Gov. Corbett announced Tuesday that he has fired a half dozen senior agency employees and ordered changes in the two agencies responsible for oversight of health facilities, following the release of a grisly grand jury report that concluded state officials had ignored years of complaints against Philadelphia abortion doctor now charged with murder.
Three other former agency employees, at least one named in the grand jury investigation, had previously resigned, the governor said. Actions are pending against eight others, spokesman Kevin Harley said....