Kisumu, Kenya – 31st October, 2019: Sospeter Onyatta claims what was supposed to be a routine dialysis for his 23-year-old son turned fatal because of negligence of a nurse and doctor who were on duty at the hospital in Kisumu.

Vancouver, Canada – 29th October, 2019: When Carter Thornton woke up on May 12, 2018, he was his regular, frisky little self. His mother Shelly Bunnah says the two-year-old was alert and behaving as normal. She says Carter threw his bottle in the sink, before she went downstairs to use the washroom.

Denver, US – 29th October, 2019: In December 2018, Maia Emmons-Boring did what many people curious about their family history do: She took a home DNA test. But when she received her results, she learned the man she had called her father for her entire life wasn’t her biological relative.

Thomton in Fife, UK – 28th October, 2019: Catherine Roan went for an operation to reduce the size of her nose after being called Pinocchio by a stranger. The original procedure and three further operations to correct it left her looking like someone who had been in a bad car crash, an expert later said.

Portugal – 24th October, 2019: A piece of shocking news has come from Portugal. A baby named Rodrigo was born faceless on October 7 at a hospital in Setubal in the country. After the news became viral country’s Medical Council suspended the doctor who was following the pregnancy of the child’s mother and did not inform her about the baby’s condition. Dr Artur Carvalho has been suspected of negligence in duty and has been suspended for six months as of now.

China – 23rd October, 2019: Police arrested a man after a doctor was stabbed to death while on duty at a hospital in northwestern China.

Washington, US – 19th October, 2019: A Charleroi woman and her husband were awarded more than $15 million in a lawsuit they brought against Washington Health System and two doctors who were found to have committed medical errors when they treated her at Washington Hospital six years ago.

Cape Town, South Africa – 18th October, 2019: Netcare has moved swiftly to suspend two senior doctors accused of malpractice and negligence at its Park Lane Clinic and all its Netcare facilities.

Nizhneserginskaya, Russia – 17th October, 2019: A Russian doctor faces up to three years in jail over the death of a woman patient soon after giving birth when her internal sexual organs were yanked out by mistake.

Dublin, Ireland – 14th September, 2019: A judge has accepted that the Mater Private Hospital displayed medical negligence after a man put under anaesthetic for an operation never had his procedure carried out due to the disappearance of a critical piece of medical equipment.