WHY ARE emergency rooms used so often? Maybe because they are there 24-seven, and you can go without an appointment. Yes, many of the problems dealt with could be handled… Read more »
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24-seven approach offers us a way (MS)
Gap in paid sick time (MS)
YOU REPORTED that visits to Massachusetts emergency rooms grew 7 percent between 2005 and 2007, and that many of these visits could have been treated in a doctor’s office. Many… Read more »
TV Coverage of WPH: Is Worcester prepared for the swine flu? (AZ)
Save the public health services,’ city coalition urges (DS)
David’s Note:
Letter to Mr. O’Brien, Mayor Lukes and Members of the Worcester City Council
April 24, 2009 City Manager Michael V. O’BrienCity Hall455 Main StWorcester, MA 01608Cc: Mayor Lukes and Worcester City Council Re: Call to protect public health in the city budget Dear… Read more »
Campaign Launched to Save Public Health Services in Worcester, Oppose Idea of Privatization
As U.S. Launches Swine Flu Emergency, Worcester Eliminates Staff That Protects City WORCESTER, MA. — As the nation mobilizes to confront the intensifying outbreak of swine flu, a coalition of… Read more »
Rally: Help Save Worcester’s Public Health Services
Attend a Rally/Visibility Outside City HallTuesday, May 5, 2009 at 5:30 p.m. 455 Main St., Worcester, MA
A call for more family physicians (MS)
IN HIS REMARKS to the National Academy of Sciences annual meeting yesterday, President Obama said "the greatest advances in medicine have come from scientific breakthroughs, whether the discovery of antibiotics,… Read more »
Who needs public health? (MS)
AS THE Legislature and Governor Patrick confront a budget deficit for next year, they will need to find new revenues as well as decide which state programs will survive and… Read more »
State health reform is dysfunctional (MS)
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