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Storing seized marijuana costs police and taxpayers Play Video
November 19, 2012 11:17 PM
COLORADO SPRINGS - The Colorado Springs Police Department has shelled out $94,310.50 in unanticipated expenses overt the past 8 years just to house marijuana and marijuana plants seized in drug raids. Much of the money has been directed at improving officer safety as it relates to the increased risk... more » -
Break through breast cancer treatment could make huge difference
June 3, 2012 10:01 AM
CHICAGO (AP) - A combination of drugs that acts as a sort of "smart bomb" against breast cancer cells without damaging healthy ones has undergone successful early testing. In a key test involving nearly 1,000 women with very advanced disease, the experimental treatment extended by several months the time women... more » -
Circus proposal unites terminal cancer patient, high school sweetheart Play Video
May 25, 2012 12:58 AM
The Ringling Brothers once said the joy of the circus is bringing magic into people's lives. For Phillip Wood, it couldn't be more true; he proposed to his high school sweetheart today at the Carson & Barnes circus in Woodland Park. Wood, a former unicyclist, was diagnosed with terminal... more » -
Nurse steals patient's identity
December 7, 2011 7:36 AM
BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) - A nurse who worked at four hospitals in the Denver area has been sentenced for stealing patient records and identity theft. Thirty-one-year-old Cannon Tubb was sentenced to six years of community corrections. KMGH-TV reports that the sentence came despite the district attorney's request for a... more » -
Marijuana patient charged
August 3, 2011 8:29 PM
A Colorado Springs man faces up to 12 years in prison for allegedly having too many pot plants in his house. Court documents say the police never found Bob Crouse's medical marijuana records and they believe he intended to sell the pot. But Crouse says he used the marijuana to... more » -
Patient care review to take place at Mental Health Institute
September 20, 2010 8:52 PM
The Department of Human Services has developed a plan to review operations at the Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo (CMHIP). The four-phase plan will focus on patient care and treatment. The first three phases will go into effect immediately. Phase I: Comprehensive internal review of recent critical incidents... more » -
Denver Area Hospital Has Radioactive Scare
September 11, 2010 3:32 PM
LONE TREE, Colo. (AP) - A Denver-area hospital emergency room was shut down while a hazardous materials team responded to a patient who arrived with a radioactive rock in his pocket. The patient and a few ER staffers were isolated and the area was roped off. The Skyridge Medical Center... more » -
Springs patients alarmed by hospital record breach
August 7, 2010 6:36 PM
Up to 40 hospital patients in Colorado Springs are in a troubling situation. A former employee at Memorial Hospital accessed their medical records apparently for personal use. News First 5 talked with two patients who say they're angry because they say memorial hospital waited several months before telling them about... more » -
Patient tasing under investigation
May 19, 2010 9:28 PM
The State Health Department is investigating a tasing case from Memorial Health Systems emergency department. It happened earlier this year. According to a statement from the hospital, a homicidal patient became physically violent and threatened staff in the ER. The patient was tased and subdued. No one was hurt. ... more » -
How will health care reform impact hospitals?
March 26, 2010 11:52 AM
Today I'm working on a story about how the new federal health care legislation will impact hospitals. In 2014, a mandate will kick in, requiring every American be insured. Right now, hospitals spend millions of dollars a year treating people who don't have insurance. For example, St. Mary-Corwin Medical Center... more » -
H1N1 could tie up hospital space
October 2, 2009 7:51 PM
A new report suggests Colorado could run out of hospital beds, if the H1N1 flu virus gets severe enough. The study "H1N1 Challenges Ahead" predicts that almost 22,000 people in our state could need hospitalization because of the virus. The would occupy approximately 88-percent of hospital bed-space across the... more » -
Surgery center withholds patient name in hepatitis probe
September 24, 2009 10:38 AM
A Colorado Springs surgery center is fighting a subpoena from federal prosecutors seeking the name of a patient who may have contracted hepatitis C from a fired surgery technician. Prosecutors want the name as part of their case against 26-year-old Kristen Diane Parker, charged with stealing syringes filled with painkillers... more »
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