| Tri-City Hospital Bond Struggling | | Posted Saturday, November 11, 2006 1:16:13 PM by Blog57 Team | | Voters in the Tri-City Healthcare District appear to have rejected a $596 million bond issue for a second time. But with 200,000 ballots still to count in San Diego County, the measure, which is 2.1 percent short of approval, could still have a chance. The proposition, which would be used to improve the 45-year-old Oceanside hospital and make seismic upgrades, had 64.53 percent of the vote, or 40,286 public health district members, as of Nov. 8. It needs about 66 percent. Tri-City also serves parts of Vista and Carlsbad. In June, the same proposal failed by a percentage point. The money would be used to expand and improve the hospitals emergency facilities, services for women and children, the cardiovascular unit, general surgery, neurology and stroke departments, as well as radiology and orthopedics.... | |
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| | | MSU and Saint Mary's partner up for new medical school | | Posted Wednesday, November 01, 2006 11:06:07 PM by Blog57 Team | | It is a new step forward for Michigan State University's new medical school in Grand Rapids. Michigan State's president says Saint Mary's is an important part of the West Michigan medical school because of its work in cancer care, orthopedics and neuroscience. The agreement includes joint recruitment of specialists and researchers, and will use Saint Mary's staff to teach students beginning in 2008. The agreement also includes space for students to have training sessions on the Saint Mary's campus. The deal is part of MSU's plan to attract researchers, faculty and students to the area, and keep them working there after finishing school. "We think it's going to be a great thing for our community because it will bring resources to our community that we don't currently have," said Micki Benz of Saint Mary's Health Care.... | |
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| | | WORKING IN A WAR ZONE | | Posted Tuesday, August 22, 2006 7:01:39 PM by Blog57 Team | | Some dates are meant to be remembered: a child's graduation, a first daughter's wedding, the birth of a grandchild. Forever etched in the mind of 42-year-old Steve Sides are dates he'd rather forget. "Nov. 19, we got 20 patients. I will remember Nov. 19 forever. Jan. 5 was a suicide bomber; Jan. 19, another," he reminisced. "You never knew what the day would bring." He never knew, and now he will never forget. The orthopedic doctor, who recently moved to Greeley, has more predictable days now. What he describes as a more tame schedule at Mountain Vista Orthopedics, 5890 13th St., is a good alternative to the days he spent as a surgeon in Mosul, Iraq, where it seems almost daily stories are reported of death and suicide bombers.... | |
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| | | Sector Snap: Orthopedics Makers | | Posted Friday, July 21, 2006 4:58:04 AM by Blog57 Team | | NEW YORK (AP) - Investors are waiting Monday morning to find out whether orthopedics makers Stryker Corp. and Smith & Nephew PLC have been subpoenaed as part of the same antitrust investigation probing Zimmer Holdings Inc. and Biomet Inc. Zimmer and Biomet since late Friday have disclosed subpoenas from the U.S. Department of Justice antitrust division seeking documents related to the manufacture and sale of orthopedics implant devices. .... | |
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