Aggressive Physician Recruitment Drives Rural Shortage Fight
Community hospitals battle a looming primary care shortfall as funding favors specialties. Ransom Memorial Hospital adopts a bold package offering minimum income guarantees, startup aid, and relocation support. A local recruitment committee guides interviews to project Ottawa's positive image and attract physicians and families.
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Ransom Memorial Hospital
Franklin County
Ottawa
Gulf War Veterans Describe VA Hospital Illnesses Struggles
Doctor Carol Stauffer and Gulf War veteran testifying before a federal panel describe poor care at a Veterans Affairs hospital for Desert Storm related symptoms. The account highlights broader concerns about treatment quality and veteran health needs in the Gulf War era.
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Carol Stauffer
Veterans Affairs
Materials firms quit heart implant supply amid lawsuits
U S manufacturers of implant materials including Dow, Du Pont are pulling back from medical devices over fear of consumer lawsuits. About 100 equipment makers face supply problems as doctors warn hard to obtain implants while advocates press Congress to curb redress. Dennis Genito of Medox Medicals cites few suppliers willing to test alternatives.
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Www
York (Ap
New York Times
Health Industry Manufacturers Association
Equipment Makers’ Trade Group
the Times
Dow Chemical Company
E.I. du Pont de Nemours
United States
Europe
Dennis Genito
Medox Medicals Inc
Oakland, N.J
Congress
Doctor Gives Grant to Needy Ends in Philanthropy
Boston AP report notes Dr. Paul Farmer, a MacArthur Foundation fellow, refused the $250,000 grant. He donated the money to Partners in Health and plans an annual grant by the Institute for Health and Social Justice to support locally run health programs in poor countries.
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Boston
MacArthur Foundation
Paul Farmer
Partners In Health
John D. and
Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Farmer
Institute For Health and Social Justice
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