MGH

But the price includes the tip

adamg — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 00:19:16 +0000

Mass. General's list price for a circumcision: $23,000.

Debt deal could hit local teaching hospitals

adamg — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 12:57:20 +0000

WBUR reports on possible effects of research cuts on teaching hospitals in Massachusetts, which bring in more federal science funds per capita than any other state - some $2.4 billion just from the National Institutes of Health last year.

Donate blood, then clog your arteries

adamg — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 18:10:27 +0000

The first 80 people who donate blood on Thursday at Mass. General get a free lunch provided by Redbones Barbecue of Somerville.

Directions and hours.

Brain? What brain?

adamg — Wed, 04 May 2011 11:52:27 +0000

The Times reports nobody at Mass. General seems to know what ABC was talking about when it claimed DNA samples from Bin Laden's dead sister were used to confirm his identity. The initial report, which did not identify Mass. General specifically, was by Brian Ross.

Mass. General to pay $1 million fine for losing patient records on the T

adamg — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 22:53:33 +0000

CommonHealth reports on the fine for the "potential violation" of a federal patient-privacy law caused when an employee lost 40 to 50 patient records on the T in 2009.

Construction workers spark two-alarm fire atop Mass. General building

adamg — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 17:26:33 +0000

The Boston Fire Department reports torches being used to remove a cooling tower atop 165 Cambridge St. started a fire around 10:40 a.m.

The fire was contained to the cooling tower and there were no injuries, the department says, adding damage was about $100,000.

1/8/11 - 10:41 am

Laptop with pancreatic-cancer research data lost at Somerville taco shop

adamg — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 03:16:49 +0000

Galen Loving, a researcher at Mass. General, reports he accidentally left a laptop at Anna's Taqueria in Davis Square around 7 p.m. on Thursday - and that it's now missing:

The computer has important data on it regarding work we've been doing to study pancreatic cancer. The research data contained within the computer is far more important than the computer itself. If anyone has seen or heard anything about this computer or can assist in any way in the recovery of this data, please ... send me an email at gsloving @ nmr.mgh.harvard.edu. Thank you.

Convicted sex offender convicted for MGH restroom attack

adamg — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:37:03 +0000

A Suffolk Superior Court jury today convicted David Flavell, 40, of trying to rape a woman in a Mass. General restroom last October, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office says.

Flavell was found guilty on charges of assault with intent to rape, two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, and one count of assault and battery for the Oct. 22, 2009, attack on a 27-year-old woman.

Before he can be sentenced, he will first have a second trial at which prosecutors will attempt to prove he is the same guy convicted on an assault with intent to rape charge in 1998 in Essex County. If prosecutors make the case, he will face a longer prison sentence.

In addition to the 1998 conviction, a man named David Flavell was convicted in 2001 on two counts of open and gross lewdness and lascivious behavior, according to his record at the state Sexual Offender Registry, which lists him as a "a high risk to reoffend." In 2008, he was arrested on charges of assaulting a woman in a restroom at a Braintree bookstore.

Yeah, doc, how'd you like to have a tube jammed down your throat?

adamg — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:38:31 +0000

Dr. Michael Bailin demonstrates an awake endotracheal intubation at Mass. General - on himself:

Via Dr. T, herself an anesthesiologist, who watched the video admiringly.

'Serious problems' cited at Mass. General

adamg — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 15:57:02 +0000

By Medicare inspectors, the Globe reports.

MGH patient died because the alarm on his heart monitor was turned off

adamg — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 17:06:57 +0000

The Globe reports on the problem of sensors that could save patient lives being turned off or simply ignored.

Another convicted sex offender arrested at MGH

adamg — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:40:13 +0000

Francis Pelosi, 56, of Boston, was arrested around 7 p.m. yesterday after he locked himself in an emergency-department men's room at Massachusetts General Hospital, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.

While arguing with hospital staff and police trying to get him out, Pelosi allegedly threatened to kill the Chelsea police chief, the DA's office says, adding a former Chelsea chief now works in security for the hospital.

Statement from the DA on the knife-wielding guy shot in that MGH office

adamg — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:51:06 +0000

The following is a statement by Suffolk County District Attorney Dan Conley on preliminary findings into the death of Jay Carciero, 37, of Reading, at 50 Staniford St. on Oct. 27:

MGH patient stabs doctor, is shot dead

adamg — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:49:12 +0000

10/27/09 - 10:00 am

Boston Police report a psychiatric patient was fatally shot by an off-duty security guard after he attacked a doctor with a knife this afternoon in a Mass. General building on Staniford Street.

Police say the security guard, who does not work for Mass. General, shot Jay Carciero, 37, of Reading, "multiple times" after he had stabbed the doctor repeatedly. Both victims were taken to the nearby emergency room; he was pronounced dead, the doctor, identified by the Herald as Astrid Desrosiers, is in stable condition.

Channel 5 posts photos from the attack scene at 50 Staniford St., where Mass. General leases office space.

Police Commissioner Ed Davis talks about the violence.

This is the second knife attack in a Boston hospital in two days. On Sunday, somebody was stabbed in the neck in the Boston Medical Center emergency room. And it's the second attack of any kind at MGH - on Thursday, a man allegedly tried to rape a woman in a hospital restroom.

Alleged Mass. General attacker sent to Bridgewater for 20 days

adamg — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:29:17 +0000

David Flavell, charged with attacking and attempting to rape a woman in a Mass. General restroom on Thursday was ordered sent to a secure unit at Bridgewater State Hospital for observation for 20 days to determine whether he's competent for trial, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. He's next scheduled to appear in Boston Municipal Court on Nov. 16 for a status hearing.