The Latest Breaking News from PICU

Doctor guilty of misconduct over case of girl, 13, whose death led to Martha’s rule

Panel found Prof Richard Thompson failed to escalate Martha Mills’s treatment to intensive care or to review her condition directly in person

The Guardian - UK · Jun 9, 2025

Consultant should have referred teenager to intensive care, tribunal rules

Martha Mills, 13, died in the early hours of August 31 2021.

The Independent UK · Jun 5, 2025

Senior doctor accused of failures in case that gave rise to Martha’s rule

Prof Richard Thompson accused of wrongly failing to escalate care of Martha Mills, 13, before she died of sepsis

The Guardian - UK · May 19, 2025

SA Government seeks urgent plan after Women's and Children's PICU loses major training accreditation

The Women's and Children's Hospital has lost a major teaching accreditation, after an inspection found staff were overworked, and the facilities don't meet current standards.

ABC News · Nov 30, 2022

Panchkula civil hospital gets paediatric intensive care unit

PANCHKULA: The civil hospital in Sector 6 has launched a special paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) with nine beds and nine ventilators. PICU will tackle cases like cardiac arrest, respiratory issues and serious illness. These facilities will be provided free of cost.

The Times of India · Feb 18, 2022