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Excela Health: Patients May Not Have Needed Stents
GREENSBURG (KDKA) — Excela Health says 141-patients who received stents in 2010 didn’t medically need them. The announcement comes after a self-initiated internal review conducted at the Westmoreland...
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Stolen Computer May Put Identities Of Patients At Risk
JEANNETTE (KDKA) — A computer stolen from a hospital may have put the identities of patients at risk. Officials with Excela Health say they sent a letter to patients who visited its Jeannette campus to...
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Workers In Westmoreland Co. Shaken Up
JEANNETTE (KDKA) — There were no reports of injuries or damage in Westmoreland County, but people were shaken up by the quake. Inside the Westmoreland County Courthouse, workers on the third floor...
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17-Month-Old Baby’s Death Under Investigation
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Police are investigating after an unresponsive 17-month-old child died. The Westmoreland County Coroner identified the baby as 17-month-old Colby Jozefczyk. He was found...
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Autopsy Results Inconclusive In 17-Month-Old Boy’s Death
SALTSBURG (KDKA) – The results of an autopsy on the body of a 17-month-old who was found unresponsive in his Indiana County home were released Tuesday morning. According to the coroner, the results of...
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Justin Bieber Concert Is The Show Of A Lifetime For Local Girl
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — As 11-year-old Bailie Zilli made her way into CONSOL Energy Center for the Justin Bieber concert Tuesday night, the anticipation built. Bailie was 2-years-old when she fell into a...
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More Than 500 Flu Cases Already Reported In Westmoreland County
GREENSBURG (KDKA) — More people in Westmoreland County have been diagnosed with the flu so far this year than in all of last year. Many of those patients, primarily the elderly, have found themselves...
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Latrobe Couple Deliver Newborn Son In Parking Lot
LATROBE (KDKA) — Wesley Quicquaro was born to love books. His parents, Rochelle and Jon, were on their way to Excela Health Westmoreland Hospital Thursday morning, but didn’t quite make it. “We headed...
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Medical Malls Gaining Popularity In Western Pa.
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – It used to be everyone shopped downtown and then, shopping moved out into the suburbs as malls grew in popularity. It used to be everyone got their medical care at or near a...
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Vandals Spray Paint Greensburg Cancer Center Sign
GREENSBURG (KDKA) — Some strange vandalism was discovered today on a sign at the Arnold Palmer Pavilion in Westmoreland County. Someone spray painted on the sign that leads into the Greensburg cancer...
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Police: Westmoreland Co. Woman Sold Drugs From Hospital Room
GREENSBURG (KDKA) — Greensburg City police are expected to file charges as early as Tuesday against a woman from Youngwood who was leading two lives at Excela Health Westmoreland Hospital. She was not...
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Jeannette Hospital Has Date With Wrecking Ball
JEANNETTE (KDKA) — A former Westmoreland County hospital is being torn down. Jeannette Memorial Hospital will be demolished June 1. The facility was built in 1952 and has been vacant since 2011....
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Excela Health To Expand Its Frick Hospital To A Medical Mall
MOUNT PLEASANT (KDKA) — A multi-million dollar upgrade to Excela Health’s Frick Hospital in Mount Pleasant is an economic boost to southern Westmoreland and northern Fayette Counties. The project, says...
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Police: Man Caught Selling Heroin From Hospital Room
GREENSBURG (KDKA) — Greensburg police say 37-year-old Jeffery Lakin was getting a lot of visitors at Westmoreland Hospital while recovering. But it turns out they weren’t coming to see how he was...
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‘Two Pleasant Surprises:’ Leap Day Twins Born In Greensburg
GREENSBURG (KDKA) – A child being born on Leap Day has about a 1-in-1500 chance of happening. Twins being born on Leap Day, however, has about a 1-in-50,000 chance of occurring. On Saturday, that 1...
View ArticleExcela Health Westmoreland Hospital Prepares ‘Negative-Pressure Rooms’ For...
GREENSBURG, Pa. (KDKA) – The spread of the coronavirus did not yet creep into Westmoreland County, but the largest hospital in the area wants the public to know: it’s prepared. Excela Health...
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‘We Were Overwhelmed By Online Donations’: Excela Health Donates $80,000 In...
GREENSBURG (KDKA) — The Westmoreland County Food Bank received a donation of $80,000 Wednesday from the employees and staff of Excela Health. The donor dollars will go far. For each $1 that was...
View ArticleCOVID-19 In Westmoreland County: Top Physician At Excela Health Issues...
GREENSBURG, Pa. (KDKA) — A top physician at Westmoreland County’s largest hospital system is issuing a warning. For Excela Health’s chief medical officer, the last few months battling coronavirus in...
View ArticleFrontline Workers At Excela Health And Butler Health System Begin Receiving...
By: KDKA-TV News Staff WESTMORELAND COUNTY (KDKA) – Healthcare workers at Excela Health in Westmoreland County and Butler Health System began receiving the COVID-19 vaccine on Friday. Frontline workers...
View ArticleDiocese Of Greensburg Students Donate Nearly 1,000 Cards And Gifts To...
By: KDKA-TV News Staff GREENSBURG (KDKA) – To celebrate the spirit of Christmas, students all throughout the Diocese of Greensburg donated nearly 1,000 cards and gifts to patients at hospitals in the...
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