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Noise levels in ICUs well above WHO limits: Study

October 22, 2012
Overnight noise levels in ICUs were found at over 80 decibel which causes sleep deprivation and immune dysfunction. WHO recommends high of just 30 dB!  Expecting pin-drop silence in intensive care units? Well according to a US …

‘Sound levels in ICUs exceed WHO limits’

September 18, 2012
Tending to the seriously ill in intensive care units (ICUs) requires pin-drop silence, but current noise levels there ranged between 51-55 dB which is comparable to noise levels at a busy road, says a European study. It exceeds …

Premature babies likelier to survive in neonatal ICUs

July 24, 2012
Premature babies have greater chances of surviving in high-level neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) than in general hospitals, and this benefit is considerably larger than previously reported. The likelihood that an extremely …

Did the SMS hospital’s doctors’ negligence result in a young girl’s death?

August 6, 2012
Things turned ugly at the Sawai Man Singh (SMS) hospital, as relatives of a deceased 17-year old girl and hospital nurses protested outside the superintendent’s office. The protestors alleged that the girl had died due to the …