A new hospital wing featuring private rooms with flat-screen televisions, the latest in digital imaging technology and a door-to-doctor time policy of less than 10 minutes opens to patients next month in Sun City West.
Banner Del E. Webb Medical Center’s new six-story patient care wing includes a new main entrance, a reflection garden and a much larger emergency department to serve the Northwest Valley.
“We are equipped and prepared, eager and Read the rest of this entry »

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Richardson Regional Medical Center has planned several events in October at its Bush/Renner Campus to commemorate the grand opening of the new cancer center and outpatient hospital. City officials and special guests came together for a ribbon cutting ceremony on Thursday, October 2. The public will have a chance to visit the new facilities during a community open house on Saturday, October 11 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. In addition, several health screenings Read the rest of this entry »

Opening a new business is always a gamble, even in the best of times.
But imagine swinging your doors open to the public at the height of an economic recession.
At a time when many construction projects are being torpedoed by what is being described as the worst financial storm in decades, Life Time Fitness is opening not one, but two, mammoth health and fitness clubs in North Jersey — one in Florham Park, and another scheduled to open in late Read the rest of this entry »

Beaches Community Healthcare, a Sulzbacher Center Clinic, is opening Monday in Jacksonville Beach.
The clinic, located at 850 6th Ave. S., will offer primary medical, dental and mental health services to uninsured residents of the Beaches whose family income is at or below 200 percent of the area poverty level. For example, a family of four could earn up to $38,000 a year and still qualify.
Cindy Funkhouser, Sulzbacher Center vice president of Read the rest of this entry »

had a very successful opening weekend and already grossed $21.5 million.
, beating out the company’s previously critically acclaimed projects Juno and Little Miss Sunshine.
“The estimated three-day gross for Notorious showed it was more popular than expected beyond African-American audiences. We crossed over, which speaks volumes about his
, explained Chris Aronson, senior vice president at 20th Century Fox to the Associated Press.
in Read the rest of this entry »

GALVESTON, TX (KTRK) –
There’s a good story and a bad story coming out of Galveston today and both of them involve UTMB. It’s good news for Galveston, yet it is still bad for many on the island.
is opening its doors today. The hospital has been closed since Hurricane Ike hit the island more than two months ago. Since then, the hospital has only been able to treat minor injuries and deliver babies.
This morning, the hospital will start operating Read the rest of this entry »

It’s also much more agreeable to get castrated, for both doctor and patient. Service is speedy, and dogs are no longer obliged to share the same waiting room as those vexing creatures known as cats.
And feral cats bound for life-altering surgery need no longer be carried up 18 steps on a stretcher. They get their very own elevator and ride to the operating room in style.
“We call it a cat-a-vator,” said Jan McHugh-Smith, president of the San Francisco Read the rest of this entry »

Click the video player above to watch Paul Farmer’s speech at BU’s Martin Luther King, Jr., Day celebration.
With a record-breaking crowd before him and President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration ahead, Paul Farmer celebrated Martin Luther King, Jr. (GRS’55, Hon.’59) yesterday by describing King as “a work in progress.”
“If Martin Luther King were here with us today in the flesh, as he is in spirit, he would surely be pleased,” Read the rest of this entry »

Richardson Regional Medical Center has planned several events in October at its Bush/Renner Campus to commemorate the grand opening of the new cancer center and outpatient hospital. City officials and special guests came together for a ribbon cutting ceremony on Thursday, October 2. The public will have a chance to visit the new facilities during a community open house on Saturday, October 11 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. In addition, several health screenings Read the rest of this entry »