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  • 62-Year-Old Recipient Of Genetically Modified Pig Kidney Dies Weeks After Groundbreaking Transplant

    62-Year-Old Recipient Of Genetically Modified Pig Kidney Dies Weeks After Groundbreaking Transplant

    Richard ‘Rick’ Slayman, aged 62, who made medical history as the first person to receive a kidney from a genetically modified pig, has sadly passed away, as reported by the NY Post. The groundbreaking transplant took place two months ago at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. 

    Following the procedure, Rick was discharged and sent home in March, just two weeks after the transplant. His family and doctors announced this unfortunate news on Saturday.

    “Their enormous efforts leading the xenotransplant gave our family seven more weeks with Rick, and our memories made during that time will remain in our minds and hearts,”

    his family said in a statement.

    Slayman underwent a groundbreaking medical procedure to treat his ongoing dialysis complications. Instead of traditional methods, Rick chose to use animal cells, tissues, or organs. This decision was made to reduce his hospitalizations, which occurred every two weeks.

    “I saw it not only as a way to help me, but a way to provide hope for the thousands of people who need a transplant to survive,”

    he said in a statement at the time. 

    “Rick accomplished that goal, and his hope and optimism will endure forever,”

    his family said Saturday. The transplant team at Mass General said it had

    “no indication that it was the result of his recent transplant.”

    Previously, pig kidneys were only tested on brain-dead donors, and two men who received pig hearts both died within months. The main reason for failure is the human immune system rejecting the foreign animal tissue. However, recent procedures like Slayman’s involve using pig organs that have been genetically modified to be more human-like, increasing the chances of success.

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

  • New York City Urologist Found Guilty Of Sexual Misconduct, Including The Inappropriate Use Of Sex Toys On Patients

    New York City Urologist Found Guilty Of Sexual Misconduct, Including The Inappropriate Use Of Sex Toys On Patients

    A urologist in Manhattan, Darius Paduch, was found guilty on all 13 counts of sexually assaulting his patients, reports NY Post. The victims included six boys, and the abuse took place from 2015 to 2019. Paduch, who worked at NewYork-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center and Northwell Health, would abuse his patients during private consultations. He would instruct them to masturbate or do it himself, use sex toys, and perform unnecessary rectal exams without gloves.

    “As a unanimous jury has just found, Darius A. Paduch leveraged his position of trust as a medical doctor for his own perverse gratification,”

    Manhattan US Attorney Damian Williams said in a statement.

    “For years, patients seeking needed medical care, many of them children, left his office as victims.”

    Darius Paduch is being sued by over 130 former patients for alleged sexual abuse and unnecessary medical procedures conducted without anesthesia.

    “For nearly twenty years, patients who trusted him for their medical care and treatment were instead brutalized by his degrading, sexually violating, and medically unfounded acts while the hospitals where he worked looked the other way,”

    Mallory Allen, a lawyer representing his victims said in a statement.

    “The jury verdict in the criminal case affirms that these heinous acts will not be overlooked, and the pending civil cases will ensure that the institutions who repeatedly prioritized profits over their patients will face consequences for their indifference in ignoring years of complaints,”

    the statement concluded.

    Darius Paduch, who has been in jail since his arrest in April 2023, could be sentenced to up to 60 years in prison for inducing minors to travel for unlawful sexual activity and other related crimes.

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

  • Elderly Missouri Man Confess To Strangling Wife In Hospital Due To Medical Bills, ‘I Did It’

    Elderly Missouri Man Confess To Strangling Wife In Hospital Due To Medical Bills, ‘I Did It’

    An elderly man from Missouri has been arrested after admitting to the tragic killing of his sick wife, reports the NY Post. It is alleged that 76-year-old Ronnie Wiggs suffocated his wife by covering her mouth and strangling her with his hands while she lay in a hospital bed. 

    The incident occurred at the Centerpoint Medical Center, where his wife, who was not named in court documents, was receiving treatment for a dialysis port replacement. When authorities arrived at the scene in response to reports of an assault, they discovered the woman unresponsive and without a pulse. Witnesses also noticed

    “suspicious”

    marks on her neck. 

    Initially, Wiggs had fled the hospital, but he later returned and was overheard confessing to the murder.

    “I did it, I killed her, I choked her,”

    Wiggs was heard saying by hospital staff, court records showed.

    Despite receiving medical treatment, Wiggs’s wife tragically lost her life after the attack. Wiggs was taken into custody, where he once again admitted to the crime. He described how he silenced his wife’s screams by covering her mouth and then proceeded to strangle her with his hands until she passed away.

    Disturbingly, this was not the first attempt on his wife’s life. During the investigation, Wiggs confessed to two previous incidents where he had tried to harm her during her hospital stays. He cited feelings of depression and financial strain as the reason for the attacks, as he could no longer afford to cover her extensive medical expenses.

    Wiggs is being held on a $250,000 bond as the legal proceedings continue.

