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A man of 22 died in agony of dehydration after three days in a leading teaching hospital.

Kane Gorny was so desperate for a drink that he rang police to beg for their help.

They arrived on the ward only to be told by doctors that everything was under control.

The next day his mother Rita Cronin found him delirious and he died within hours.

Last October, Keemonta Peterson's 3-month-old son was rushed to a Portland, Oregon hospital in critical condition after she tried to circumcise him at home. Now, the unemployed 29-year-old mother of four says she was inspired to circumcise her baby after reading the Old Testament and because she knew a hospital wouldn't circumcise the boy at his age [he's too old apparently], Keemonta decided to take matters into her own hands.

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A New Hampshire couple is fighting a speeding ticket they received after the expectant mother went into labor, and her husband rushed her to the hospital with only minutes to spare.

The state of New Jersey has separated a healthy newborn baby (now aged 3) from her mother because the mother refused to pre-consent to a C-section that no doctor decided was necessary. Now, after three years of court battles, the state decided that the child's welfare was never in danger. Yet she and her husband are still separated from their daughter for "acting irrational, hostile, and yelling" in response to the hospital and the state stealing their baby.

2-month-old baby's parents would not consent to blood transfusion. A baby will have a life-saving heart surgery despite his parents refusing because they are Jehovah's Witnesses, a judge ruled yesterday.

Doctors at Texas Children's Hospital will operate on two-month-old Gabriel Zepeda after State District Judge Michael Gomez signed an order to allow it against his parents' will.

Despite the life-or-death situation, the infant's parents would not to consent on religious ground as Jehovah's Witnesses are forbidden to accept blood transfusions

Couple plans homebirth, but ends up at hospital. Hospital ends up calling Social Services, who bullies Mom about agreeing to a "safety plan" for the healthy baby. Mom asks to talk to Dad (who was checking on their other kids), social worker refuses & calls police. Police take custody of baby, hospital kicks Mom out, where she sleeps in the car near the hospital so she can feed the baby every 3 hrs as agreed.

The system is just one example of how Seattle Children’s Hospital says it has improved patient care, and its bottom line, by using practices made famous by Toyota and others. The main goals of the approach, known as kaizen, are to reduce waste and to increase value for customers through continuous small improvements. ... The hospital storeroom is now half its original size, and fewer supplies are discarded for exceeding their expiration dates.

FBI bomb-sniffing dogs were at Concord Hospital on Friday after demonstrators gathered to protest a newborn being removed from her mother's care by the state.

Lincoln and Cecilia Rogers say their dreams came true when baby Lilia was born healthy just a week ago. But they describe a nightmare in getting her home from Summerlin Hospital.

"They said, ‘Well, if you leave the hospital I'll have to arrest you and your husband.'"

The couple says it got a second opinion and spoke with a pediatrician at Summerlin Hospital, who agreed that it would be okay if the couple took the baby home with minor jaundice as long as they signed a medical release form.