Author: Bill Reed
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Penrose Hospital program puts human face on dying
Ann was not going to make it. After a fiery car crash, the young woman was taken to Penrose Hospital. Her husband couldn’t be with her because he was being treated at a different hospital for his injuries. That’s when Jill Clark’s phone rang on a July night. She volunteers for the hospital’s No One…
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Evans drops out of sheriff’s race
Former sheriff’s deputy Todd Evans dropped out of the race for El Paso County Sheriff on Friday, saying he may be facing a recurrence of cancer. Incumbent sheriff Terry Maketa bowed out on Jan. 20, saying he wanted to spend more time with his family. Evans declared his candidacy hours later. Jake Shirk, Monument police…
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PEAK HEALTH: Hear about Haiti trip from the docs who went
A French Mistral class helicopter carrier. Photo by Netword54.com
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Springs’ docs back from Haiti, and plotting another trip
A small Haitian boy kept pointing skyward and saying something to the team of Colorado Springs doctors that they couldn’t understand. A translator finally told them his message: “God has a place in heaven for you.” His voice was among a cacophony of sights and sounds coming at the team during their recent trip to…
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Isaiah gives fellow tots a lesson in empathy
Isaiah Phipps’ eyes grew wide as he saw the other kids, and then the preschool classroom jammed with toys he’d never played with before. For Isaiah, 3, Friday’s preschool debut was the first social outing of his short life. He has never eaten a meal at a restaurant. He has never been to a department…
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Surgeons make haste to Haiti for marathon of medical care
A crew of doctors and nurses lifted off from Colorado Springs early Monday en route to Haiti, creating their own mission of mercy when they felt larger bureaucracies were moving too slowly. The eight medical professionals packed a ton of supplies donated by Memorial Health System and boarded a small plane owned and piloted by…
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PEAK HEALTH: With flu risk low, local hospitals lift visitor restrictions
Abdulhakim Muhammad Photo by The Associated Press Danny Johnston
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PEAK HEALTH: Local doc reports from the ground in Haiti
Breckenridge snowboarder Steve Fisher predicts the U.S. will win “another two medals, if not another three” next month at the Vancouver Games. Fisher is a long shot to qualify for Vancouver at the U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix, which began Friday in Park City, Utah. Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Nathan Bilow