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Year: 2010
Weeks after quake, Haiti’s elderly hobble through chaos
Hospitals, colleges rake in Mass. stimulus cash
By Jay FitzgeraldFriday, March 12, 2010 – Massachusetts’ top universities and hospitals are getting a healthy dose of federal stimulus spending, leaving some hard-hit blue-collar workers wondering where the money… Read more »
Future ever more fragile for disfigured Haitian girl
Post-surgery, Marlie Casseus celebrates with Mickey Mouse. Doctors removed massive growth from Haitian teen’s face several years ago
MNA has been working with Partners in health (PIH)and the NNU (National Nurses Union) and their RNRN (Registered Nurse Response Network)
(Registered Nurse Response Network) to get volunteer nurses into Haiti and to also support our Haitian nurse partners in the relief work they do every day. Haiti lost over 1,000… Read more »
Pricey imaging pushes up health costs
Technology, changes in test sites drive rise By Liz Kowalczyk, Globe Staff | March 11, 2010 In just two years, spending on MRIs, mammograms, and other imaging tests climbed by… Read more »
Mayors want health costs on ballot
Legislators say cities to blame for benefits By Sean P. Murphy, Globe Staff | March 10, 2010 A group of Massachusetts mayors, fed up with what they say is legislative… Read more »
Patrick gets unions huffing and puffing
By Scot Lehigh, Globe Columnist | March 10, 2010 LABOR LEADERS are in a lather. So deep runs their indignation that Governor Patrick canceled an appearance at a recent AFL-CIO… Read more »
Morton Hospital Nurses and Health Professionals Deliver Petition to Hospital CEO In Appeal for Safe Conditions
TAUNTON, MA — In the wake of ongoing concerns about unsafe staffing/working conditions and the lack of progress in negotiations with management to address the situation, the registered nurses and… Read more »
SJC upholds trigger locks in Massachusetts
By John R. Ellement, Globe Staff In a victory for law enforcement and gun control advocates, the state’s high court today said state law requiring gun owners to use trigger… Read more »
Obama turns up the heat for health care bill
Prods Democrats to think past Nov. By Helene Cooper, New York Times | March 9, 2010 PHILADELPHIA – President Obama challenged wavering members of his party yesterday not to give… Read more »