The disciplinary case of Dr. Johan Aerts of Des Moines highlights the manner in which patients, regulators and the general public are often left in the dark while hospitals and practitioners keep ...

It is the stuff of nightmares, but as many as one in 500 patients wakes up while on the operating table. When patients are questioned about their experience of surgery, many more than previously ...

Shanghai police were investigating Thursday after a man died when he was allegedly abandoned under general anesthetic on a hospital operating table after a fire broke out. The 49-year-old was ...