Perry Point News

The shootings at Fort Hood last week were particularly shocking for staffers at the Perry Point Veterans Administration Hospital in Perryville when they realized one of the victims was a former co-worker. Juanita Warman was a nurse practitioner when she was stationed in at the hospital.

One of the victims of the Ft. Hood shootings had close ties to our area. Lieutenant Colonal Juanita Warman spent more than two years working at the Perry Point VA Medical Center in Cecil County -- counseling veterans returning home from battle.

Two of the 13 people slain at Fort Hood on Thursday were military reservists who worked for the Veterans Affairs Department as civilians, VA officials said.

An Army physician's assistant who once lived in Havre de Grace was among the 13 people killed in a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, last week.

Newswise - A study of 2,203 cardiac surgery patients from Veterans Affairs medical centers nationwide revealed that coronary-artery bypass grafting completed a oeoff-pump,a meaning without a heart-lung machine, had no advantages in patient outcomes compared to the traditional a oeon-pumpa procedure.

A Delaware man was fatally shot by police Wednesday after he drove about 25 miles going the wrong way on Eastern Shore highways, then pointed a gun at a trooper, state police said.

Maryland State Police say a man who threw large rocks at motorists is in serious condition after being shot by a trooper in Cecil County.

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