Flu outbreak strains Lubbock hospitals amid staff shortages
Methodist Hospital asks medical staff to limit flu patient admissions to those with complications as staff illness rises to near one quarter to one third. Seven city hospitals report heavy load with some units closed. employe illness ranges from 7 to 19 percent. Emergency admission limits considered if staff shortages worsen. See INFLUENZA Page.
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Doctors consider past heart transplant mistake in new approach
Barnard says the medical team may have erred by treating the first heart transplant patient too soon for rejection. He notes doctors now anticipate anti rejection therapy and stress avoiding the previous error in Washkansky case the first human heart transplant recipient.
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Airliner clips trees in fog lands safely in Louisiana
A DC 6B carrying 82 aboard from Honduras to New Orleans struck a cypress tree near a swamp during an approach to Lake Pontchartrain and then landed safely at New Orleans International Airport. No injuries were reported as the crew guided the plane clear. A large chunk of wood remained embedded in the wing.
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