IOWA CITY IA May 26 2017 The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics is arming its security guards with the knowledge to help save lives. This week, officers are learning how to identify and stop life-threatening bleeding in emergency situations, situations that they tend to be the first to arrive on scene for. “If something […]
GEORGETOWN, Ky. May 23 2017 A Georgetown family says the loss of their loved one became even harder to bear because of what happened inside a hospital. A video people are sharing on Facebook shows a scuffle between a Georgetown Community Hospital security guard and a man. The incident took place on Sunday. One of […]
WEST READING, PA May 22 2017 Reading Hospital is adding an armed guard to its emergency department and Fifth Avenue entrances starting Monday, hospital officials announced this week. The move comes after a long review of security measures throughout the Reading Health System, said Mark McNash, vice president of support services. He said active-shooter incidents […]
CORPUS CHRISTI TX May 22 2017 In the early morning hours of Saturday, just after four a.m., a security officer was making his rounds at a local hospital when he discovered the unthinkable: a newborn baby left on a bench. Police say a security officer at Christus Spohn Shoreline made the discovery while on a […]
Birmingham AL May 21 2017 The arrest of a top administrator at Cooper Green Mercy Hospital was part of a statewide operation targeting possession, production and dissemination of child pornography, authorities said Friday. Marc Elliot Sussman, a 61-year-old Cooper Green Mercy Hospital administrator, was one of five suspects arrested in the three-day Alabama Law Enforcement […]
DeKalb County IL May 18 2017 A Waterman woman, who was a patient at Kishwaukee Hospital, is facing Battery charges after she allegedly struck two security staff members at the hospital on Tuesday night. The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office says 39 year-old Jodi Werner of N. Cedar St. in Waterman is facing two charges of […]
WASHINGTON DC May 18 2017 In an exclusive video obtained by 7 ON YOUR SIDE Investigative Reporter Scott Taylor, three Howard University security guards appear to dump a woman in a wheelchair onto a sidewalk and just walk away right outside of Howard University Hospital. The video shows the woman’s feet almost sticking straight […]
Washington DC May 18 2017 Acts of violence against nurses and doctors in recent years have spurred the introduction of new legislation in states across the country designed to stiffen penalties against those who assault healthcare workers. But while lawmakers have begun to take notice of the problem, data from the International Association for Healthcare […]
Kane County IL May 15 2017 A Kane County jail inmate was killed by a SWAT team Saturday afternoon after he stole a correctional officer’s gun and held a Geneva hospital nurse hostage for several hours, a Kane County Sheriff’s Office spokesman said. A standoff began about 1 p.m., with Tywon Salters, 21, of Chicago, […]
LEXINGTON, Ky. May 14 2017 Patients at Kentucky Children’s Hospital in Lexington had some surprise visitors on Friday, and they brought gifts. University of Kentucky Police and Security Officers, wearing superhero capes, brought stuffed animals, coloring books and Junior Officer sticker badges to the children. It’s the first year for this program. “This was important […]