Hospital

BRAINERD, Minn. (AP) — Police say a patient in a locked unit at a central Minnesota hospital made a brief escape after setting a bed on fire.

Rochester, MN (KROC AM News) - A second Rochester man to suffer a heart attack while dealing with heavy snow Monday survived, thanks to a neighbor and a police officer.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Former Vice President Walter Mondale has been released from the hospital after being treated for the flu.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Four patients at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center have been infected with an antibiotic-resistant "superbug" linked to a type of medical scope that's used on more than a half-million people in the U.S. every year, the hospital said Wednesday.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A long-awaited study on nurse staffing levels at Minnesota hospitals has prompted fresh division between nurses and their employers.