Colorado’s competency process keeps mentally ill in court cycle
Tucked along a dirt path in a memorial garden not far from Interstate 225 in Aurora, a flat red brick is carved with just one date: 12/27/1990, the day Patrick …
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Staff scrambling after Children’s Hospital Colorado ends full tuition
Children’s Hospital Colorado is cutting off its program that offered employees full tuition for certain health care degrees, leaving some staffers scrambling to figure out their next move. A registered …
Aurora VA’s suicide prevention center investigated over director’s abuse
In March 2018, the director of the Rocky Mountain Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center at the Aurora Veteran Affairs hospital walked into the office of one of her …
Family alleges UCHealth cut Indigenous patient’s hair, lied about it
The family of an Indigenous man receiving medical care at UCHealth alleges the Aurora hospital cut and disposed of their relative’s waist-length hair — something that goes against sacred Native …
Colorado researchers investigate stem cells for multiple sclerosis
A trial involving researchers at the University of Colorado found it can be safe to transplant stem cells into the brains of people with at least one disabling illness, but …
Colorado looks to expand long COVID care beyond specialty clinics
Colorado doesn’t have enough capacity to treat everyone suffering with long COVID at the three specialized clinics in the state, so public health leaders are trying to figure out ways …
Donors clearing waitlist for liver transplants at Children’s Hospital Colorado
So many Coloradans responded to a call to donate pieces of their livers that Children’s Hospital Colorado expects every child in need of a transplant this year will get one. …
Aurora VA canceled veterans’ prosthetics orders, ex-employees allege
In 2021, an employee with the Department of Veterans Affairs in Aurora alerted leadership to a troubling practice within the federal agency’s Eastern Colorado Health Care System, a vast network …
Kelvin Watson, who shot Waffle House cook over COVID-19 mask mandate, sentenced to prison
The man who shot a Waffle House cook who had asked him to wear a mask or leave the restaurant during the 2020 COVID-19 restaurant mask mandate has been sentenced …
Top Aurora Veterans Affairs leaders replaced amid investigation
Two of the federal Department of Veteran Affairs’ top health care leaders in Colorado have been reassigned following concerns over operational oversight, organizational health and workplace culture. In an all-staff …