Oxygen Cutoff at Melbourne Hospital Leaves Woman in Coma
A maintenance worker misread a construction plan and shut off the hospital oxygen line, sending a 55-year-old woman into a coma and leaving 56 patients with backup oxygen offline for 10 to 15 minutes. Dozens more briefly affected. alarms and portable units restored supply. The worker faced no immediate discipline. the boss resigned. Authorities from AHCA and Joint Commission opened investigations.
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Melbourne
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Holmes Regional Medical Center
Valerie Davis
Davis
University Community Hospital
Tampa
Florida Agency For Health Care Administration
Colleen David
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Predator Eyes Protect Shuttle at Cape Canaveral
At Cape Canaveral NASA plans to shield space shuttle Discovery from woodpecker damage with a balloon called Predator Eyes featuring six large eyes. The device aims to deter flickers during the transfer from hangar to pad, after holes were found in the fuel-tank insulation.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Space Shuttle Discovery
NASA
Discovery
Steve Altemus
Space Shuttle
Atlantis
Artemus
Russia
Predator Eyes
Steve
Predator Eye Inc
John Tepporten
Little Canada
Minn
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Kennedy Space Center
Woman buried stolen Cadillac to claim insurance fraud
Patricia Tanzi, 45, turned herself in on charges of grand larceny and insurance fraud after claiming her 1990 Cadillac Eldorado was stolen. Investigators drilled up the buried car in her back yard, found the wheels and parts missing, and said more arrests were possible. Local sheriff’s investigators described the elaborate scheme as professional.
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Putnam County Sheriff's
Michael Corrigan
Corrigan
Tanzi
Patterson, N.Y
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