WellSpan is beefing up security

WellSpan is beefing up security after deadly attack at UPMC Memorial Hospital
WellSpan has metal detectors in some settings, including the emergency department at York Hospital, because of the high traffic, the release states. The hospital also has armed, on-duty police officers working with the staff, and security uses handheld wands when it is warranted.
OSHA opens workplace safety probe following UPMC Memorial Hospital attack
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration opened an investigation of UPMC Memorial Hospital, where a gunman attacked the ICU last month, leaving a police officer dead and five others wounded.
UPMC closes Memorial Hospital to visitors in wake of hostage and shooting incident
UPMC announced this morning via a Facebook post that it has closed Memorial Hospital in West Manchester Township to visitors in the wake of a hostage incident Saturday that left one police officer dead, two injured and several staff members injured. The health care system did not say when visitors to patients would once again be welcome.
OSHA investigating hostage situation, shooting at UPMC Memorial Hospital
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the shooting and hostage situation at UPMC Memorial Hospital that wounded five and claimed the life of a police officer last month. "The agency has a total of six months to conduct its investigation and release its findings,
What we know — and don't know — following deadly UPMC Memorial Hospital shooting
Investigators are continuing to piece together the sequence of events at UPMC Memorial Hospital that led to the deaths of a West York Borough police officer and the 49-year-old who held ICU staff hostage.
UPMC Memorial Hospital reopens for visitors after weekend shooting
UPMC Memorial Hospital has reopened to visitors after a man took staff in the ICU hostage and an officer was killed on Saturday. A UPMC spokesperson says visitation remains limited to two people per patient and the hospital is no longer on EMS divert.
WellSpan announces ‘enhanced security measures’ after UPMC hospital shooting
WellSpan Health on Tuesday announced “enhanced security measures” after a 49-year-old gunman killed a police officer and injured multiple others at UPMC Memorial in February. The new security measures will be implemented “across all WellSpan campuses and facilities,
WellSpan makes security changes at its Ephrata hospital following York shooting
Visitors and patients entering WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital will use different entrances than employees as part of a WellSpan-wide security enhancement in the wake of the Feb. 22 shooting at
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Officer killed in UPMC Memorial Hospital shooting, hostage situation; multiple injured
(WHTM)– West York Borough Police officer Andrew Duarte died in the line of duty on Saturday after a man opened fire and took staff hostage inside the UPMC Memorial Hospital ICU in York County on ...
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Police officer killed, 5 other people wounded after gunman holds Pennsylvania hospital staff hostage, officials say
“No patients have been injured. The hospital is now secure,” Susan Manko, spokesperson for UPMC Memorial in York, told CNN. The officer who died was Andrew Duarte, his department confirmed on ...
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UPMC Memorial Hospital no longer on EMS divert and ICU is open for patients
UPMC Memorial Hospital announced the emergency department is no longer on EMS divert and the ICU is now open for patients. The announcement said that across UPMC hospitals, armed police officers ...
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UPMC physician assistant says he told hospital shooter his loved one had died
AT 1035 THIS MORNING, 49 YEAR OLD YANNIS ARCANGEL ORTIZ WALKED INTO THE UPMC MEMORIAL HOSPITAL CARRYING A BAG WITH A SEMIAUTOMATIC HANDGUN AND ZIP TIES. HE THEN MADE HIS WAY TO THE ICU AND ZIP ...
38 minutes of terror: Social media posts tell of the horror inside UPMC Memorial's ICU
The social media post is among several that provide details of the horror that visited the hospital’s ICU Saturday morning when Archangel-Ortiz, armed with a handgun and zip ties, held the staff ...
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Fundraiser started for UPMC Memorial Hospital housekeeper, 19, who was injured
A fundraiser has been started for a 19-year-old UPMC Memorial Hospital housekeeper who was shot on Saturday when a gunman held ICU employees hostage and wounded them. The GoFundMe, started by her ...
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Deadly shooting at UPMC Memorial: Everything we know and don't know
OFFICER ANDREW DUARTE TURNED 30 JUST A WEEK AGO BEFORE HE WAS KILL An officer was killed and multiple people were injured in a shooting reported at UPMC Memorial Hospital in York County ...