Surgeons Plan Walkout At Wheeling Hospitals
More than a dozen surgeons at Wheeling Hospital and Ohio Valley Medical Center plan 30 day leaves beginning January 1 and January 8 to protest rising malpractice insurance premiums. Elective surgeries cancel and staff may face reduced pay while emergency rooms stay open. Hospitals will transfer patients to Washington Hospital in Washington PA and Trinity West Medical Center in Steubenville OH as needed.
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Wheeling
Wheeling Hospital
Donald Hofreuter
Ohio Valley
Brian Felici
Hoffeuter
Geons
Upper
Washington Hospital
Washington
Trinity West Medical Center
Steubenville
Ohio
Hofreuter
OVMC
Felici
West Virginia Board of Risk and Insurance Management
Tom Susman
BRIM
Susman
Medicare
Bob Wise
Charleston Area Medical Center
Gil White
Panhandle
Wheeling Area
Belmont Community Hospital
Bellaire
East Ohio Regional Hospital
Martins Ferry
Morgantown
Columbus
Pittsburgh
Bodies found linked to Fairmont truck fire case
Police tied the discovery of two bodies in a Fairmont home to a burned pickup found near Pricketts Fort State Park after a man called 911 apologizing for his actions. Officials expect a mother and her young daughter died, with the truck body burned beyond recognition. All victims sent to the medical examiner in South Charleston.
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Fairmont
Marion County
Pricketts Fort State Park
Marion ‘County
Junior Slaughter
Slaughter
Sheriff's Deputies
South Charleston
Gilbeb Street
Nick Mauro
Bob Mild
Horses seized in 1999 to be sold at auction next month
Roane County deputies seized 13 horses a donkey a dog and a cat in September 1999 after a three month probe into animal cruelty complaints at a farm owned by Eric and Kathy Arnold. Two horses and the dog have died. Connie Lupardus tends to three remaining horses.
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Charleston
Roane ‘County
Roane County
Miner Dies In Coal Mine Accident At Cabin Creek
HARLESTON AP A miner identified as Dan Gray 48 of Hurricane was struck and killed by a drag line at Catenary Coal Co Samples Mine in the Cabin Creek area after 7 p.m. He left the mine after his shift then returned and was found dead around 3 a.m. Friday. Officials expect investigations to continue to Monday. This is West Virginia’s fifth mine death this year and the 24th nationwide.
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Harleston (Ap
Cabin Creek
Dan Gray
Terry Farley
West Virginia
Office of Miners’ Health, Safety and Training
Gray
Catenary Coal Co
Farley
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