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Arizona boy thankful after rare transplant in Utah

Last updated Sunday, March 11, 2012 - 8:01am

SALT LAKE CITY — A 13-year-old Arizona boy is expressing thankfulness after receiving a new heart and liver in a rare procedure at a Utah hospital.

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Verona Gwen Garrard

Obituaries Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, January 31, 2012 - 11:54pm

Roy resident Verona Gwen Garrard, born April 30, 1934, died Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012, at McKay-Dee Hospital in Ogden after an extended illness. A funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 3, at the Roy Central Stake Center, 4900 S. 2000 West. A viewing will be held at Myers Roy Mortuary, 5865 S. 1900 West, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday and at the church from 9:45 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Friday before the service. Interment, Ben Lomond Cemetery. Post condolences at www.myers-mortuary.com. See the complete obituary in the Standard-Examiner's e-edition.

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Officer in shooting out of hospital

JaNae Francis Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, January 30, 2012 - 12:35am

OGDEN — Officials at McKay-Dee Hospital announced Sunday the release of Ogden Police Officer Kasey Burrell.

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Veteran Carl Ashmore listens to harpist Linda Dunn, right, in a waiting room where musicians often play for patients at the Fresno VA hospital, January 4, 2012, in Fresno, California. The building, built in the sixties has dreary waiting rooms with lots of triggers for PTSD symptoms. But they found a solution: live music. A classical guitarist or harpist plays and doctors say their patients arrive for treatment in much better shape. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times/MCT)

Live music at VA hospital helps those suffering from PTSD

Diana Marcum Los Angeles Times

Last updated Wednesday, January 18, 2012 - 3:57pm

FRESNO, Calif. -- The hospital was built in the years after World War II. Its ceilings are low, corridors long and corners sharp -- all possible stress triggers for those who have been in combat.

Not to mention that a hospital waiting room can make anyone edgy.

But the Veterans Affairs hospital in Fresno has found a way to make the experience easier: live music.

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ILE - In this June 12, 2009 file photo, Heather Locklear arrives at the Women in Film Crystal Lucy Awards in Los Angeles. Paramedics responded to Locklear’s home 35 miles northwest of Los Angeles for a medical emergency and transported a woman matching the actress’ description as a precautionary measure, authorities said Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)

Heather Locklear 'under evaluation' at hospital

Robert J. Lopez Los Angeles Times

Last updated Friday, January 13, 2012 - 4:58pm

LOS ANGELES -- Actress Heather Locklear remained at a hospital in Ventura County northwest of Los Angeles on Friday and is being evaluated by doctors, the hospital said.

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Terese Roberts Decker

Obituaries Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, December 31, 2011 - 12:01am

Terese Roberts Decker, 97, died Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011, in Keizer, Ore. A funeral will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 4, at Russon Brothers Bountiful Mortuary, 295 N. Main. Friends may call at the mortuary from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. before the service. Interment, Centerville City Cemetery. Post condolences at www.russonmortuary.com. See the complete obituary in the Standard-Examiner's e-edition.

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Ogden Regional trauma center has ‘no deficiencies’

Michael McFall Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, December 30, 2011 - 12:01am

OGDEN — Ogden Regional Medical Center passed verification for its trauma center with no deficiencies, which, according to a hospital news release, is a rare accomplishment.

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Children's hospital screens guests for sex crimes

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, December 24, 2011 - 8:45am

SALT LAKE CITY -- A Salt Lake City children's hospital is screening visitors to see whether registered sex offenders are entering the building.

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Provo nurses fired for taping patient's mouth shut

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, December 23, 2011 - 12:44pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- A Provo hospital official says two nurses were fired for taping a patient's mouth shut and laughing about it.

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Fire officials try to rescue patients trapped inside a hospital after it caught fire in Kolkata, India, Friday, Dec. 9, 2011. The fire swept through a hospital in eastern India early Friday, trapping many elderly pacients in the smoke-filled building, an official said. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)

Fire in India kills 89 as hospital staff flees

Manik Banerjee The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, December 9, 2011 - 10:09am

KOLKATA, India -- Fleeing medical staff abandoned patients to a raging fire that killed 89 people Friday as smoke and flames poured through the seven-story building in eastern India, officials said.

Police arrested six hospital officials on charges of culpable homicide in Kolkata, formerly known as Calcutta. Mamata Banerjee, chief minister of the state of West Bengal, ordered the hospital's license withdrawn. The hospital denied any violations of safety measures.

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Utah man arrested after infant’s hospitalization

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Sunday, November 27, 2011 - 5:42pm

SMITHFIELD — A Smithfield man has been arrested on suspicion of felony child abuse after his infant son was hospitalized with severe skull and brain injuries.

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Shooting victim's condition is stable

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, November 1, 2011 - 11:11pm

CENTERVILLE -- The condition of a shooting victim has been upgraded to stable, police said Tuesday.

Tony Pierce, 41, of Centerville, is recovering from two gunshot wounds at Intermountain Health Center Trauma Center in Murray.

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(The Associated Press) This undated photo provided by the Philadelphia Police Department shows Gregory Thomas. Thomas is one of three people charged following the discovery of four malnourished mentally disabled adults chained to a boiler in a locked northeast Philadelphia basement room that was too small for an adult to stand up straight and also reeked of waste from the buckets they used to relieve themselves, police said Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011.

3 charged after 4 disabled adults locked up in Pa.

Ron Todt The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, October 17, 2011 - 8:12am

PHILADELPHIA — Three people have been charged following the discovery of four malnourished mentally disabled adults chained to a boiler in a locked northeast Philadelphia basement room that was too small for an adult to stand up straight and also reeked of waste from the buckets they used to relieve themselves, police said Sunday.

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Shot boy reported to be improving

JaNae Francis Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, August 28, 2011 - 10:57pm

FRUIT HEIGHTS -- Police are reporting the condition of a 15-year-old boy from Fruit Heights who was accidentally shot in the head Saturday as improving.

Davis County Sheriff's Deputy Scott Harper said the family had reported that the boy was responding to voices of family members and health care providers Sunday.

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