Tasmania’s Health Minister Lara Giddings has apologised to a sexual assault victim who was sent home from the Launceston General Hospital (LGH) this week because no-one was available to conduct a forensic examination.
Investigations into the incident are continuing.
A sexual assault victim went to the Launceston General Hospital on Monday night for a forensic examination but [...]
Study: Canadian researchers looked at how often children who arrive in a hospital ER department have been taking pharmaceutical medications alongside natural health products and the potential interactions. The natural products included vitamins, ginger, echinacea and St. John’s wort. The study’s lead author, Dr. Ran Goldman, is now head of the ER at British [...]
Deputy Police Commissioner Rob Pope is being investigated following allegations that he swore a misleading affidavit in the inquiry into the murder of Olivia Hope, 17, and Ben Smart, 21, in the Marlborough Sounds on New Years Day 1998.
The investigation follows a complaint by Chris Watson, whose son Scott Watson who is serving a life [...]
Prosecutors say the pharmacy chain illegally substituted a more expensive capsule form of the drug instead of the prescribed tablets to increase its Medicaid reimbursement. Switching the form of the drug did not endanger patients, federal officials said.”Switching medication from tablets to capsules might seem harmless, but when that is done solely to increase profit [...]
In accepting Bally’s relatively painless settlement offer, the SEC said, the commission took into account “Bally’s cooperation with the commission staff in the investigation leading to this action and %26#091;its%26#093; prompt commencement of remedial action.” The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in [...]
While the cause of the allergic reactions remains unknown, the FDA said it plans to visit the Chinese plant this week as part of an investigation that the agency on Monday deemed “one of its top priorities.” Famulare portrayed the failure to inspect the [...]
PHILADELPHIA - Merck and Co. has agreed to pay $671 million to settle claims that it overcharged Medicaid programs for four drugs and to resolve allegations of improper marketing to doctors, U.S. prosecutors and company officials announced Thursday.
In a case in Philadelphia, Merck agreed to pay $399 million plus interest for improper calculation of Medicaid [...]
NEW YORK - Eli Lilly and Co. and federal prosecutors are exploring a settlement of an investigation into the drugmaker’s marketing of its top seller, the anti-psychotic Zyprexa, The New York Times reported Wednesday.
The Times reported on its Web site that the company could wind up paying more than $1 billion to state and federal [...]
ST. LOUIS - Substandard care at a southern Illinois Veterans Affairs hospital may have contributed to 19 deaths over the past two years, a VA official said Monday as he apologized to affected families and pledged reform.
The hospital in Marion, Ill., initially drew scrutiny over deaths connected to a single surgeon, but two federal reports [...]
Johnson, the latest cabinet minister to face questions over cash gifts to his campaign at the weekend, also denied any wrongdoing. The health secretary said he and his team had shown “100% honesty” in accepting %26pound;3,334 from Waseem Siddiqui, a 50-year-old foreign student from Croydon, and said his campaign had made the checks required by [...]
