Tag Archives: Hospital

• Mayim Bialik, 47, is raising awareness about colonoscopies on Instagram.

• The Jeopardy! host shared photos and videos from the hospital prep room before she underwent the standard procedure.

• “It’s not terribly fun getting older,” she wrote.

Jeopardy! host Mayim Bialik is speaking up about the importance of colonoscopies. And in an effort to destigmatize the often hushed preventative care, she shared a video while in the hospital—from the prep room of her own colonoscopy—wearing a hospital gown, hair net, and all.

“It’s not terribly fun getting older. Especially when you have to get a routine colonoscopy and really wish you didn’t have to,” she captioned the post. “Let’s remove the stigma of…

BBC World News’ Karin Giannone has revealed she will be off air for months after undergoing major knee surgery.

The journalist, 50, who regularly appears on the broadcaster’s dedicated news channel after joining in 2005, shared a snap from her hospital bed to X and Instagram on Thursday.

Karin explained how she had undergone knee osteotomy, which helps alleviate arthritis and takes six-months to a year to make a full recovery.

Writing: I’m out of action for a couple of months after a knee osteotomy surgery, but very much looking forward to being back on air on @BBCNews when I am up and running again!’.

Before adding: ‘(*not actually running – that won’t happen for a while)’. 

BBC World News’ Karin Giannone, 50, has revealed she will be off air for months after undergoing major…

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A video being shared on social media claims to show an Israeli-operated bulldozer running into civilians outside a hospital in Gaza.

One caption with a post says: “Israeli bulldozers ran over more than 20 sick and injured civilians and buried them alive in KAMAL ADWAN HOSPITAL in the north of Gaza” [sic].

But the footage, which has been shared on both Facebook and X (formerly Twitter), is actually unrelated and is being falsely linked to the current Israel-Gaza conflict.

The clip comes from Egypt in August 2013, when it was posted by the Al Jazeera Arabic channel. It shows a bulldozer being used in the dispersal of protesters who had gathered in support of ousted President Mohamed Morsi.

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A video compilation being shared online claims to show Israel bombing a hospital in Gaza. But the video actually shows events in Syria. 

The video compilation [WARNING: graphic images], which has been shared on Facebook, X (formerly Twitter) and TikTok, shows CCTV footage of an explosion in what appears to be different areas of a hospital. 

The video has been shared with the claim it shows Israel attacking a hospital in Gaza during the recent conflict. Multiple posts have the caption: “Israel was CAUGHT on camera BOMBING the Al-Sadaqa HOSPITAL.”

The Al Sadaqa Hospital, which is also known as the Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital, is located in Gaza City and has reportedly closed due to a lack of fuel. It was also reported that medical officials said this…