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Saint Thomas

Despite Some Pushback, Cane Ridge Marker Will Publicize More Of Nashville’s History Of Lynchings

Ambriehl Crutchfield

September 20, 2021

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A 15-year-old Black boy was lynched by a white mob on Dec. 15, 1924. Despite a grand jury investigation, public outcry and a reward, no one was ever charged. Now, a new marker at the site of Davidson County’s last known lynching aims to share Samuel Smith’s story.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, History, Metro, Politics, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: Davidson County, General Hospital, Germantown, historical markers, lynching, Metro Historical Commission, North Nashville, Rutherford County, Saint Thomas

Saint Thomas Becomes Latest Health System To Require Vaccines Across Workforce

Blake Farmer

July 27, 2021

Ascension Saint Thomas

The country’s largest Catholic hospital system says its employees must get the shots by mid-November, joining the likes of Vanderbilt University Medical Center locally, as COVID cases and hospitalizations across Tennessee continue to spike in the unvaccinated population.

Filed Under: Business, Coronavirus Live Updates, Health Care, WPLN News Tagged With: Coronavirus In Tennessee, coronavirus vaccine, COVID, COVID-19, HCA, Health Care, Saint Thomas, saint thomas health, vaccinations, vaccine, Vaccines

Saint Thomas Midtown Began As A Schism. 100 Years Later, It’s Returned To The Fold.

Blake Farmer

March 20, 2019

Listen The Nashville hospital formerly known as Baptist is marking a century in operation, though it’s changed hands a few times. There’s a 100-year celebration on Wednesday, with former executives invited back to speak.

Filed Under: Health Care, WPLN News Tagged With: Baptist Hospital, Saint Thomas

Saint Thomas Installs Baby Webcams In NICU, Keeping Parents Connected From Home

Blake Farmer

March 16, 2018

Listen The neonatal intensive care unit at Saint Thomas Midtown is the first in Middle Tennessee to go live with baby webcams, a technological upgrade that hospitals around the country have been installing. But the video streams are seen as more than a modern convenience.

Filed Under: Health Care, WPLN News Tagged With: Health Care, Saint Thomas

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