Doctor Shortage Seen To Worsen Across Nation
An AP report notes a looming crisis in American medicine with a tidal wave of demand from Medicare, regional disease centers, prepaid plans, and expanded mental health care. It cites physician and nurse shortages, reliance on foreign-trained doctors, uneven hospital staffing, and the need for better distribution and ongoing education.
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Alton Blakeslee
New York
Boston
Houston
House of Medicine
Viet Nam
United States
Ward Darley
Association of American Medical Colleges
John H. Knowles
Massachusetts General Hospital
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Michigan osteopath sails to Viet Nam to aid civilians
Dr. Jerome Robb, 52, spent six weeks in Viet Nam at his own expense to aid civilians, despite officials reportedly not recognizing his osteopathic degree. He supervised supply distribution as Michigan Jaycees push Project Free People, seeking government approval for large medical shipments. He notes Vietnamese authorities must assess foreign doctors, and he plans to meet with the South Vietnamese ambassador in Washington to advance the program.
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Pontiac, Mich
Michigan
Jerome Robb
U.S
Robbin
Belcome
Robb
Michigan Jaycees
Washington
Saigon
Viet Nam
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Vietnamese Money Carries GI Thanks
Marines in South Vietnam thank U.S. college students for 20 plaster inotes worth about a quarter. Messages praise students at Midwestern University Wichita Falls for 73 pints of blood donated last December. Notes from Marine Air Group 16 near Da Nang were sent.
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Wichita Falls
Tex
U.S
South Viet Nam
Midwestern University
Marine Air Group 16
da Nang
Woman Pronounced Dead Reverses But Dies Later
Henrietta Landau, 71, was deemed dead Friday after a heart attack and Parkinson's disease. A mortician heard a moan at a funeral home hours later, and she died Sunday at Roosevelt Hospital after an autopsy by Dr. Milton Helpern.
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New York
Henrietta Landau
Roosevelt Hospital
Milton Helpern
Helpern
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