Surgical swabs left inside four patients at Plymouth’s Derriford Hospital

SURGICAL swabs have been left inside four patients during the past year, Derriford Hospital has recorded. Patient representatives and medical chiefs said the errors are "unacceptable" and called for a "change in culture" to prevent further blunders. The mistakes are revealed in an internal report outlining dozens of 'serious incidents' at Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust within 12 months. It comes after the hospital revised theatre policy following the death of a patient in 2008. An Read more [...]

North Iowa Today: Monday, Jan. 31

For other fun events, go to www.globegazette.com and click on the Entertainment link. To suggest events to be listed here, please e-mail specifics to judy.delperdang@globegazette.com. You can also post them in the online Events Calendar by following the posting prompts. CLEAR LAKE — Clear Lake Boy Scout Troop 30 will have its annual vegetable soup and chili supper from 5 to 7 p.m. at the United Methodist Church, 508 Second Ave. N. Cost is $7 for adults, $3 for children Read more [...]

Engineers selling home in Braeswood Place

Valerie C. Mullan and her husband, Philip, have listed for sale the three-bedroom, two-bath home at 4027 Tartan Lane in Braeswood Place for $439,000. The Mullans acquired the property in Sept. 2006. The 2,060-square-foot house was built in 1959 in the Ayrshire subdivision. Christi D'Anne Borden of Prudential Gary Greene Realtors is the listing agent for the home.Ms. Mullan is a control systems engineer at Dow Chemical Company.She attended Texas AM University. Mr. Mullan is an engineer at Brown and Read more [...]

Eversheds scores sale of AH Medical to Assura Group

31 January 2011 | By Luke McLeod-Roberts Email Share Comment Save Eversheds has acted on a major deal in the healthcare property sector, winning the instruction after original adviser Hammonds was ­conflicted out. Eversheds has acted on a major deal in the healthcare property sector, winning the instruction after original adviser Hammonds was ­conflicted out.Partner Stephen Nash advised the developer and manager of medical centres and doctors’ Read more [...]

Infrastructure company partner lists Seabrook 3BD

John F. Teter has listed for sale a three-bedroom, 3.5-bath home at 2517 Breaux Terrace in Seabrook for $425,000.Teter acquired the home in the Lake Cove subdivision in Sept. 2005 from Robin and Walter S. Greene. Barbara Wall of Coldwell Banker is the agent for the listing.Mr. Teter works as a lead project management partner at Featherwood Capital LLC, a developer of infrastructure. Prior to this, he worked as a systems engineer at System and Software Designers and an engineering manager and subsystem Read more [...]

eBay Forecast Sunday as Ireland’s Busiest Day for Selling

eBay predicted yesterday (January 30) would be its biggest day for selling on its Irish website and expected 14,308 items to be listed for sale on eBay.ie. "More Irish people are expected to log on and list their unwanted items for sale than any other day of the year to raise additional funds in post-Christmas rut." The prediction was based on applying average listings year on year on the busiest regifting day in 2010. The top 10 Most "rehomed" items, according to eBay, are: Music Stamps Video Read more [...]

Lawyer selling 4BD in Chevy Chase subdivision

Martin E. McVey has listed for sale a four-bedroom, two-bath home at 2210 Bissonnet St. in University Place for $650,000.McVey acquired the property in Aug. 2001. The house was built in 1998 in the Chevy Chase subdivision. Nebo Bandovic of NB Elite Realty is the listing agent for the home. Mr. McVey is an attorney who practices in Houston.He received his B.A. from the University of Houston and his J.D. from the South Texas College of Law.According to BlockShopper.com, there have been 161 home sales Read more [...]