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Herald-Leader blasts UK for secrecy surrounding children's heart program and its efforts to rebuild it despite nearby competition
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8:59 AM
The Lexington Herald-Leader blasted the University of Kentucky in an editorial Sunday for "stonewalling questions about the decision ...
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Petition drive from parents asks UK Healthcare to release mortality rates for cardiothoracic surgeries on children
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9:57 AM
More than 250 people have signed a petition asking the University of Kentucky hospital "to make public the mortality rates for pediatri...
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Chief of cardiothoracic surgery and pediatric heart program at UK, suspended from surgeries, takes job in Florida
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3:23 PM
Dr. Mark Plunkett, the chief University of Kentucky cardiothoracic surgeon whose surgery program was suspended last year for unspecified rea...
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Attorney general says UK should hand over records on children's heart surgeries, which have been suspended pending review
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12:38 PM
Attorney General Jack Conway has ruled that the University of Kentucky hospital violated the state Open Records Act by refusing to give a r...
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Judge rules University of Louisville's hospital is public and subject to Open Records Act; it may appeal
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7:54 AM
The University of Louisville 's hospital is a public entity, a Jefferson Circuit Court judge has ruled in a lawsuit filed to get access ...
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