All Clear Given at Franklin Hospital

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BENTON, IL – (William McPherson – The Benton Gazette.  Please Click on the link above for the full story.  Here is an excerpt below.)

The Gazette just confirmed over the phone with the Benton Fire Department that the situation at Franklin Hospital has been secured.

A bomb squad had been called in to perform a sweep of both Franklin Hospital and Healia Healthcare. The bomb squad, which was equipped with a bomb-sniffing dog, drove in from the Springfield area according to Benton Fire Chief Shane Cockrum.

Franklin Hospital and Helia Healthcare have been given the all clear. Patients and staff are being returned to their facilities. Franklin County Hospital’s ER is now reopen as well.

 

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