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Syrian doctor in Germany accused of war crimes

Sat, 23 May 2020 12:21:34 +0200

A Syrian doctor living in Germany is being investigated on suspicion of carrying out crimes against humanity at a military hospital in the war-torn country.

How are doctors in Germany coping with spread of coronavirus?

Tue, 03 Mar 2020 11:04:19 +0100

GPs say they are prepared for dealing with the virus spread, and patients' worries – but they are concerned about running out of protective equipment.

German doctors walk off job in nationwide strike

Wed, 10 Apr 2019 12:07:56 +0200

Doctors across Germany have walked off the job Wednesday in protest of long working hours and low pay.

Head doctor arrested for killing unwitting woman with cocaine during sex

Wed, 11 Apr 2018 12:55:45 +0200

A head doctor in Saxony-Anhalt has been arrested under suspicion that he dosed a woman with cocaine during oral sex without her knowledge. The woman collapsed and died in hospital.

Germans go to doctor WAY too much, says insurer

Wed, 14 Sep 2016 17:34:30 +0200

A health insurance company has said that Germans are going to the doctor twice as much as they actually need to. But doctors disagree.

German clinic offers last hope to cancer-struck Aussie child

Fri, 17 Jun 2016 17:45:04 +0200

When doctors in Australia admitted defeat in their attempts to cure a young child's brain cancer they said there was only one chance left - a cutting-edge clinic in central Germany.

Top doctor blasts Lufthansa over pilots' mental health

Fri, 20 May 2016 13:54:48 +0200

The head of Germany's doctors' association has lashed out at both Lufthansa and aviation regulators for failing to prevent last year's Germanwings crash by allowing a pilot who suffered from severe depression to fly.

German man first to contract Lassa fever outside Africa

Thu, 17 Mar 2016 18:58:10 +0100

An undertaker now being treated in Frankfurt has become the first person ever to contract Lassa fever outside of Africa.

Gynecologist faces court over intimate photos

Thu, 31 Dec 2015 11:01:38 +0100

A doctor in western Germany is accused of using cameras hidden in a chair and in pens to take invasive photos of female patients, as well as carrying out examinations "solely for sexual arousal".

Fraudster surgeon fired after years on the job

Mon, 09 Nov 2015 18:25:12 +0100

A man who had been practicing surgery for years was fired from the hospital where he worked after it emerged that he had forged his credentials.

Doctor 'got drunk and set fire to own flat'

Thu, 08 Oct 2015 14:07:46 +0200

A Munich doctor is on trial for causing €80,000 worth of damage after setting fire to his own apartment.

Fake plastic surgeon sentenced to 4 years

Tue, 28 Jul 2015 16:37:52 +0200

A man who performed cosmetic surgery on more than 50 different patients using fake medical certificates was sentenced to four years and three months in prison on Monday.

Doctor on trial after woman wakes in morgue

Tue, 28 Jul 2015 15:36:09 +0200

A doctor from North Rhine-Westphalia will face charges for negligence and bodily harm, authorities said on Tuesday – after accidentally sending a living woman to the morgue.

Doctor acquitted in organ donation scandal

Wed, 06 May 2015 17:53:59 +0200

A court in Göttingen acquitted a doctor on Wednesday of charges of attempted manslaughter after he had manipulated patients' data to push them up the organ transplant list.

Doctors say you should write your own sick note

Mon, 16 Feb 2015 12:25:35 +0100

Researchers at the University of Magdeburg argue that workers should be able to excuse themselves from work for short periods to reduce the burden on family doctors.

Fake doctor jailed for treating sick children

Wed, 02 Jul 2014 15:01:00 +0200

A fraudster posing as a doctor treated children with life-threatening conditions in a hospice he set up in central Germany. He was jailed on Wednesday for just under three years.

Sex crime doctor now working in Germany

Tue, 10 Jun 2014 10:20:00 +0200

A German doctor convicted of sexually abusing four female patients while working in Norway is now working full-time as a doctor in Germany, Norway's Dagbladet newspaper has reported.

Secret camera doctor 'should skip jail'

Tue, 19 Nov 2013 09:59:00 +0100

Lawyers acting for a German doctor who was jailed for three-and-a-half years after he took 35,000 intimate photos of patients on a secret camera are calling for his sentenced to be revised.

British woman dead after German doctor botches operation

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:30:00 +0100

An elderly British woman died after a German surgeon working as a locum botched an operation on her hip, severing an artery, British media reported on Wednesday.

Investigators probe 480 doctors for corruption

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 12:16:00 +0200

German state prosecutors are to open investigations into 480 doctors suspected of helping to sell medication in exchange for rewards from a pharmaceutical company, Der Spiegel reported Saturday.