BLOOMSBURG A discharged patient allegedly walked out of the Geisinger Bloomsburg Hospital with the emergency room cell phone after being allowed to use it to call for a ride, court papers say.
BLOOMSBURG Police need help to identify a man who allegedly stole a wallet from an office at Geisinger-Bloomsburg Hospital, 549 Fair St. The theft took place shortly before 9:30 a.m.
Ten hospitals in the Philadelphia region have been named to U.S. News & World Report's inaugural Best Hospitals for Maternity list. Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia, as well as several Jefferson Health and Virtual Health facilities in the area, were recognized by the publication for their labor and delivery services.
BLOOMSBURG A patient punched a nurse and a security guard while held in the psychiatric ward at Geisinger-Bloomsburg Hospital, according to criminal charges. Joshua Pruitt, 33, of 9 Hounds Chase Drive, Bloomsburg, twice fought with hospital staffers while they tried to give him medication on Aug. 6 and Aug. 11, arrest papers say. He threw a punch at a resident nurse, hitting
BLOOMSBURG A Columbia County inmate had to be taken to the emergency room at Geisinger-Bloomsburg Hospital after overdosing in his cell on an apparent mix of heroin and fentanyl, a criminal complaint says. Robert G. Killian, 35, of 355 Vine St., Berwick, was revived with a dose of Narcan after prison staff called for an ambulance. Killian had returned from a preliminary