OLYMPIA — Providence St. Peter Hospital and Capital Medical Center of Olympia won’t take part in physician-assisted suicide under Washington state’s new assisted suicide law.
Instead, hospital officials told The Olympian they will refer terminally ill patients to their primary doctors.
Providence Health &Services spokeswoman Karina Jennings said that the same standard applies for all of its medical facilities and nursing homes in Washington and Oregon. She said the main reason is because Providence is a Catholic health care organization, and physician-assisted suicide is “not a path conducive to our values.”
Tacoma: Embattled judge denies state’s charges
Pierce County Superior Court Judge Michael Hecht has denied every charge brought against him by the state’s Commission on Judicial Conduct, including that he has patronized prostitutes.
In April, the commission formally charged Hecht with violating three canons of the Code of Judicial Conduct by allegedly exchanging cash and legal advice for sex, threatening two men, using racially insensitive language and engaging in unfair campaign conduct.
The News Tribune says Hecht filed his 62-page response to the commission’s “statement of charges” on April 30. He categorically denying using a slur in a private conversation in 2007.
Seattle: Singer bilks band, gets eight months of jail time
A former singer of a Seattle cover band has been sentenced to eight months in jail for stealing nearly $100,000 from the band.
Paul Jensen pleaded guilty to four counts of first-degree theft that occurred between January 2006 and December 2007.
On Friday, King County Superior Court Judge Timothy Bradshaw said the 40-year-old Jensen would be eligible for work release so he could pay $43,000 in restitution.
Charging papers say Jensen was in charge of booking events for the Dudley Manlove Quartet, signing contracts and collecting payment for gigs. Court documents say Jensen deposited $97,746 of the band’s earnings into his personal account from performances at weddings, private parties and Seattle venues.
Deer Park: Tractor starts, crushes man
Authorities say a 67-year-old Deer Park man died when the farm tractor he was trying to fix started unexpectedly and drove over his chest.
Sgt. Bob Christilaw said the man was underneath the tractor Friday evening at his home when it suddenly started.
Paramedics were called but the man died in an ambulance. He was not named.
Oregon: Gun was supposed to protect, not hurt
Authorities say an 86-year-old Salem man was shot in the leg after he dropped a gun he was given to protect himself.
Lt. Sheila Lorance, a Marion County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman, said Loren Thackery received a .22-caliber revolver from his son after his home was burglarized Wednesday. Thackery feared the suspects would return.
After deputies were called to the house a second time, the Statesman Journal reported Friday, they learned Thackery had dropped the gun his son lent him and it had fired. Lorance said the bullet went through Thackery’s right calf. The injury was not life-threatening.
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