Malpractice costs rise for doctors in Southern Illinois
Carbondale physicians say malpractice insurance and lawsuits drive up medical costs. General practitioners Bennett and McElheny with internist Munroe pay about 5000 yearly, an obstetrician and surgeon formerly paid 450, now 14000. Orthopedic surgeon Harryman pays 27000. They argue awards and legal costs further inflate care costs.
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Southern Illinoisanouthern
Illinois
Paul Bennett
Brian McElheny
Courtland Munroe
Carbondale
William K. Harryman III
State may seek death penalty for Azevedo
Allan B. Azevedo a Murphysboro dentist is held on a $1 million bond in Jackson County jail charged with hiring a contract killer to murder his ex wife four years ago The state’s attorney John Clemons says the death penalty will be sought due to the crime’s nature and the intent to kill a spouse Four children faced upheaval as custody shifted following the 1981 killing and the divorce in 1980 The case ties a dentist to a high profile murder and a complex custody history
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Ann Schottman Knol
Illinois
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Allan B. Azevedo
Jackson County
Randolph County
Menard Correctional Center
Office of Social and Community Services
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
Azevedo
India
U.S
Illinois Department of Children
Geneva arms talks eye hard path to nuclear restraint
In Geneva U S chief delegate Max Kampelman and an 80 member team pledge to pursue taming and elimination of nuclear weapons. A 10 member Senate delegation and eight House members observe as talks resume after over 15 months. The group will face veterans Kvitsinsky Kvitsinsky and Obukhov amid deep differences.
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Switzerland
Max M. Kampelman
U.S. Senate
House of Representatives
Ambassador Kampelman
Washington
U.S. Air Force
John G. Tower
Maynard W. Glitman
Kampelman
Robert Dole
R-Kan
Senate
U.S
Robert Byrd
D-W. Va
Gangs Control Four Illinois Prisons Say Experts
Chicago report says street gangs dominate Illinois four maximum security prisons since 1969. Jeanette Musengo of the John Howard Association cites 75 percent inmate gang membership and control over clothing issues and work assignments at Menard Pontiac Joliet and Stateville. Federal Judge Baker ordered safety steps amid Pontiac inmate lawsuits. decision on appeal.
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Illinois
Jeanette Musengo
Illinois Prisons and Jails Project
John Howard Association
Musengo
Menard
Pontiac
Joliet
Stateville Correc
Illinois Department of Corrections
Peoria
U.S
Harold Baker
Baker
Polish woman's heart surgery earns chance for normal life
Krystyna Dudzinska, a 30-year-old Polish patient from Rzeszow, left Chicago's Children's Memorial Hospital after a 122 hour open heart operation to repair a ventricular defect. Doctors called the procedure essential and life extending. Her mother Helena accompanied her home as fundraising, aided by the Alliance of Polish Clubs, reached about $23,000 while doctors donated services. total hospital bills were around $45,000.
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Children’s Memorial Hospital
Rzeszow
Serafin Leon
Miss Dudzinska
Helena
United
Alliance of Polish Clubs
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