Thursday, June 21, 2012
Health providers offer tips on staying cool, outside and in.
To watch young Callum Pollock run around the Wiltshire Park playground late Wednesday afternoon, you wouldn't know the thermometer reading was nearing 90. "He's been inside most of the day," said his mother, Morna, as she sat on the edge of a sandbox, braving the temperatures. Fortunately, Callum could cool off with an an occasional jaunt through the park's concrete seal that has been spraying water on Upper St. Clair children for decades. But other folks don't have that luxury. With Thursday expected to be a repeat, West Penn Allegheny Health System and St. Clair Hospital offer tips for anyone who expects to be exposed to the heat, indoors or out:
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McMurray Rd & Wiltshire Dr, Upper St Clair, PA
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Wednesday, April 18, 2012
The local hospital was named by Reuters as one of the Top 100 institutions in the country.
St. Clair Hospital officials are celebrating an independent study that named it one of the Top-100 hospitals in the country. The Thomson Reuters study named St. Clair as one of the top Large Community Hospitals after weighing its performance in mortality, patient satisfaction, cost-efficiency and other factors. The only other hospital in this area to be named to the list was Allegheny General Hospital, which scored high marks as a Major Teaching Institution. The study has been conducted since 1993 and evaluates nearly 3,000 hospitals across the country. “From a national perspective, it’s nice to be included in the company of such prestigious hospitals,” said Michael Flanagan, who is the hospital’s senior vice president and chief operating …
Monday, April 16, 2012
The latest from the office of Magisterial District Judge Robert Wyda.
District Judge Robert Wyda held all charges for court Monday in two drunk driving cases. Matthew Joseph Broderick, 28, of 246 Hays Road, Upper St. Clair, is charged with one count of driving under the influence of alcohol or controlled substance, an additional count of driving under the influence for having a high rate of alcohol in his system, one count of careless driving and one count of not having his vehicle registration. Upper St. Clair police found Broderick at Painters Run Road on March 6 after his car crashed into a utility pole. According to the criminal complaint, Broderick told the officer he had six to seven beers prior to the accident. Broderick was arrested and transported to St. Clair Hospital for his blood to be drawn and …
Friday, March 30, 2012
The groundbreaking—held Thursday—commenced construction, which is slated to be completed in the spring of 2013.
St. Clair Hospital officials and site developers broke ground Thursday for Peters Township's newest medical center, St. Clair Hospital Outpatient Center. The two-story, 40,000-square-foot building is located at 3928 Washington Road in McMurray—in the former space of Al Lorenzi Building Products. The first floor will include full-service diagnostic capabilities and the second floor will house physicians’ offices—an on-site cafe will also be constructed. Officials said the outside will have a campus feel with landscaping and planted islands. The building will be "fundamentally green" and include a Safe Zone Walkway to the parking lot, which includes 180 parking spaces. A traffic light already exists at the entrance of the location, however…
See 'Pittsburgh’s 50 Finest' 2012 class.
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Friday, March 30, 2012
Dr. Terrence Gilbert, the medical director for St. Clair Hospital’s In-Patient and Hospitalist programs, was named as one of “Pittsburgh’s 50 Finest” in trying to raise money for the fight against cystic fibrosis. Gilbert and 49 other people from around the region—including Upper St. Clair graduate Josh Bobrowsky, founding partner and head of social media, Icons Consulting; owner and head of social media, Integrated Fitness; and Peters Patch Editor Andrea Bosco—are each trying to raise $2,500 for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. The fundraising drive begins Thursday, March 29 and continues until the celebratory gala on Aug. 16. “Obviously, to be considered one of the ‘50 Finest’ is a great honor,” Gilbert said. “Plus to be part of such a …
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Construction of the 40,000-square-foot outpatient facility will begin following Thursday's groundbreaking.
Peters Township has become the medical mecca of the South Hills in recent years and today St. Clair Hospital is breaking ground on its outpatient facility along Route 19. With construction originally scheduled to start last summer, the $20 million, 40,000-square-foot facility is now ready to go up. The building, located at 3928 Washington Road, is set to face Route 19 with a green buffer of landscaping between the road and the facility—complete with 180 spaces of parking behind, creating "a more aesthetically-pleasing" look, we reported last May. The two-story building will be built near Donaldson's Crossroads, at the site of the former Al Lorenzi Building Products. According to last year's reports, the Mt. Lebanon hospital has seen a …
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
The 5-year-old was crossing Washington Avenue with his mother when he was hit by a car pulling out of Burgh's.
A 5-year-old boy was struck by a car Tuesday afternoon with enough force to knock him out of his shoes while trying to cross Washington Avenue in Bridgeville with his mother. The boy was not seriously injured, although he was taken to St. Clair Hospital for precautionary reasons, Bridgeville police Chief Chad King said. “As far as I know, he’s doing well,” King said. “He was up and moving around and doing pretty good once everyone checked him out. "I guess little kids are made of rubber.” King said the boy was walking with his mother, who was also holding a 5-month-old child, at about 1 p.m. when they tried to cross Washington Avenue between Bridgeville Appliance and Burgh’s. Traffic stopped in both directions, but a 20-year-old Cecil …
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
The latest from the office of Magisterial District Judge Robert Wyda.
A Wesley Spectrum Academy student is facing a drug possession charge after police said he was found with three Tylenol with codeine pills at school on Jan. 19. Zachary Michael Scalise, 18, of 70 Noblestown Road, Carnegie, waived his preliminary hearing to court on Monday. According to the criminal complaint filed by Upper St. Clair police, school staff reported Scalise was acting impaired, checked his wallet and discovered the pain pills. Scalise would not tell police how he acquired them. The pills were sent to a crime lab for a positive ID, according to police. Continued The case against Zachary Scott Jones, 24, of 2621 Rossmoor Dr., Upper St. Clair, was continued on Monday in district Judge Robert Wyda's courtroom. Zachary Jones is …
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
A roundup of the top stories from Patch sites in your area.
Here are some of the top stories from Patch sites in your region this week: Gender Reveal Cakes a Growing Trend Walking Pneumonia Reported at School The Pooch Pitt Opening Soon It's About Passion Hollywood Theater to Raise the Dead
Thursday, January 12, 2012
The project will increase the size of the Mt. Lebanon hospital's cancer center by nearly 25 percent.
St. Clair Hospital broke ground this week on a expansion project that will increase the size of its cancer center by nearly 25 percent. The hospital in Mt. Lebanon is building a new area for a “linear accelerator” that will be housed in a vault with 84-inch thick walls. The building will expand the existing 8,000-square-foot cancer center by an additional 1,885-square-feet. A backhoe began digging Tuesday next to the current UPMC/St. Clair Hospital Cancer Center and the project is expected to be completed by the end of the summer. “When the renovation and the addition of the new linear accelerator are completed, the center will offer even more advance services and increased patient access,” said Dr. Robert Werner, who is a radiation …
Becky Brindle
1:19 pm on Friday, March 30, 2012
I was just told that Cami Hulin is also an Upper St. Clair High School graduate! USC is representing this year! more ›