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Detectives investigating fatal shooting of 19-year-old man in Springfield Gardens on Thursday night: NYPD

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Mar. 22, 2024 By Bill Parry Detectives at the 113th Precinct in Jamaica are investigating a fatal shooting of a 19-year-old man in Springfield Gardens on Thursday. Police responded to a 911 call of a shooting victim at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center just before 10:30 p.m., where they were met by medical personnel who told them that the victim had been transported there by private means with a gunshot wound to his chest. Upon further investigation, it was determined that the man was shot inside a home at 178-16 Leslie Rd. in Springfield Gardens. The victim was subsequently pronounced dead,…
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Borough President grants $3 million to JHMC for cancer treatment device, as the hospital gears up to open its new cancer center

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Mar. 4, 2024 By Athena Dawson On Thursday, Feb. 29, Queens Borough President Donovan Richards held a press conference to announce a $3 million grant his office has provided for a state-of-the art cancer treatment device that will be part of a new cancer center that is opening at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center in April….
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Jamaica Hospital Medical Center named one of America’s top 100 best hospitals

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Feb. 8, 2024 By Athena Dawson On Wednesday Feb. 7, Jamaica Hospital Medical Center (JHMC) was named one of America’s top 100 Best Hospitals for 2024 by Healthgrades. The new award comes as JHMC climbed the ranks from its previously held position of America’s 250 Best Hospitals from 2020-2024. Healthgrades, an online organization that rates…
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Jamaica man sentenced for slashing girlfriend as she sat in Jamaica Hospital with their sick baby: DA

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Feb. 20, 2023 By Bill Parry Jamaica resident Alexander Fitzpatrick was sentenced to 17 years in prison for viciously slashing his girlfriend as she sat at the bedside of their sick baby at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center in 2020, Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced Monday. Fitzpatrick, 28, of 159th Street in Jamaica, pleaded guilty…
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