Just nine days ahead of the end of the public health emergency in the U.S., Boston-based Tufts Medical Center became the first known hospital in the country with zero COVID-19-positive patients, WFXT, a Fox affiliate station, reported May 2.
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Oklahoma hospital remains on lockdown after series of threats
McCurtain Memorial Hospital in Idabel, Okla., was placed on a hard lockdown May 1 after a shooting threat was made against staff, CEO Brian Whitfield wrote in a news release on the hospital’s Facebook page.
Oklahoma hospital ups security after 2nd bomb threat in 2 weeks
McCurtain Memorial Hospital in Idabel, Okla. — a community that has been under a microscope since the release of recordings from a county meeting allegedly revealed racist and threatening statements — was evacuated after the second bomb threat called t…
New Mexico hospital to shutter ICU
Alta Vista Regional Hospital in Las Vegas, N.M., will end intensive care unit services, effective June 3, according to a hospital news release shared with Becker’s.
South Carolina hospital evacuates after cart washer fire
A fire at Charleston, S.C.-based Bon Secours St. Francis Hospital led to patient evacuations and closure of its outpatient building on April 26.
Crozer Health's hospital closure strains local healthcare system: Report
The closure of Upland, Pa.-based Crozer Health’s Delaware County Memorial Hospital in suburban Philadelphia last fall has created a ripple effect across the region’s healthcare system, CBS News reported April 24.
Florida man arrested for fires set inside HCA hospital
A Florida man was arrested for allegedly setting multiple fires inside of Ocala-based HCA Florida West Marion Hospital and within the community, Fox 35 reported April 24.
Texas hospital lifts lockdown after 'threatening calls'
A lockdown issued at Covenant Health Plainview (Texas) was lifted on the afternoon of April 19 after police determined there was “no immediate threat” to a caregiver who the facility had received threatening phone calls about.
Oklahoma hospital clear of bomb threat, tightens security amid county turmoil
McCurtain Memorial Hospital in Idabel, Okla. — a community that has been under a microscope since the release of recordings from a county meeting allegedly revealed racist and threatening statements — has been cleared after a bomb threat that was made …
A 7-minute ED wait time: How 1 hospital got there
When leaders at Hackensack Meridian Health’s Southern Ocean Medical Center in Manahawkin, N.J., realized that mounting lists of patients in the emergency department waiting room were also stressing out ED clinicians, the hospital went from a “pull to f…
