Tag: Hospital
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1 dead, 2 injured in Denver shooting
The Denver Police Department is investigating a shooting in east Denver that killed one person and injured 2 people Saturday night. DPD tweeted just before 10 p.m., officers were investigating a shooting at two separate locations. The first near East 35th Avenue and Forest Street, and the second at East Thrill Place and Hudson Street.…
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Club Q shooting victim, Ed Sanders, released from hospital after nearly three weeks
Club Q shooting victim, Ed Sanders, released from hospital after nearly three weeks
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Colorado health care organization, security officers face lawsuit after alleged chokehold death
Four hospital security officers and the health care conglomerate Catholic Health Initiatives Colorado are facing a wrongful death lawsuit after security allegedly choked a man to death in a Pueblo hospital lobby last year. An ambulance transported Mathew Haskel Jones, 36, to Centura St. Mary-Corwin Hospital on Feb. 10, 2021, for gout treatment. Security officers…
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Colorado legislators advance bill to ban medical debt collection without price transparency
Under federal law, hospitals are required to post prices online to allow patients to compare costs between hospitals. Now, a Colorado bill is seeking to ban hospitals from pursuing debt collections against patients if they’re not in compliance with the federal statute. If enacted, House Bill 1285 would prohibit noncompliant hospitals from using debt collectors,…
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NEWS | UCHealth donates medical supplies to Ukraine
UCHealth workers and volunteers on Tuesday loaded boxes of medical supplies bound for Ukraine as part of an an effort to help the people of Ukraine during the war with Russia. (Video by Chhun Sun)
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Lawmakers give bill allowing hospital visits another chance after heartbreaking testimony from families affected by COVID
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Richard Gillham, a resident of Peetz in northern Logan County, was a farmer all his life. Rim Ranch, which his family owns, is one of Colorado’s Centennial farms, a designation awarded to farms that have been in the same family for at least 100 years.…
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One killed, 9 injured after driver hits elk near Castle Rock, leading to multivehicle crash
A 18-year-old woman was killed and at nine others were injured after multiple vehicles collided on Interstate 25 near Castle Pines early Monday morning, South Metro Fire Rescue said. Emergency services responded to the crash just before 1 a.m. between Meadows Parkway and East Happy Canyon Road. The Colorado State Patrol said a 21-year-old male, with…
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Inmate on the loose after escape from Fort Morgan hospital
The Morgan County Sheriff’s Office is warning the public of a county jail inmate who escaped from a hospital in Fort Morgan Thursday. According to a news release from the sheriff’s office, 29-year-old Chaz Contreras was being treated at Colorado Plains Medical Center when he escaped from law enforcement custody at around 6:30 p.m. Contreras…
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NEWS | Lincoln County sheriff’s deputy leaves Denver-area hospital
The Lincoln County sheriff’s deputy shot Thursday near Limon was released from Swedish Medical Center in Englewood on Tuesday afternoon. (Video by Julia Cardi)
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COVID: The Longest Year | An interview with Director of Emergency Services at Penrose-St. Francis
Gazette reporter Mary Shinn sits down with the director of Emergency Services at Penrose-St. Francis, Michele Slade, to reflect on the last year of COVID-19.