You have to wonder about this case as yes it is unfortunate the woman died and the article states he had not performed surgery in over 5 years, so one has to ask, why now? Was this driven by economic times as an MD who needed the money? Is 85 too old to be performing surgeries? Retired...
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Prime Healthcare is back in the news again, this time not over ownership and claim issues, but infection rates this time. Prime Health though is still in the business of buying up hospitals when the opportunities arise and a few months ago they were unsuccessful in their bid for IHHI, a chain of...
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This situation sounds bad all the way around, he got caught by the husband at the office, even though we don’t know how it all started but obviously it was consentual, so no hanky panky with patients during an exam is the word here. No wonder the visit was taking so long and this was a follow up...
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So far only 1.7 million doses of H1N1 have been sent to California, that is not many with the population we have here, and is barely enough to perhaps even begin to touch a portion of the community in southern California. In the absence and until drug manufacturers can get more out, the State is...
As of today, the status of the flu has not been changed so we are still as listed yesterday. Awareness and concern is rising as indicated by the additional visits to the ER. The picture below shows Loma Linda putting up a “tent” to handle the over flow of patients. Loma Linda is a pretty...
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This is California, the Long Beach campus gave out masks and flooded with news, but few were wearing them, unlike what we saw in the CNN video in Mexico. I guess the potential seriousness has not sunk in yet. Forth Worth, Dallas has shut down the school system for 10 days in Texas. ...
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