Hospital battle over public to private care in Aiken
The article recalls the 1970s clash over an Aiken County hospital as petitions, court actions, and county commissioners shaped the shift from a public facility to an HCA managed private hospital. Key figures include Dr. Robert C. Lipe, Mildred J. Karraker, and HCA chair Dr. Thomas Frist, with board votes and community parties marking the transition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Robert C. Lipe
R. A. Brooks
H. Lawson Shepherd
Mildred J. Karraker
Rudnick
County Commission
Ers
Marion McGowan
Lucas Ray
Forest Kirby
HCA
Harold Graybeal
Ralph Cullinan
Charles Prosser
LV. Davis
Cleve Edmunds
Edmunds
Frank Eppes
Eppes
Mildred Karraker
George Poda
Poda
Aiken County
Hcas
Fermata Club
Gilmore Eaves
Guy Heys
Mabel Boylston
Aiken County Hospital
Boylston
H. D. Wyman
Wyman
Old Hospital
Aiken
Morelle Hatfield
Hatfield
Columbia
Rock Hill
El Salvador Quake Toll and Local Mayors Step In
After a January 13 quake killed hundreds and damaged thousands of homes, a February 13 quake added more deaths and destruction. Oscar Ortiz of Santa Tecla reports no confirmed victims from the latest quake though landslides occur nearby. Local mayors, facing a centralized government, assume greater control and engage international donors in Verapaz where most homes were destroyed.
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Oscar Ortiz
Santa Tecla
San Salvador
el Salvador
Verapaz
Valentin ‘Armando Flores
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