Business news in brief The Philadelphia Inquirer
Universal Health Services Inc., King of Prussia, has agreed to acquire Texoma Healthcare System Inc., a nonprofit operator of a 234-bed hospital and a provider of other health-care services in Denison, Texas. The purchase price was not disclosed, but the deal was set to close in January. Texoma, which generates annual revenue of about $150 million, also runs a 60-bed behavioral-health center,
Battlefield's 'Doc' now in a nation's care Rocky Mountain News
The skinny sailor sat in the Philadelphia airport terminal in his deep-blue dress uniform, cracking his knuckles, shifting in his seat, waiting for his best friend.
Hospital bed-closures considered BBC News
Up to 200 beds in Devon's community hospitals could be closed to head off a £16m debt.
Suit blames St. Mary's Hospital for woman's suicide Wisconsin State Journal
Nearly three years ago, Monona police took Carmen Sharp to St. Mary's Hospital in Madison after she twice lay in traffic on the Beltline in failed suicide attempts.
Woman’s Norwalk virus death spurs limits on hospital visits The Chronicle Herald
A Halifax woman with Norwalk virus has died and more hospital buildings have been closed to visitors to try to limit the spread of the bug.
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What are the issues, and what’s being done about them? Smoky Mountain News
Emergency room doctors at Haywood Regional Medical Center have been on a collision course with hospital administration since a brand-new $5 million emergency room opened in December 2004.
Omega Announces Third Quarter 2006 and Restatement Results; Adjusted FFO Of $0.32 Per Share for the Third Quarter 2006 Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
TIMONIUM, Md.----Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. today announced its results of operations for the quarter ended September 30, 2006. The Company also announced it has filed amendments to restate its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 and its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2006 and June 30, 2006 .
'BAD MOOD' LED TO LETHAL RAGE New York Post
Actress Adrienne Shelly's alleged killer told police he came to his Greenwich Village construction job in "a bad mood" and picked a fight with the petite woman after she politely asked him to quiet down, court documents say. Diego Pillco, an
Before Infant's Death, Scrutiny: Social Services Started Case to Examine Possible Exposure to Drugs RedNova
By Sharif Durhams, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Dec. 14--Child safety officials opened a case involving a Rowan County family days before their infant died last week because the child was born with drugs in his system, a county social services worker said Wednesday.
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