Tag: Providence Hospital

Alaska’s premier ‘Catholic’ hospital flaunts church teaching, backs LGBTQ ‘Pride’

AbortionJune 21, 2022

Alaska’s largest hospital, which advertises itself as a “Catholic” institution, has gone all in with promoting and celebrating transgenderism, bisexuality, cross sex hormones and LGBTQ “Pride Month.” A June 3 post on Providence Alaska Medical

Anti-homeschool doctor who leads Alaska child abuse clinic faces claims of bullying, erroneous diagnosis

EducationNovember 19, 2021

Parental rights advocates in Alaska had reason for concerned when Providence Hospital hired Dr. Barbara Knox as the medical director of Alaska CARES, an Anchorage clinic that helps coordinate investigations of suspected child abuse. Just four months before

Providence Alaska must be accountable for denying Ivermectin to patients who later died

FeaturedOctober 26, 2021

On Oct. 13, William Topel and Neil Kitamura, both Anchorage residents, died while under the care of Providence Alaska Medical Center. Topel and his physician requested Ivermectin and vitamins to treat his illness, but Providence refused to administer

Another man dies at Providence after hospital refuses repeated requests for Ivermectin

FeaturedOctober 19, 2021

On Oct. 13, Neil Kitamura, age 78, died a few hours after fellow Anchorage resident William Topel passed away. Both were patients at Providence Alaska Medical Center. Each man asked to receive Ivermectin to treat COVID illnesses, and both were denied.

Funeral on Friday for Anchorage man who was denied Ivermectin at Providence

FeaturedOctober 19, 2021

William Topel died last week in Anchorage after checking into Providence Alaska Medical Center a week earlier with COVID symptoms. The hospital refused to give him Ivermectin despite repeated requests by Topel, his physician and his legal guardian.

Anchorage mayor asks health care workers to ‘treat every patient with dignity’

FeaturedOctober 12, 2021

Amid new reports that some patients are facing difficulties getting requested COVID treatments from local hospitals, Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson is calling for calm and compassion on all sides. The mayor’s Oct. 12 statement does not specifically mention

UPDATE: Anchorage man dies after hospital rejects his request for Ivermectin

FeaturedOctober 12, 2021

William Topel passed away on Oct. 13. Prominent in Anchorage’s conservative political circles, Topel checked into Providence Alaska Medical Center last Thursday due to complications from COVID. Both he and his physician asked hospital staff to administer

Providence may reexamine whether approved vax exemptions were for ‘appropriate religious reasons’

FeaturedSeptember 24, 2021

Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage is granting some religious exemptions to its COVID shot mandate, but not without serious caveats. Last month the Catholic hospital announced that its employees had until Sept. 30 to be fully vaxed. It has allowed

Providence hospital investigates faith of employees who request religious exemption to vax

FeaturedSeptember 20, 2021

Providence Alaska Medical Center, a Catholic hospital and one of the largest private employers in Alaska, is investigating the sincerity of employees’ spiritual beliefs before granting religious exemptions to COVID shots. Last month, the Catholic hospital

Inhuman hospital COVID protocols lack compassion for our dying

End of LifeDecember 24, 2020

Editor’s note: The following message was originally posted on Facebook by Elizabeth Welsh, one of the organizers of the Open Alaska group which advocates rolling back many of the oppressive COVID mandates in Anchorage. This is what she would have said to

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