Ohio considers mobile heart catheter labs amid open heart surgery concerns
Almost 19,000 heart catheterizations were done last year at 41 Ohio hospitals without open heart surgery. State Health Director William Ryan faces a May deadline on approving mobile and free standing labs. Critics say catheterizations need ready bailout options, while supporters note current access and rising lab expansion.
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Grace Drake
R-Solon
Senate Health Committee
Avon Lake biology teacher wins state honor for ingenuity
Avon Lake High School biology teacher Robert Culler, after 32 years in education, won the Ohio High School Biology Teacher of the Year Award. He was chosen from 25 nominees for his inventive lessons and workshop participation. He will receive a district plaque on Aug 24 and a Reno, Nevada ceremony plaque with other state winners.
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Avon Lake High School
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National Association of Biology Teachers
Prentice Hall Publishing Company
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Lund
Bob Culler
Reno
Nev
Huck Humel
Chronicle
Ohio group probes unreported boating injuries nationwide
An Ohio group seeks to quantify boating injuries by surveying hospitals doctors and ambulance operators in Ohio and 13 other states funded by a $60 000 Coast Guard grant The effort aims to improve tracking of injuries beyond the current official reports and addresses underreporting in the boating safety system.
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National Safe Boating Council
the Plain Dealer
Frank Jennings
Great Lakes
Nevada
Elm crashes into Elyria home on Stanford Avenue
A 70 foot elm limb broke from a nearly 90 year old tree and fell onto a two story white home at 136 Stanford Ave. Jim and Rhonda Slater said the limb damaged a window roof gutters and landscaping. Edwards Tree Service will remove the tree today and the couple will contact their insurer.
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Pat Szlo
Parking permits for handicapped under scrutiny
In Ohio the state reexamines handicapped placards after a dog was issued a permit in Cleveland. More than 500000 placards circulate, with renewals every five years and six month temporary permits. Abuses prompt possible doctor prescription forms and stricter enforcement.
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Cleveland
McCleskey
Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Columbus Dispatch
Ohio
Bill Whatmore
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