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Hospital video of shooting still is under wraps

More than a month after deputies shot and killed a mental health patient after he came at them ...

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Better way needed to deal with Baker Act admissions

The first court hearing is likely not the last in the case of the shooting death by sheriff’s ...

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Neurosurgeon Basil Keller, slowed by long COVID, retires

Neurosurgeon Basil Keller wasn’t planning to retire, though he is among the longest practicing physicians in the area. ...

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Challenge of transitioning Indian River hospital to Cleveland Clinic exacerbated by the pandemic

As Marybeth Cunningham begins her fifth year as chairman of the Hospital District board, she concedes not fully ...

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Marybeth Cunningham looks back on six years of change in Vero healthcare

Marybeth Cunningham was stunned when Indian River Medical Center Foundation president Jan Donlan asked her to run for ...

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Hospital settles huge malpractice suit with family

On the eve of a scheduled all-day hearing, attorneys for Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital and the family ...

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Long COVID: Infection ends, but recovery often very slow

Bill and Carol Yates are both workout fanatics. Married nearly 50 years, they have both competed in triathlons. ...

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Hospital workers now facing COVID vaccine mandates

Workers at Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital and Lawnwood Medical Center are now facing separate corporate-wide COVID-19 vaccine ...

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Will mandate lead nursing home staff to get vaccinated?

Whether the newly released Jan. 4 deadline for healthcare workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 changes any minds ...

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Shortage of nurses locally seen getting worse

Improved pay, signing bonuses, better benefits, even a new entry-level job aimed at luring newcomers to the field. ...

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Hospital accused of erasing treatment info after 30 days

Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital is accused of stalling again on still more evidence in a major malpractice ...

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Lawsuit forced Cleveland Clinic to give COVID patient ivermectin

For five fraught days in mid-July, Karen Downey’s husband lay dying of COVID-19 at Cleveland Clinic Indian River ...