Stern and Sal Rosselli, who until last week was president of UHW, have been in an ugly public dispute over organizing and negotiation tactics that has been unfolding over months.
Stern has said he wants to consolidate local unions into larger, stronger groups that have more sway with employers and politicians. But Rosselli accused Stern of a power grab, saying he sought to replace locally elected union officials with loyal appointees.
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Volunteers must be at least 16 years old, and must complete an application and submit a letter of recommendation.
The weekend volunteer positions that are currently available for the lobby require the ability to check in visitors going to patient floors, ensure compliance with the hospital’s visitation policy, provide general hospital information, and transport or escort patients to clinical areas. The positions available in the gift shop require Read the rest of this entry »

An audit of the D.C. Community Services Agency this year found that the city could save as much as $14 million by contracting the bulk of its services to private agencies. Health-care advocates who support the transition said the shift is needed because the agency duplicates many services provided by private clinics.
soon. The plan is expected to recommend shifting most mental health services provided by the Community Services Agency to private Read the rest of this entry »

•The Lincoln Park neighborhood has better-capitalized facilities such as Advocate Health Care’s Illinois Masonic Medical Center just a few blocks to the north. Children’s Memorial Hospital is around the block, and Northwestern Memorial Hospital is a 10-minute cab ride downtown.
•Many of its patients are insured by the state Medicaid health insurance program for the poor. Hospitals have complained that Illinois is slow to pay such claims, Read the rest of this entry »

has filed a new drug application with the Food and Drug Administration to seek approval for the use of clofarabine in the treatment of adult patients with acute myeloid leukemia.
The company has requested priority review of this drug application and, if granted, Genzyme could sell clofarabine in the treatment of adults with acute myeloid leukemia in the first half of 2009. The FDA already approved the drug to treat acute lymphoblastic leukemia in Read the rest of this entry »

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A son of former Agriculture Undersecretary Jocelyn “Jocjoc” Bolante on Monday filed a habeas corpus petition before the Court of Appeals seeking the release ofhis fatherfrom the custody of the Senate.
Bolante’s son, Owen, asked the Court of Appeals to issue a writ of habeas corpus that would force the Senate sergeant-at-arms to bring Bolante to the appelate court from the St. Luke’s Medical Center in Quezon City where he is undergoing Read the rest of this entry »

Dec 23 (Reuters) – Shares of AMAG Pharmaceuticals Inc fell 20 percent Tuesday, a day after it received a second complete-response letter from U.S. health regulators for its experimental anemia drug, ferumoxytol.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration asked for additional data to clarify a specific chemistry, manufacturing and controls (CMC) issue, and required the resolution of certain deficiencies in the company’s manufacturing facility and finalization Read the rest of this entry »

Negotiations to part ways with St. Barnabas system expected to begin in January
LAKEWOOD — Rumors that Kimball Medical Center will be closing are premature.
In fact, the 95-year-old medical facility on Route 9 in Lakewood is seeking to become an independent, freestanding medical center and divest itself as an affiliate of the St. Barnabas Health Care System (SBHCS), New Jersey’s largest and most diversified health care delivery system.
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The hospital treated 17 passengers in the Sept. 12 Metrolink crash, which killed 25 people. Seventeen more patients were treated for injuries and illnesses from last month’s wildfires. But on Tuesday, Kurcz said 23 of the hospital’s 31 emergency room beds were already occupied.
“God forbid, if today was the Metrolink day, we wouldn’t be able to do that,” she said.
Already, the hospital is regularly turning away ambulances, she said. Although there Read the rest of this entry »

ALBANY — Gov.
to workers’ dependents who are ages 19 to 29, part of what the administration hopes will be a step toward universal health care coverage in New York.
Mr. Paterson plans to call for the legislation during his State of the State address on Wednesday afternoon.
“This year, we will take another important step as we move toward increasing access to coverage for all New Yorkers,” Mr. Paterson said in a written Read the rest of this entry »