Category: Health

New cancer blow for Karel Gott: 80-year-old Czech music legend reveals he has acute leukaemia, three years after being successfully treated for non-Hodgkin lymphoma (Blesk.cz) [Social Media Post]

Celebrities / Health / Karel Gott / Music / Social Media Posts

12 September, 2019

New cancer blow for Karel Gott: 80-year-old Czech music legend reveals he has acute leukaemia, three years after being successfully treated for non-Hodgkin lymphoma (Blesk.cz) [Social Media Post]

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World Health Organization removes Czech Republic from list of countries where measles has been eliminated; number of cases so far this year (2019) was 573 according to Czech health ministry data released in July, up from 203 for whole of 2018 (Novinky.cz) [Social Media Post]

Children / Health / Social Media Posts

29 August, 2019

World Health Organization removes Czech Republic from list of countries where measles has been eliminated; number of cases so far this year (2019) was 573 according to Czech health ministry data released in July, up from 203 for whole of 2018 (Novinky.cz) [Social Media Post]

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Prague “godfather” Roman Janousek spotted riding bike, visiting Zlute lazne leisure complex and going to gallery unaccompanied, three years after having prison sentence postponed for medical reasons; controversial businessman/lobbyist was jailed in 2014 for drink-driving hit-and-run (Ceska televize) [Social Media Post]

Corruption / Crime / Health / Law / Politics / Social Media Posts

28 August, 2019

Prague “godfather” Roman Janousek spotted riding bike, visiting Zlute lazne leisure complex and going to gallery unaccompanied, three years after having prison sentence postponed for medical reasons; controversial businessman/lobbyist was jailed in 2014 for drink-driving hit-and-run (Ceska televize) [Social Media Post]

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Brain-dead pregnant woman kept alive on life support since May gives birth to healthy baby girl at Fakultni nemocnice Brno hospital (Blesk.cz) [Social Media Post]

Children / Health / Local News / Science / Social Media Posts

27 August, 2019

Brain-dead pregnant woman kept alive on life support since May gives birth to healthy baby girl at Fakultni nemocnice Brno hospital (Blesk.cz) [Social Media Post]

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Update: Swimming banned at Prague 10’s Hostivar reservoir due to high levels of cyanobacteria; city’s environmental health authority (HSHMP) also advises against swimming in Dzban reservoir, Prague 6-Vokovice (Blesk.cz) [Social Media Post]

Environment / Health / Leisure Time in Prague / Social Media Posts

7 August, 2019

Update: Swimming banned at Prague 10’s Hostivar reservoir due to high levels of cyanobacteria; city’s environmental health authority (HSHMP) also advises against swimming in Dzban reservoir, Prague 6-Vokovice (Blesk.cz) [Social Media Post]

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Video: Cops provide high-speed escort to hospital in Pardubice for car containing woman in labour (Facebook) [Social Media Post]

Children / Driving / Health / Local News / Police / Social Media Posts

15 June, 2019

Video: Cops provide high-speed escort to hospital in Pardubice for car containing woman in labour (Facebook) [Social Media Post]

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Doctors at psychiatric hospital in Dobrany, Plzen Region, took methamphetamine to make their work more enjoyable, says nurse sacked last year (2018) for supplying them with the drug (Novinky.cz) [Social Media Post]

Crime / Drugs / Health / Local News / Social Media Posts

6 June, 2019

Doctors at psychiatric hospital in Dobrany, Plzen Region, took methamphetamine to make their work more enjoyable, says nurse sacked last year (2018) for supplying them with the drug (Novinky.cz) [Social Media Post]

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Update: 74-year-old man accused of shooting two fellow patients at Prague 10-Vinohrady’s FNKV hospital in March dies while awaiting trial for murder (iDNES.cz) [Social Media Post]

Crime / Health / Old People / Social Media Posts / Tragedies / Violence / WTF

29 April, 2019

Update: 74-year-old man accused of shooting two fellow patients at Prague 10-Vinohrady’s FNKV hospital in March dies while awaiting trial for murder (iDNES.cz) [Social Media Post]

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15 guests at Prague 4-Chodov’s Best Western Amedia Praha hospitalised because of nausea and vomiting; cause of sickness currently unknown (Novinky.cz) [Social Media Post]

Health / Prague Tourism / Social Media Posts

29 April, 2019

15 guests at Prague 4-Chodov’s Best Western Amedia Praha hospitalised because of nausea and vomiting; cause of sickness currently unknown (Novinky.cz) [Social Media Post]

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Salmonella discovered in Polish chicken at Prague butcher’s shop chain Milos Krecek KK; some meat already sold to public at stores on Dejvicka 21, P6; Francouzska 26, P2; Sokolovska 187, P9; and Na Sadce 24, P4 (Nova) [Social Media Post]

Environment / Food / Health / Shopping / Social Media Posts

21 March, 2019

Salmonella discovered in Polish chicken at Prague butcher’s shop chain Milos Krecek KK; some meat already sold to public at stores on Dejvicka 21, P6; Francouzska 26, P2; Sokolovska 187, P9; and Na Sadce 24, P4 (Nova) [Social Media Post]

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