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

  • Nurse Accused Of Substituting Fentanyl IVs with Tap Water, Resulting In The Death Of Up To 10 Hospital Patients

    Nurse Accused Of Substituting Fentanyl IVs with Tap Water, Resulting In The Death Of Up To 10 Hospital Patients

    A nurse at a hospital in Oregon is under investigation for allegedly replacing fentanyl in IVs with tap water, which may have resulted in the deaths of up to 10 patients, reports the NY Post.

    Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center in Medford reported the theft of medication to the police after suspecting a former employee. 

    Some sources claim that nine people died from infections caused by the misuse of pain medication, while others say the total number of deaths is 10. The nurse allegedly injected non-sterile tap water into patients to conceal the theft. The hospital had been aware of this issue since at least the fall of 2022, according to the Rogue Valley Times. 

    “There was concern that this behavior resulted in adverse patient care, though the extent of the impact on those patients is yet to be determined,”

    Medford police Lt. Geoff Kirkpatrick said in a statement. Kirkpatrick did not confirm whether the deaths were a result of the medication theft or tampering.

    “We’re investigating whether or not that behavior led to adverse patient care, which could be death, could be all sorts of other forms or things. … We don’t know that that resulted in deaths,”

    he said. Law enforcement has chosen not to disclose the specific number of individuals who have been affected or lost their lives.

    “We were distressed to learn of this issue,”

    the hospital said in a statement.

    “We reported it to law enforcement and are working closely with them.”

    It is unclear if any arrests have been made.

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

  • Nurse Caught On Video Swapping Out Opioids Vials with Saline Solution and Self-Administering Fentanyl During Work, Claims She’s ‘Hearing Voices’

    Nurse Caught On Video Swapping Out Opioids Vials with Saline Solution and Self-Administering Fentanyl During Work, Claims She’s ‘Hearing Voices’

    A nurse in Houston, Texas, has been fired from her job following allegations that she stole opioids from an automated dispenser at the hospital, reports Law & Crime. The nurse, Alexis Joann McNeilly, allegedly replaced the drug vials with saline solution and even injected herself with fentanyl while on duty. 

    Between March and May 2023, McNielly was accused of diverting hydromorphone and fentanyl from a hospital vending machine for personal use. The incidents were discovered during a routine inventory check by a fellow nurse. The nurse also allegedly tampered with syringes and vials, replacing opioids with saline.

    Houston law enforcement received a notification from an FDA agent on May 25 regarding the case. Five days later, the hospital’s pharmacy manager confirmed after an inventory audit that McNeilly

    “dispensed medication that was not prescribed by the attending physician”

    and put

    “adulterated medicine […] in circulation”

    that had the

    “potential to be administered by other medical professionals to patients, unaware that the medicine had been tampered with.”

    In April, surveillance video caught McNeilly injecting herself

    “in the hand with the fentanyl syringe before returning to work,”

    authorities further alleged.

    “I hear voices telling me what to do,”

    the defendant allegedly explained, after being confronted by the hospital’s nursing director.

    “When the defendant was confronted about this incident, the defendant admitted to taking meds… She explained that she is under extreme personal stress and that she took the meds to help deal with her anxiety,”

    documents said.

    “The hospital had the defendant take a drug test. The drug test came back positive for Morphine, Hydromorphone, and Marijuana.” 

    McNeilly was fired from the hospital and arrested at her home the day after Christmas. She was later released on bond under the conditions that she be electronically monitored, wear a drug patch, and have a curfew that begins at 7 p.m. and ends at 7 a.m. the next day.

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

  • New York Hospital Under Fire After Performing Weight Loss Surgeries On Prisoners, Resulting In Claims Of Malnourishment and Complications

    New York Hospital Under Fire After Performing Weight Loss Surgeries On Prisoners, Resulting In Claims Of Malnourishment and Complications

    Bellevue Hospital, a renowned public hospital in New York, has come under scrutiny for performing weight-loss surgeries on prisoners, resulting in claims of malnourishment, reports Business Insider. 

    According to a New York Times investigation, the hospital conducted 3,000 weight-loss surgeries this year, sometimes rushing inappropriate candidates through the process. Among the patients were at least 11 prisoners from the Rikers Island jail complex who underwent elective bariatric surgery. Bariatric surgery, a major operation that reduces the size of the stomach, requires patients to adhere to strict dietary changes, which can be nearly impossible in a prison setting.

    Two prisoners, David Mustiga and Luis Perez, were elected for the surgery and complained of struggles with poor nutrition and complications following the surgery. Mustiga, weighing 300 pounds, felt pressured into the procedure without being informed about the challenges of recovering in jail. He lost over 100 pounds in less than six months and experienced hair loss. 

    Perez faced difficulty in consuming enough protein and suffered from vomiting. Christopher Miller, a spokesperson for Bellevue, claimed that prisoners were

    “screened and assessed like all others”

    and were kept at the hospital until they could eat the same food served in jail. The hospital’s bariatric surgeons have an incentive to perform more surgeries as they earn higher wages based on the number of operations they conduct. 

