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Swampscott Cook Turns Scary Injury Into $40K In Donations To Hospital That Saved His Finger Swampscott Cook Turns Scary Injury Into $40K In Donations To Hospital That Saved His Finger
Swampscott Cook Turns Scary Injury Into $40K In Donations To Hospital That Saved His Finger Matthew Swartz sliced his finger open while carving his family's Thanksgiving turkey four years ago, and he's turned that scary moment into a yearly tradition of giving back to the people who saved his digit.  Swartz, of Swampscott, is a cook by trade. He opened Matteo’s, a Newton restaurant that featured Mediterranean Italian cuisine, in 1999 before he sold the place in 2005. But despite his years as a cook, slicing his index finger while trying to cut off a leg of his Thanksgiving turkey in 2019 is the worst injury he says he’s had in a kitchen. “I grabbed my butcher knife, and I de…

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450 Patients File Lawsuit Against Salem Hospital After Potential Exposure To HIV, Hepatitis 450 Patients File Lawsuit Against Salem Hospital After Potential Exposure To HIV, Hepatitis
450 Patients File Lawsuit Against Salem Hospital After Potential Exposure To HIV, Hepatitis Patients have filed a class-action lawsuit against Salem Hospital after nearly 450 of them say they were potentially exposed to HIV and hepatitis through their IVs. Endoscopy patients at Salem Hospital “were potentially exposed to infection due to the administration of their intravenous medication in a manner not consistent with our best practice,” the hospital said in a statement to the Daily Voice. The patients were potentially exposed over two years. It all started with one contractor, who no longer works at Salem Hospital, according to a hospital spokesperson. Salem Hospital said it s…

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Teen Busted In Fatal Shooting Of Salem State Basketball Player: DA Teen Busted In Fatal Shooting Of Salem State Basketball Player: DA
Teen Busted In Fatal Shooting Of Salem State Basketball Player: DA Police in Essex County have arrested an 18-year-old man and charged him with fatally shooting Carl-Hens Beliard in a car early Wednesday morning, Nov. 1, authorities said.  Missael Pena Canela, of Salem, is charged with murder following the shooting near 22 Forest Avenue, the Essex County District Attorney said.  Related: Ex-North High Basketball Star Killed In Halloween Night Shooting: DA Police were called to the area just before 1:30 a.m. and found Beliard bleeding from a bullet wound. Paramedics rushed him to Salem Hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead, the prosecutor said.  …

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by Josh Lanier
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(Update) Man Dies From Wounds After Lynn House Party Attack; 3rd Death In Weekend (Update) Man Dies From Wounds After Lynn House Party Attack; 3rd Death In Weekend
(Update) Man Dies From Wounds After Lynn House Party Attack; 3rd Death In Weekend Update: The family of a 21-year-old who was shot while at a Lynn house party early Saturday morning, Sept. 2, has started a GoFundMe in his name.  Jandriel Heredia was called the heart of the family and their angel. He died on Sunday after succumbing to his wounds from the previous night's shooting.  The boy with the biggest heart and biggest smile, snatched from us in an instant and so senselessly. He did not deserve this, no one did. We are incredibly heartbroken, we are holding tight to his mother Iverca Cuevas and praying she finds strength to go on after losing her only son. …

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by Josh Lanier
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2 Mass Hospitals Among Best Of The Best In US, New Study Says 2 Mass Hospitals Among Best Of The Best In US, New Study Says
2 Mass Hospitals Among Best Of The Best In US, New Study Says People who live in Massachusetts have access to some of the best hospitals in the country, a new study has found.  Two Boston hospitals were named among the 22 healthcare facilities that made an elite "Honor Roll" list created by U.S. News and World Report, meaning they excel across all or most types of care evaluated by researchers.   Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, both located in Boston, tied for best in the nation, the study said.  Brigham and Women's Hospital is also ranked fifth in the nation for treating cancer and named the best in the country in o…

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by Morgan Gonzales
Police & Fire
84-Year-Old Man Drowns At North Shore Beach, Report Says 84-Year-Old Man Drowns At North Shore Beach, Report Says
84-Year-Old Man Drowns At North Shore Beach, Report Says An 84-year-old man has died after he was pulled from the water in Lynn, CBS Boston reports. Police responded to a report of a person drowning at Lynn Beach shortly before 3 p.m. on Sunday, June 26, the outlet reports.  Upon arrival, crews gave the man medical aid before transporting him to Salem Hospital for further treatment. He did not survive, the outlet reports.  The incident remains under investigation.  Click here to read the full story from CBS Boston. 

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by David Cifarelli