By Kevin Collier, NBC News It is not clear whether the hospital paid the ransom, but the hackers have since removed the Rehoboth files from their website, an indication that the hospital may have met their demands, he said. Read full story here
By Dennis Wagner and Wyatte Grantham-Philips, USA TODAY Others on the Rehoboth McKinley hospital staff were overwhelmed by the patient surge, according to Dr. Rajiv Patel, who supervised the hospital’s eight-bed intensive care unit. Patel said 17 nurses were laid off...
By Morgan Lee, Associated Press A special audit of management contracts is raising concerns about weak financial controls, executive compensation excesses and potential profiteering at a county-owned hospital on the edge of the Navajo Reservation. The audit delves...
By J. Weston Phippen, Rolling Stone At the end of the Howard Johnson Hotel’s orange and white hallway, Dr. Caleb Lauber paused by a mirror as if he were lost. The mirror was an invention of the crafty security guards who’d leaned it against a chair, allowing them to...
By Moran Lee, Associated Press The hospital laid off nurses in March as a cost-saving measure only to be overwhelmed by a surge in coronavirus infections, including from the neighboring Navajo Nation, which has been hit hard by the virus. Dozens of hospital staff...
By Morgan Lee, Associated Press Many nurses and doctors, meanwhile, say staffing at the hospital was inadequate because of Conejo’s move to cut back on nurses in the first week of March to offset declining hospital revenues after elective surgeries were suspended....