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ROCHESTER, N.Y., June 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In the five months since a major earthquake devastated the Caribbean nation of Haiti, InterVol and its partners Rochester General Health System, World Wide Village and the University of Notre Dame have continued to send new teams of medical and surgical personnel to Leogane, Haiti every week, along with more than 10 tons of medical supplies and equipment, food, and shelter. During one of the organization's missions to Haiti, InterVol volunteers founded the Leogane Track Club, which provides daily exercise for several hundred local children who range in age from seven to their early teens. Club members depart from the St. Croix field hospital, in which volunteers are based, at 4:30 each afternoon for a run through the local countryside, w...
Ninety-year-old Montgomery General Hospital officially gives up its independence Friday, becoming the eighth hospital in the MedStar Health system. At the same time, Columbia-based MedStar and Montgomery General officials are celebrating the groundbreaking of the hospital's $30 million expansion, adding a new emergency department and upgraded private rooms.
Our lives are threatened by many factors in the natural world, and by other human beings. Leaders throughout history have been expected to protect their people from other humans, whether with clubs at the mouths of caves or with today's sophisticated weapon systems. It's no accident our Constitution calls for our leaders to "provide for the common defense." No one denies this is the first duty of American presidents. Our most famous presidents, Washington, Lincoln, Roosevelt, were warrior-presidents.
Negotiations continued Wednesday between West Penn Allegheny Health System and the union representing about 1,280 nurses at Allegheny General Hospital, hospital and union officials said. Health system spokesman Dan Laurent said a "fair and competitive agreement with our nurses" is being sought.
To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: Marty Aarons of Rochester General Health System, +1-585- 922-4573, marty.aarons@rochestergeneral.org
Charleston native to head health system Charleston native Darryl Duncan has been named president and chief executive officer of the Monongalia Health System, which includes Mon General Hospital, Mon HealthCare, Mon EMS and The Village at Heritage Point.
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