    “It’s all about the numbers,”

    Dr. Carmen Kloer, who previously worked with Bellevue’s bariatric department as a medical resident, told The Times.

    “They are just churning through cases.”

    According to The Times, the hospital receives approximately $11,000, and sometimes even more, per procedure, which is usually funded by taxpayers since a majority of its patients are either on Medicaid or uninsured.

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

  • Man Sets Himself On Fire Allegedly Protesting Over The Harsh Economic Challenges Faced By Millions Of Kenyans.

    Man Sets Himself On Fire Allegedly Protesting Over The Harsh Economic Challenges Faced By Millions Of Kenyans.

    According To African News, An unidentified man set himself on fire on Thursday, in Mombasa allegedly to protest the harsh economic challenges facing millions of Kenyans. He had climbed on top of a statue in the middle of a busy roundabout before setting himself alight.

    The rising cost of living amid a business slowdown and job cuts has pushed millions of Kenya into despair. The man was incensed by locals who claimed that he was setting himself on fire because he had stolen some goods. In a video that emerged online, the man was seen pouring liquid suspected to be a flammable substance on his body before lighting himself.

    A police officer based in Mombasa confirmed the incident to local media. The man was rescued and taken to the nearby Coast General Teaching and Referral Hospital, where he is being treated. The rise in the cost of living has primarily been linked to surging fuel prices, persistent drought conditions, and the depreciation of the Shilling. Kenyans have previously taken to the streets to protest against the high cost of living.


    #Clique let’s send in our love and prayers to the family affected

  • Senegal’s Political Landscape Shaken: OUSMANE SONKO’s Hospitalization

    Senegal’s Political Landscape Shaken: OUSMANE SONKO’s Hospitalization

    According To African News, Senegal opposition leader Ousmane Sonko has been admitted to the hospital Sonko has been on hunger strike since he was arrested after a two-year standoff with the government. Aides and one of his lawyers said he was admitted to a hospital emergency on Sunday in Dakar.

    Mr Sonko’s lawyers, Ciré Clédor Ly, confirmed this, without commenting on his condition. Mr Sonko, 49, went on hunger strike on 30th July, two days after his arrest. A declared presidential candidate in February 2024, he has been waging a fierce battle with the authorities since 2021, when the courts implicated him in a sex scandal that he denounces as a plot to eliminate him politically.

    After several episodes of deadly popular protest and two successive convictions for defamation and

    “corruption of youth”,

    He was imprisoned on Monday on various charges, including calling for insurrection, criminal association in connection with a terrorist undertaking and undermining state security. The authorities announced the dissolution of his party on the same day.

    Mr Ciré Clédor Ly confirmed that Mr Sonko had written to the courts from prison last week to say that he did not accept his conviction, which his lawyers said was a necessary condition for the judgment to be quashed and a new trial held. The prosecutor, Abdou Karim Diop, denied the day after his arrest that this meant he was no longer in absentia.

    #Clique what are your thoughts on this?

  • Nurses leave Uganda for jobs in other countries, causing a shortage

    Nurses leave Uganda for jobs in other countries, causing a shortage

    According to Africa News, Uganda produces about 5,000 nurses every year. Of these, only about 2,000 are employed in government hospitals.

    Uganda’s Health Minister Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng says policies are being put in place to ensure nurses and other health professionals are brought into the health sector. Despite shortfalls in staffing, they can not stop health professionals from going to find work abroad.

    Uganda Nurses and Midwives Union president Justus Cherop says the country has a surplus of nurses.

    “The government can not recruit all of them. We needed like 40,000 nurses in our health sector, but because of the wage bill, the government has less money, so our nurses are overworked in this sector,”

    He says.

    #Clique what are your thoughts?

  • Son Of A Traditionalist Shot Dead In Ondo State While Testing A Bulletproof Charm, Police Reacts.

    Son Of A Traditionalist Shot Dead In Ondo State While Testing A Bulletproof Charm, Police Reacts.

    According to Vanguard,  Calamity struck in laoso camp, Ondo town, Ondo state, as son of a traditionalist, identified as Tunde Akinmoyewa, was shot dead by his friend, Bode, while testing the potency of a bulletproof charm placed on him. The friends were trying to fortify themselves ahead of the yearly Ogun festival in the town.

    Police in the state said that the deceased was an ex-convict and cult member while the suspected killer is also a cultist. An eyewitness said:

    “It was unbelievable because such charms never failed before. But this very day, this particular one failed and caused the death of the 27 years old son of a traditionalist in the camp“

    He was confirmed dead at the hospital he was rushed to by others who were at the scene. The friend fled after the incident, before the villagers arrived at the scene. The police imagemaker added that Tunde’s remains had been deposited at the morgue while efforts were in top gear to arrest the fleeing suspect.

    #Clique what are your thoughts?