rd.
Doctors and surgeons make more errors when operating on knee and joints, a new report has shown. Longer working hours and high pressure can cause mistakes, many of which go unreported.
More than 26,000 patients lodged official complaints about treatment in hospitals and doctor's surgeries in 2013, with most complaints from patients coming in the aftermath of surgery.
Ten thousand staff at Berlin’s biggest hospital could go on strike on Monday as talks between a union and management over better conditions and training for employees break down.
Munich hospitals treat a drinker every 10 minutes during Oktoberfest. This time of year the city's accident and emergency departments become, for some, just another tent at the festival.
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, who is being treated in Germany after suffering a stroke, is now able to speak and is able to recognise those around him, his doctor said on Saturday.
Bean sprouts have emerged as the new chief suspect in the hunt for the cause of the deadly E. coli bacteria outbreak, with health authorities issuing a fresh warning on Sunday.
A doctor who used lemon juice instead of antiseptics to treat his patients’ operation wounds, has been given a suspended sentence of 15 months for the death of one of those concerned.
