Doctors to slow work over malpractice costs in Sullivan
Sullivan County Medical Society plans a Monday slowdown to protest rising malpractice insurance costs. Hospital staff will discuss new information on insurance at tonight's Liberty meeting. Dr. Cohen says emergency rooms may be staffed without fees from June 9 to July 1, with continued action pending a Good Samaritan Law.
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Bill Lowry Sullivan
Monticello
Sullivan County Medical Society
Sullivan County Community General Hospital
Liberty
Felix Schwartz
Medical Society
Schwartz
Seymour Cohen
Cohen
Community General
Callicoon
Orange doctors adopt wait and see on malpractice law
Most of Orange County's 302 physicians take a wait and see stance on the new malpractice insurance law. Eight area hospitals pledge to stay open for emergencies though St. Francis Hospital plans a June 9 emergency-only schedule. Contingency plans are under development as officials await premium rate guidance from the State Medical Society.
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Bill Sciffer
Middletown
Orange County
St. Francis Hospital
Port Jervis
Ansel R. Marks
Orange County Medical Society
Horton Hospital
St. Francis
Mary Jeanne
Sunnyside Hospital
Leonard Gleason
Newburgh
St. Luke’s Hospital
E. Grey Gooby
State Medical Society
Gooby
Eugene L. Cohan
Cornwall Hospital
Cornwell Hospital
Summer's Victims Look At Wickham Lake Fish
James Hinckley Warwick town engineer examines dead fish along Wickham Lake near State School Road. Residents say summer sightings are common as the State Dept of Environmental Conservation checks for pollution sources while expecting no contamination. Thursday a vote on a resolution to continue treating patients after July 1 due to Argonaut insurance change.
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James Hinckley
Warwick
Wickham Lake
Rt. 13
State School Road
State Dept. of Environmental Conservation
Argonaut Insurance Company of
Menlo Park
Calif
Dutchess doctors ready emergency plan amid slowdown
Sixteen Dutchess County physicians led by Poughkeepsie neurosurgeon Dr Robert Weiss prepare an emergency contingency as a work slowdown spreads beyond Sunday protest of the malpractice insurance law. Hospital officials foresee potential scheduling and staffing impacts but caution details remain limited.
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Everett S. Landers
Newburgh
Poughkeepsie
Dutchess County
Patricia Coons
Dutchess County Medical Society
Robert Weiss
Coons
Vassar Brothers
St. Francis
Highland Hospital
Beacon
Dutchess Hospital
Rhinebeck
Weiss
Medical Society Executive Board
Vassar
Edwin Bolz
John Mullett
Albert C. Wink
Doctors Slowdown Action in Rockland County
Nyack Nyack Hospital officials report early signs of a doctors job action impact with 90 percent participation claimed by Rockland County Medical Society president Dr. Joel Mandel. Ward closures reduced Monday operations and staff hours shortened as vacations and leaves limit overtime.
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Nyack
N. Y
UPI
Rockland County
Medical Society
Joel Mandel
Rockland County Medical Society
Mandel
Rockland
Russell Drumm
Nyack Hospital
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Argonaut Insurance Co
Middletown Area
Horton Memorial Hospital
Marks
Jane Stuart
Summer
Albany
Hugh L. Carey
Dutchess
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