News - Bridgeport Hospital
By Charles Kochakian EVERY year in Connecticut hospitals and nursing homes, thousands of families are forced to make excruciating decisions to allow their mothers and fathers to pass away with "comfort care" and without invasive, death-prolonging therapies the parents would have rejected had they been able to speak for themselves.
By Soule, Alexander Predicting a $20 million deficit this year at John Dempsey Hospital in Farmington, the University of Connecticut is waiting on the release in mid-March of a legislative commission findings that could determine whether the Connecticut General Assembly will free up resources to save the teaching facility.
By Genevieve Reilly, Connecticut Post, Bridgeport Feb. 16--TRUMBULL -- Betty Kost followed the directions broadcast from the small box on the table at the Trumbull Library. When she was told to press the orange button, she did, administering an electric shock to a cardiac patient.
By Amanda Cuda, Connecticut Post, Bridgeport Dec. 5--At first, Mark Edinberg was alone. The Fairfield resident's fingers danced across the keys of the piano in the lobby of St. Vincent's Medical Center in Bridgeport Friday afternoon, flooding the hospital with light, uplifting jazz music.
