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Leapfrog Group gave D safety grades to Phoenixville and Pottstown hospitals in its spring report, while Chester County Hospital and Paoli Hospital received A s. (Shutterstock)
PHOENIXVILLE, PA Hospital safety grades from Leapfrog were low for several Tower Health hospitals in Chester County, including Phoenixville Hospital, Brandywine Hospital, and Pottstown Hospital.
The three facilities were awarded grades of D by the Leapfrog Group, an organization the performs regular assessments of hospitals. Numerous Pennsylvania hospitals received top safety marks while others didn t quite measure up in The Leapfrog Group s annual spring safety grades.
The nonprofit health care watchdog group grades hospitals twice a year, assigning letter grades from A to F based on each hospital s ability to protect patients from preventable errors, accidents, injuries, and infections.
The employee was in an active work zone along the Cross Valley Expressway. Author: Carolyn Blackburne Updated: 10:04 PM EDT April 26, 2021
A PennDOT employee was rushed to the hospital Monday.
State police said 52-year-old Thomas Vitale of Nanticoke was using a jackhammer along the Cross Valley Expressway in Plains Township when he was struck by an oversized load carrying two sheds. His wife explained everything that happened, and she sounded upset, so I knew it was serious, Friend Jason Makarewicz said.
Vitale is now being treated at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center near Wilkes-Barre. Friends said he has several broken bones.
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Some COVID-19 vaccine providers in Luzerne County had numerous appointment slots available Wednesday, but you wouldnât know it by checking the stateâs online provider map or most-recent vaccine distribution file.
Checking the state Department of Healthâs vaccine provider map against some local providersâ appointment websites showed that the departmentâs map doesnât always list providers that have appointments available, which could make it more difficult for people to schedule vaccinations quickly.
For example, Wilkes-Barre General Hospital had open appointment slots on its website for Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and well into next week, and Albertâs Pharmacy in Pittston listed open appointment slots on its website for Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday.
A Wilkes-Barre man wanted in connection with a drive-by shooting that injured his girlfriend s brother has been arrested.
Marquis S. Ford, 36, was arraigned Tuesday morning on charges of aggravated assault, criminal conspiracy and criminal mischief. Magisterial District Judge Rick Cronauer set bail at $200,000 and sent Ford to the Luzerne County Correctional Facility with a preliminary hearing scheduled for April 27.
Ford had been wanted on a warrant issued March 22 charging him with shooting Johnny Gunter, 31, of Nanticoke, who was hit in the abdomen, right forearm and right thigh.
According to police, Ford and his girlfriend, Starneesha M. Richardson-Gunter, 31, targeted Gunter â who is Richardson-Gunter s brother â in retaliation for him allegedly stabbing Ford during an altercation in Nanticoke in October 2019.