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Novant Health and Wake Forest University Baptist Medical …

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have resolved the issues regarding the provision of healthcare services in western Forsyth County and in Davie County, North Carolina. The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Certificate of Need Section, has approved an agreement that will allow both organizations to obtain certificates of need to build hospitals and provide other medical services in those areas.

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As a small hospital built in 1931, what is now University Medical Center (UMC) in Las Vegas, Nevada, boasted just 20 beds total, and a staff that consisted of only one doctor and one nurse for more than two years. Given its unusually small capacity, the facility was hard-pressed to serve the surrounding Las Vegas community that was rapidly growing in population size. In 1943, ownership of the small

Dupont Residents Sound Alarm On Planned Hospital Waste Plant …

added 2011-05-28

Yosh Akiyama doesn’t like the idea.

“What’s going to happen to the liquid?” Akiyama asked. “If by any means, any part of that went into the O’Brian Canal, it goes to the farmers and we’ll be eating their vegetables.”

“They need this type of facility,” said Dave Stallsworth, who lives five blocks away. “But they should build it away from people’s homes.”

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Prisoner escapes from Chester hospital via helipad | 6abc.com

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Police are searching for a man who escaped from a Pennsylvania hospital by jumping from a helicopter landing pad after freeing himself from handcuffs.

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Jobs In Jeopardy After State Awards New Health Care Contracts …

added 2011-05-23

“The toughest part is that we’re going through our own budget cuts at the county and this comes at an inappropriate time,” said Pinal County Communications Director Heather Murphy. “I know it has not been easy on the effected employees. I know they’re worried about their future. We’re worried about them.”

The jobs in jeopardy range from

Jobs In Jeopardy After State Awards New Health Care Contracts …

added 2011-05-23

“The toughest part is that we’re going through our own budget cuts at the county and this comes at an inappropriate time,” said Pinal County Communications Director Heather Murphy. “I know it has not been easy on the effected employees. I know they’re worried about their future. We’re worried about them.”

The jobs in jeopardy range from

Man pinned under tree in Oak Grove flown to hospital …

added 2011-05-14

A man was flown to a hospital after he was pinned under a tree Thursday morning at a home in Oak Grove.

A medical helicopter came to the home in the 600 block of Swan Lake Drive NW., where the man was trapped, and flew him to a hospital, said Anoka County Sheriff’s Office Cmdr. Paul Sommer.

The need for a helicopter means that the man "is probably pretty gravely injured,"

State Board Moves To Close One Illinois Charity Hospital, Oak …

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JOLIET, Ill. — Two charity hospitals in Illinois face drastically different fates after a state board on Tuesday approved the closure of the only hospital in East St. Louis and denied a Cook County proposal to close a hospital in Chicago’s southern suburbs.

The Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board denied a plan by Cook County to close Oak Forest Hospital, a move

CHS ups ante in hospital talks | CharlotteObserver.com & The …

added 2011-05-13

Frustrated by Mecklenburg County’s refusal to give prompt approval to its plans for a new psychiatric hospital, Carolinas HealthCare System has threatened to build the hospital in another county instead.

“…Our desire is to add these psychiatric beds in Mecklenburg County,” hospital system CEO Michael Tarwater wrote in a letter to county

Oak Forest Hospital’s future likely to be decided today – The …

added 2011-05-11

At a Joliet hotel Tuesday morning, the place that Michael Yanul will call home is likely to be decided.

Yanul, who suffers from muscular dystrophy, has spent the last 17 years in the long-term care unit at Oak Forest Hospital, but Cook County wants to do away with that unit and other inpatient services at the hospital.

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