LOUISVILLE, Ky. — An Army veteran is seeking $10 million from the federal government, accusing a Veterans Administration nurse of repeatedly putting ice packs on his penis after surgery, causing frostbite and gangrene and ultimately leading to the organ’s partial amputation....
I don't think Viagra will help.
Michael D. Nash, 61, of Louisville, entered the VA hospital on Oct. 28, 2010, to have a penile implant and circumcision. A nurse applied ice packs to Nash’s groin to reduce pain and swelling. The problem arose when the medical staff allowed the ice packs to remain in place for about 19 hours.
Gangrene set it in within a few weeks, causing doctors to remove a five-inch section of Nash’s penis....
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And he didn't have health insurance?
"Hundreds in Ky. to lose health insurance under court ruling" by Associated Press | Associated Press, November 01, 2012
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Members of a Christians-only health insurance plan will lose their coverage on Thursday under a judge’s order to cease operations.
Franklin County Circuit Judge Thomas Wingate found that Medi-Share doesn’t comply with Department of Insurance regulations and won’t be allowed to operate in Kentucky.
That means some 800 Kentuckians will lose their coverage.
‘‘We just don’t think the Department of Insurance or Judge Wingate thought through the reality that you have 800 people now that, overnight, have nothing,’’ said Medi-Share president Tony Meggs. ‘‘The state, with Medi-Share, should come together to provide some type of transition for these people.’’
Meggs said members of the Christian health plan were being notified Tuesday that the program ends Wednesday night. Meanwhile, Meggs said attorneys are urging Wingate to reconsider the abrupt end to the program in Kentucky to allow time for members to find other insurance coverage.
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"Mother gets 25 years for fire that killed two of her children" by Bruce Schreiner | Associated Press, December 14, 2012
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A sobbing mother was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in prison for setting fire to her home and killing two of her children at Fort Campbell, in what prosecutors described as a scheme to escape a rocky marriage and collect on her soldier husband’s life insurance policy.
In a tearful plea for leniency, 39-year-old Billi Jo Smallwood showed photo albums and her son’s toy chest while professing her innocence to a crime that could have put her in prison for the rest of her life.
‘‘Those are my children, my babies that grew inside of me,’’ she told US District Judge Thomas B. Russell. ‘‘I love them so much.’’
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Related:
5 children among 7 killed in house fire
"Man kills ex-girlfriend, 2 others" by Associated Press | January 17, 2013
HAZARD, Ky. — A gunman enraged by a domestic dispute bought a gun and fatally shot his former girlfriend, her uncle, and a 12-year-old girl in a parking lot of a small southeastern Kentucky college, police said Wednesday.
The campus was locked down for more than an hour Tuesday afternoon as police searched the two buildings of Hazard Community and Technical College.
Related(?): Slow Saturday Special: Arm the Campus Cops
Police Chief Minor Allen said the gun believed to have been used was purchased the same day at a pawn shop. A semiautomatic pistol was found at the scene....
So who planted it, and was this just another drill?
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Yup, gotta get those waiting lists and background checks in place.
Hey, it's only Weiss's wisdom at work.
Also see:
40 hikers rescued in Kentucky
4.3 magnitude earthquake reported in Ky.
Madrid fault acting up from all the fracking?
Chemical fumes from derailed train ignite, forcing wide evacuation in Ky.
Strong smell, but I never say it in my printed Globe.
