Differences in culture, religion and language pose daily challenges at the West
health center, where the waiting room might find Iraqis standing next to refugees from Myanmar, or Burundis sitting alongside Somalis and Bhutanese.
On a recent snowy, bitterly cold day, 77 refugees from various countries were treated at the clinic. Among the patients seen by Dr. Gary Kaufman, the clinic’s medical director, were two young sisters from Myanmar who Read the rest of this entry »

REDLANDS – The Loma Linda University Heart & Surgical Hospital saw its first two surgical patients this morning.
After some contention and an ownership change, the building officially opened Tuesday.
“I’m happy to report we received a call from the California Department of Public Health yesterday afternoon and we’re approved to start patient care tomorrow,” Jesse Mock, the new hospital’s vice president and administrator, said at the grand opening Read the rest of this entry »

PORT CLINTON — Wilson’s Fitness, a long-time staple of the workout community in Port Clinton, has closed its doors.
Owner Dave Wilson said he closed the Maple Street gym he started 15 years ago because of economics.
“Lack of income and lack of people coming in,” Wilson said. “We’ve really been struggling for a couple of years,” he continued.
Wilson said the 6900-square-foot facility had about 300 members when it closed for business Dec. 23.
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A local medical center will close its doors to patients at the end of February.
The Colorado Springs Osteopathic Foundation will close its health center at 3480 Centennial Blvd. and change its status from a public charity to a non-operating, private charity.
The foundation will no longer offer direct patient care as of Feb. 28.
The Board of Directors made the decision because of changing circumstances in the community and in the foundation, Read the rest of this entry »

05:36 PM CST on Friday, November 14, 2008
TEXAS CITY, Texas—Ever since
damaged UTMB in Galveston, traffic has picked up at the Mainland Medical Center in Texas City.
In fact, it’s the only fully-operational hospital in all of Galveston County.
for the more critical patients.
“The majority of us are coming an hour or two earlier than we’re used to, and a lot of us are working into the night,” Read the rest of this entry »

Physicians Medical Center Carraway is closing its doors after 100 years in business.
The cash-strapped hospital is closing its emergency department today and is not taking any new patients, the board communicated in a written statement. The hospital will file for bankruptcy protection “to ensure patient care and the orderly shutdown of the facility,” the statement said.
Hospital management is meeting with its employees and medical staff this morning Read the rest of this entry »

Andrew Witty, the new head of GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), said he has made the move because he believes pharmaceutical companies have a duty to help the poor.
Witty plans to cut prices by 75% or more on medicines for the poorest countries, give back pr
ofits to be spent on hospitals and clinics, and share knowledge about potential drugs that are protected by patents.
The measures represent significant changes to the way the drug industry works and Read the rest of this entry »

– New 10-story, 312,000-square-foot patient care pavilion
— 12 new operating room suites
— 60 private medical/surgical rooms
— New technologically advanced 30-bed Intensive Care Unit
— 12,000-square-foot addition to the Emergency Department (2010)
— Elaborate laboratory automation facility
— Campus re-orientation from Haddon Avenue to Martin Luther King Boulevard
with new front entrance and drop-off Read the rest of this entry »

Physicians Medical Center Carraway is closing its doors after 100 years in business.
The cash-strapped hospital is closing its emergency department today and is not taking any new patients, the board communicated in a written statement. The hospital will file for bankruptcy protection “to ensure patient care and the orderly shutdown of the facility,” the statement said.
Hospital management is meeting with its employees and medical staff this morning Read the rest of this entry »

A historic Atlanta hospital, citing the credit crunch, announced Friday that it would close, the third time it has shut down in the past four years.
Southwest Atlanta Hospital had already shuttered its emergency room and had been operating only an urgent-care center since the fall. The closing was scheduled for Friday evening.
The hospital’s current owner, Georgia Medical Provider Financial Corp., said in a statement that it was unable Read the rest of this entry »