Clinicians report that ED boarding, the practice of caring for patients in the emergency department when there are not enough inpatient beds, is hurting clinician well-being too.
Chelle Cooper uses her birthday as an opportunity to give back to our community. In light of her 51st birthday this week, her mission was to donate 51 birthday cakes to children who cannot afford one.
Mrs. Claus spreads joy, starts toy drive for children in need
Donations go toward KC s Operation Breakthrough
A toy fundraiser put on my a restaurant will help Operation Breakthrough, where they will help thousands of metro kids have a gift to open this Christmas. The organization helps families with kids in poverty.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. â It s a holiday season unlike any other in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. But some people like Chelle Cooper who want to do some good.
She dressed up as Mrs. Claus on Sunday at the restaurant Ragazza in Kansas City, Missouri, greeting people as they came in.
strike. they have a confession of the 24-year-old explaining his suicide mission. new development in the manslaughter of michael jackson s doctor. abc news has now learned that none of the fingerprints on the propofol bottles found in jackson s bedroom actually belong to the singer. still no word on the prints from a syringe. abc s diana alvear has more on the emergency room doctor s testimony about what dr. conrad murray told them. good morning, diana. reporter: rob, tanya, good morning. defense attorneys seem to be trying to show that dr. murray cared so much about saving jackson s life he pushed e.r. doctors to continue trying to revive him. but the same doctors testified it was clear their efforts were not working. when michael jackson was pronounced dead at his home, it was dr. richelle cooper who made the call. based on the information i had, i felt a pronouncement of death in the field was appropriate. reporter: she did tell the
court what she did in jackson s case was unlike any other she handled. i have never given a time of death in the field and then had the patient brought, until june 25th. she acknowledged it was dr. conrad murray who wanted to continue resuscitation efforts. defense attorneys repeatedly questioned cooper about her experience with propofol and why she felt nothing more could be done for jackson. at the time mr. jackson was my patient, he was already had been dead for some time. reporter: a hospital cardiologist testified murray was unable to tell her when he last gave jackson medication and other crucial details. i asked him from the time he found the patient was down, what was the time that ems or 911 was called. and he couldn t remember that either. he said he did not have any concept of time. he did not have a watch. reporter: an employee testified about murray s phone records the morning of june