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These Pennsylvania Hospitals Rank Among Best, Worst In America For Safety These Pennsylvania Hospitals Rank Among Best, Worst In America For Safety
These Pennsylvania Hospitals Rank Among Best, Worst In America For Safety A hospital safety website has released its gradings for 2023, and some Pennsylvania hospitals rank among the most safe — and least safe — in the nation, according to The Leapfrog Group.  Researchers say they selected 22 evidence-based measures of patient safety to come up with grades for the nearly 3,000 hospitals and acute care centers across the United States, with more methodological information available on their website. Here's how hospitals across Adams, Berks, Chester, Cumberland, Dauphin, Delaware, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton, and Yor…

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Newspaper Deliveryman, Police Officers Save 97-Year-Old Sleeping Man From Hatboro House Fire Newspaper Deliveryman, Police Officers Save 97-Year-Old Sleeping Man From Hatboro House Fire
Newspaper Deliveryman, Police Officers Save 97-Year-Old Sleeping Man From Hatboro House Fire Two police officers are being hailed as heroes for waking up a 97-year-old man and carrying him outside of his house as flames ripped through it early Thanksgiving morning. The newspaper deliveryman, though, was the one who called 9-1-1 when he saw flames coming from the second story window of the home on the 100 block of Fairview Avenue, around 3:25 a.m., Nov. 23, police said. November 23, 2023: Multiple Fire Companies were dispatched at approximately 3:35 A.M to a dwelling fire on the 100 block... Posted by Willow Grove Volunteer Fire Company on Thursday, November 23, 2023 Hatboro Sg…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Elderly Pedestrian Killed By Car Outside Abington Hospital: Police Elderly Pedestrian Killed By Car Outside Abington Hospital: Police
Elderly Pedestrian Killed By Car Outside Abington Hospital: Police An elderly woman is dead after being struck by a car in front of Jefferson Abington Hospital on early Friday, according to authorities.  Police were called to the intersection of Old York and Woodland roads just before 1:30 a.m. on Dec. 23, officials said in a press release.  They arrived to find the woman lying in the road with serious injuries, police said. She was declared dead at the scene moments later, and her identity has not yet been released. The driver remained at the scene and is fully cooperating with investigators, authorities said.  Anyone who witnessed the cr…

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Fight Over Stolen Money Led To Shooting At Suburban Philly Hotel, Police Say Fight Over Stolen Money Led To Shooting At Suburban Philly Hotel, Police Say
Fight Over Stolen Money Led To Shooting At Suburban Philly Hotel, Police Say An argument over stolen money led to a shooting that injured a man in the underground parking garage of a suburban Philadelphia hotel early Friday, April 15, authorities said. The fight between David Bullock and the 30-year-old victim broke out in the garage of the Extended Stay America hotel on Irwins Lane in Plymouth Township around 4:55 a.m., Plymouth Township police said. That's when Bullock shot the man in the hand before fleeing from the scene in a stolen pickup truck, police said. The victim was taken to Jefferson Abington Hospital, where he was listed in stable condi…

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by Nicole Acosta