Illinois calls on hospitals to shut down medical waste ...
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Sept. 14 -- IllinoisÂ´ governor has called on the 11 hospitals operating medical waste incinerators in the state to voluntarily shut them down, and he is vowing to introduce legislation in the fall banning all hospital incinerators.
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New watchdog could close hospitals within 24 hours.
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Cross-party group wants to remove delays and need for two doctors to approve terminations.
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Gov. Eliot Spitzer said the current system props up failing hospitals and too often overlooks patientsâ needs.
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LOS ANGELES -- Financial problems caused mainly by the treatment of uninsured patients have forced two emergency rooms to close in Los Angles County, raising concerns that other facilities may be overwhelmed.
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A Virginia Supreme Court commission on mental health laws yesterday proposed loosening the state's standard for when mentally ill people should be committed to hospitals, an issue that has come to the fore since the Virginia Tech shootings last spring.
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SAN JOSE, Calif. A study on the impact of the planned closing of the San Jose Medical Center is urging the corporation that owns the hospital to delay in shutting down the facility.
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Gov. Blagojevich drew the national spotlight Tuesday by announcing the most ambitious effort yet by a state to quell the rising cost of prescription drugs.
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Citing "an urgent need" at a time of flu vaccine shortages, Illinois asked for federal permission Monday to buy at least 62,000 vaccine doses from Europe for the state's nursing home residents.
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Politicians join the public at a rally to demand an end to hospital closures and the centralisation of services.
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California officials are unveiling a proposed bill that would make it a crime to drop off hospital patients on the street.
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TORONTO -- Post-partum depression clinics, breastfeeding clinics and other vital women&#39;s health services are on the chopping block as the province demands that hospitals balance their budgets next year, advocates warned yesterday.
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A group of health-care leaders are banding together to make hospitals a less dangerous place to get well.
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ALBANY, New York  - New York Gov. George Pataki on Wednesday said closing and consolidating extra hospitals was "the right thing" for the cash-starved health- care system, adding he hoped the Legislature would agree.
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Medical chiefs call for a crackdown on cheap drink sales and a ban on alcohol advertising at sporting and entertainment events.
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St. John&#39;s Hospital isn&#39;t eager to shut down its medical waste incinerator despite a request Monday from Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
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LOS ANGELES -- County supervisors recommended Monday that problem-plagued Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center drop its trauma services as part of a &quot;comprehensive rescue plan&quot; to lighten the load in its emergency department.