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Hospital missing $40,000 in equipment
Healthcare Security Weekly, October 18, 2004
Westmoreland Regional Hospital in Greensburg, PA, is missing $40,000 worth of diagnostic equipment from a storage room, The Tribune-Review reports.
Hospital security reported that someone stole two colonoscopies, each valued at $20,000, from the gastrointestinal laboratory storage room in late September, Greensburg Police Capt. George Seranko told The Tribune-Review.
The incident is under investigation. Police have no suspects yet in the case.
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