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Metro likely to pay $485,000 to settle suit with rape victim

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By MICHAEL CASS • Staff Writer (Tennessean) • May 13, 2008

Metro Nashville is expected to pay $485,000 to settle a lawsuit because its hospital didn't tell a rape victim about drugs that might have prevented her from contracting HIV, and its police department didn't immediately test the rapist for the virus.

Council approves $11.5 million loan increase to General Hospital

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By MICHAEL CASS • Staff Writer (Tennessean) • February 19, 2008

Nashville’s struggling city hospital will be able to use another $11.5 million to finish the current budget year after the Metro Council approved a loan extension and increase tonight.

The council voted 34-3 to help Nashville General Hospital at Meharry, which serves many poor and indigent patients who have no medical insurance. The hospital will have another year to pay off the loan, which is now almost $32 m

Old year closes with several violent incidents around Nashville

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Only one of the victims injured critically — teen was shot in car, police say

Metro police Capt. David Imhof gave this roundup of shootings and stabbings overnight as 2007 came to a close and the new year rolled in.

West Precinct

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