my phone was taken out of the hospital room, is there any way to see where the last place it was through pinging off the towers
The police might be able to do this, but you can't. Did you have any anti-theft apps installed? Something like Apple's Find My iPhone?
You can report it stolen and it will be blacklisted so nobody can use it.
https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6160491?hl=en
Android Device Manager.
