Iowa hospitals best for quick emergency turnaround; St. Luke’s even faster March 10, 2008
Posted by John in Health Care, Medicine.Tags: Cedar Rapids (Iowa), Hospitals, Iowa City (Iowa), St. Luke's Hospital, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
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From Nurse.com:
Iowa hospitals were the quickest in the country to provide emergency medical attention. The average emergency visit was 2 hours, 18 minutes compared to the national average of 3:42.
Nebraska rated second fastest in the nation at 2:26, followed by South Dakota (2:28), Vermont (2:32), and Wisconsin (2:34). The longest visits were in Arizona (4:57), Maryland (4:07), Utah (4:04), New York (3:58), and Florida (3:57). …
St. Luke’s Hospital, a 560-bed community hospital in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, saw 51,632 patients in its ED last year and beat the state record by logging an average visit time of 2:10. …
The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, a 750-bed academic medical center in Iowa City…has seen ED length of stay drop from 2:52 to 2:33. …
Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis saw 77,847 patients last year and averaged a 6-hour, 30-minute length of stay.
Cedar Rapids lawyer argues child porn suspect’s right to speedy trial violated March 10, 2008
Posted by John in Crime/Courts, Odd News.Tags: Anne Laverty, Appellate Courts, Bestiality, Child Pornography, Kerwin Lamont Summage, Melissa Mae Brown, Pimping, Pornography, Prostitution, U.S. Supreme Court
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From Quad-City Times:
Cedar Rapids attorney Anne Laverty has filed a motion to dismiss all child pornography-related charges against Mr. [Kerwin Lamont] Summage because, while the case has been delayed through a barrage of appeals, including one to the U.S. Supreme Court, his right to a speedy trial has been violated.
The 40-year-old Davenport man has been in federal custody since his indictment Oct. 14, 2005. …
At Mr. Summage’s apartment at 1825 W. 40th St., police found at least two recordings of child pornography and other tapes showing Ms. Brown performing sex acts with three dogs and prostituting herself at various times between January 2001 to July 2004, according to court documents. Mr. Summage is accused of taping these events, along with performing sex acts on a dog, a fish and other animals on camera, court records state. …
