Vanished valuables: patient belongings go missing in the ER

SALT LAKE CITY — Three Utahns have this experience in common: They each went to the University of Utah Hospital’s emergency room but when they left, they were missing a valuable.

Patient belongings lost

Annette Handy was rushed to the ER in 2021 for a serious infection following knee surgery.

“The doctors at the U of U saved my life,” Handy said of her experience.

But her gratitude is tempered by the loss of her wedding rings while she in the hospital. She said she vividly remembers she had them when she went in…

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