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UPMC employee said he had to tell hospital shooter about loved one’s death: ‘Healthcare is broken’
I truly did not see a monster. He was simply broken,” a UPMC Memorial physician assistant said of Diogenes Archangel-Ortiz.
UPMC shooting highlights dangers facing health-care workers
A man who took staff members hostage in the ICU at UPMC Memorial Hospital in York County last weekend, killing a police officer and wounding five before he died in a shootout with police, was the most recent incident of increasing violence against U.
What we know — and don't know — following deadly UPMC Memorial Hospital shooting
Investigators are continuing to piece together the sequence of events at UPMC Memorial Hospital that led to the deaths of a West York Borough police officer and the 49-year-old who held ICU staff hostage.
Employees weigh in on safety, security at UPMC Memorial Hospital following shooting
The media relations team with the hospital did not answer direct questions about safety and security, but some employees have spoken out about what they have noticed.
UPMC physician assistant says changes are happening after Memorial Hospital shooting
Lester Mendoza, who specializes in pulmonary critical care, was present when the perpetrator was informed about his loved one's death.
UPMC shooting puts hospital security back in the spotlight
The shooting at UPMC Memorial Hospital Saturday left one police officer and the gunman dead and several staff members and law enforcement offers injured.
UPMC: Injured hospital workers continue to heal, ER opens fully days after shooting
Days after a fatal shooting in its ICU, UPMC’s West Manchester Township hospital continues to limit visitor numbers but is more widely opening its emergency room. A gunman entered the UPMC Memorial hospital in York County on Saturday morning,
Cause of death released for UPMC Memorial Hospital shooter
More than two years after a quadruple homicide devastated Moscow, Idaho, a judge unsealed the transcript of a recent hearing in the case against Bryan Kohberger – the man accused of stabbing four students to death in an off-campus home.
UPMC gunman learned loved one died in ICU days before hospital shooting
The gunman who opened fire inside Pennsylvania’s UPMC Memorial Hospital faced the death of a loved one who’d been in the ICU just days before the shooting.
2nd UPMC nurse hostage describes ‘wall of officers’ who saved her from gunman as bullets flew
Tosha Trostle was drawing blood in a patient’s room at UPMC Memorial Hospital in York County Saturday morning when she heard ...
'I heard the shots': Nurse injured, held hostage in UPMC attack recounts traumatic moments
Tosha Trostle, a nurse injured during the mass shooting attack at UPMC Memorial on Feb. 22, took to Facebook to share her personal account of what happened that ...
UPMC Memorial to allow visitors back into ICU
YORK, Pa. — Following Saturday's tragedy at UPMC Memorial, the hospital announced that it is no longer on EMS divert, and the ...
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Man Involved in UPMC Shooting Had Recent Contact With ICU
Investigators released no new information Sunday about a possible motive for the shooting at UPMC Memorial Hospital in York ...
A timeline of tragedy at UPMC Memorial: How police and fire responded, moment by moment
Pieced together through 911 dispatches and other sources, here's how everyday heroes responded to a hostage situation and killing of a police officer.
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UPMC cardiologist: Women should prioritize heart health
As February’s Heart Month comes to a close and Women’s History Month begins, it’s the perfect time to highlight a critical ...
Nurse's son shares harrowing details of UPMC hospital hostage ordeal
A son is honoring his hero: his mom, Jessica Breighner. She is a UPMC Memorial ICU nurse who was used as a 'human shield' ...
Nurses’ stories recount terror of armed man’s attack at Pennsylvania hospital
The stories of two nurses who survived a gunman's attack on an intensive care unit in a York, Pennsylvania, hospital are ...