| Beebe expansion on track for completion
Contractors for Beebe Medical Center continue to work toward a spring 2008 completion of a $35 million expansion that will double the Emergency Department beds and add 62 medical-surgical and intensive care beds.
Riddled with miles of electronic cables, heating and air-conditioning ducts, and piping for medical gases and water, the new facility represents the latest thinking for dealing with a wide array of emergency and inpatient medical needs for the 21st century.
Specialized approaches to differing needs are most evident in the emergency room expansion:
• A decontamination room provides shower facilities between an outside entrance and an inner entrance to emergency facilities.
• Seven cardiac resuscitation rooms large enough to accommodate the teams of people needed to deal with such emergencies reflect the aging demographic of Delaware’s Cape Region especially since 1988 when the last emergency room improvements were made.
Kentucky news in brief
INDEPENDENCE Fund to benefit firebomb victims A fund has been set up at Fifth Third Bank for the family of Brenda Wallers, whose home was firebombed Monday night. Donations can be made at any Fifth Third branch to the Wallers Family Relief Fund. Anyone wishing to make donations of household goods should contact Robin Scott at robind.scott@53.com. Thanksgiving service Several local churches are banding together to hold a community Thanksgiving service at 5 p.m. Saturday. The service, at Independence Christian Church, will be followed by a potluck dinner in the church hall. Participating churches include Independence Christian Church, Hickory Grove Baptist, Community Pentecostal, New Banklick Baptist and Grace Baptist churches. The public is welcome. CYNTHIANA Plotting future Harrison County officials are expected to release initial results of the Harrison County Tomorrow survey on Monday.
Health Matters
I Can Cope Online The free, interactive site by the American Cancer Society answers questions about diagnosis, treatment and coping with the daily challenges of cancer. Classes are self-paced and usually take 20-30 minutes to complete. Registration is required for each class. Go to www.cancer.org/docroot/ESN/content/ESN_3_1X_I_Can_Cope_Online.asp. Red Cross Blood Drives You can give blood 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday-Thursday; 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday; and 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday at the Donor Center at 25 Tibet Ave. The donor center will be open the first and third Sunday of each month from 1-5 p.m. for Platelet and whole blood donations. Platelet donors can watch the NFL game of their choice on their own television suspended above the donor bed.
RCS honours slim surgeon
LEADING surgeon Chris Oliver, who has had gastric band surgery, says he is "delighted" at being re-elected on to the council for the Royal College of Surgeons. The consultant trauma orthopaedic surgeon at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary had the "life-changing" operation after tipping the scales at 26 stone. Dr Oliver, 47, said: "I am delighted I have been re-elected to RCSEd Council for five years. Congratulations also to Judy Evans who got the other place. "It has been an amazing year for me. My life has changed completely since my lap band surgery as I have now lost 100 pounds in weight. My new-found fitness and energy will allow me to return to my previous sporting activities." This article: http://news.scotsman.com/health.cfm?id=1760432007 Last updated: 05-Nov-07 11:03 GMT .
Government Restrictions on Weight Loss Surgeries Limit Access for Poor, Underinsured Patients
Thresholds limiting bariatric surgeries to high-volume centers disproportionately restrict access for poor and underinsured patients, populations which are among the most in need of them, an analysis led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers shows. .
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