UPMC closes Memorial Hospital to visitors in wake of hostage and shooting incident
UPMC announced this morning via a Facebook post that it has closed Memorial Hospital in West Manchester Township to visitors in the wake of a hostage incident Saturday that left one police officer dead, two injured and several staff members injured. The health care system did not say when visitors to patients would once again be welcome.
UPMC physician assistant says he told hospital shooter his loved one had died
Lester Mendoza, a physician assistant at UPMC Memorial Hospital in York, said he helped tell the shooter a loved one had passed days before the shooting.
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 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.
Hospital shooting prompts security reviews across health systems
Saturday’s hostage-taking and fatal shooting of a police officer at UPMC Memorial Hospital in York sent shockwaves throughout hospitals and health systems and led to increased security presences and reviews of security for areas where it could be strengthened.
A timeline of tragedy at UPMC Memorial: How police and fire responded, moment by moment
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UPMC Memorial shooting: Possible motive identified for shooting
Officials are investigating a possible motive that led to a man entering the UPMC Memorial Hospital ICU where several staff ...
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Deadly shooting at UPMC Memorial: Everything we know and don't know
An officer was killed and multiple people were injured in a shooting reported at UPMC Memorial Hospital in York County, ...
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UPMC Memorial Hospital staffer says he gave gunman devastating news in the days before Saturday’s attack
A physician’s assistant at UPMC Memorial Hospital claims he delivered devastating news to Diogenes Archangel-Ortiz in the ...
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Here's how you can support slain officer's family and UPMC staff after hospital shooting
A number of fundraisers and support drives have been organized to allow community members to lend their support.
Healthcare advocates, lawmakers call for more measures to protect hospital workers from violence
In the wake of the deadly shooting at UPMC Memorial Hospital, healthcare leaders are shining a light on increasing workplace violence against nurses and doctors.
Officer killed after a gunman took hostages at a Pennsylvania hospital
Authorities say a shooter entered UPMC Memorial Hospital's ICU and took staff members hostage before he was killed by police ...
After hospital killing, petition calls on UPMC to address 'dreadfully inadequate' security
The Change.org petition is calling on UPMC to screen all visitors, employees for weapons, place security gaurds, metal ...