Hospital

Mattel, the company behind Hot Wheels, Fisher-Price and Barbie, pledged in 2017 to donate $49 million to UCLA to support its children’s hospital. But now the hospital says Mattel never came through with the money. According to a new lawsuit, the El Segundo toy company made “the inexplicable decision a few short years later to renege on that pledge,” and is now trying to offer the pediatric hospital just a few million dollars, plus a bunch of Barbie dolls, Hot Wheels cars and other in-kind donations.The suit, filed last…

Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker has shared a drumming video from the hospital following the birth of his baby. Barker`s new Instagram Story showcased his drumming skills in the doctor`s office, reports ‘People’ magazine. The Blink-182 drummer shared the clip, days after he and Kourtney Kardashian Barker welcomed their baby boy. In the video, the 47-year-old musician is seen playing on a snare drum pad, next to the medical equipment and the doctor’s station. As the video continued, followers and fans got…

Bronny James, the son of NBA star LeBron James and a University of Southern California basketball player, has been discharged from the hospital and has returned home after experiencing sudden cardiac arrest at a practice on Monday. “Thanks to the swift and effective response by the USC athletics’ medical staff, Bronny James was successfully treated for a sudden cardiac arrest. He arrived at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center fully conscious, neurologically intact and stable,” Dr. Merije Chukumerije, Bronny’s…

The singer allegedly collapsed while at dinner Sunday, and the situation is "really serious," per report Tori Kelly is in the hospital after reportedly collapsing at a restaurant Sunday night and is being treated for blood clots in her legs and lungs, ABC confirmed Tuesday. Sources originally told TMZ, who was first to report the news, that the singer’s situation was “really serious” and that she had lost consciousness after being out to dinner with friends in downtown Los Angeles.…

According to Peace, the show has run through all the scripts that were written before the strike began and has now employed non-union writers in order to keep the show on the air. Typically, people who cross picket lines to perform struck work are met with derision, but Peace acknowledged that the current situation is unique for soap operas. (Disclosure: The Verge’s editorial staff is also unionized with the Writers Guild of America, East.)“We hate to see our characters and storylines handed over to ‘writers’ who cross…

Singer Tori Kelly was reportedly taken to the hospital Sunday night after suffering from severe blood clots. Kelly was having dinner in downtown L.A. on Sunday night when she felt her heart begin to race. She ultimately lost consciousness “for a while,” a source told TMZ. She was allegedly driven by her dinner companions to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.The report said Kelly’s doctors found blood clots around the “Never Alone” singer’s lungs and in her legs. A medical team was working to determine if clots were present…

Pop icon Madonna is said to have been “one step away from disaster” for a while, with her children set to “stage an intervention” after her scary hospital dash that left her needing intensive care. Last month, it was revealed that the singer, 64, had developed a bacterial infection and was checked into an intensive care unit. Reports even claimed that Madonna was intubated. But now it has emerged that the singer’s kids, including daughter Lourdes, 26, have staged an intervention for their…

California public health officials will not hold a San Diego County medical facility responsible for failing to detain a patient who died after leaving the hospital’s intensive care unit Aug. 11, 2022.A California Department of Public Health “statement of deficiencies” obtained last week instead finds that Paradise Valley Hospital in National City should have more thoroughly documented the condition and circumstances of Alberto Herrera, 32, who fell unconscious in front of a nearby taco shop after walking out against…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeBollywood star Shah Rukh Khan was admitted to a hospital after suffering an injury at a film set in Los Angeles.The 57-year-old actor reportedly suffered a nose injury while shooting for one of his upcoming projects in the city.According to a source, the Pathaan star “began bleeding and was immediately rushed to a hospital”.“His team was informed by the doctors that there was nothing…

Nearly 100 concertgoers were injured by a hailstorm Wednesday evening before a show by former One Direction member Louis Tomlinson at Red Rocks amphitheater in Colorado. As people waited for the concert to start at the outdoor amphitheater just outside Denver, venue officials warned of oncoming “severe weather” and urged people to seek shelter in their cars, giving an “all clear,” then issuing another warning. Around 9:25 p.m. the show was postponed to a future date. By then, hail the size of golf balls and apples had…