Baystate Franklin to open residency program in family medicine by mid-2022
Parts of Baystate Franklin Medical Center’s medical building at 48 Sanderson St. in Greenfield will house a residency program for doctors who want to become family practitioners. The program is expected to begin in July 2022. STAFF FILE PHOTO/PAUL FRANZ
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GREENFIELD Baystate Franklin Medical Center is creating a family medicine center that will offer a residency program by mid-2022 to doctors who want to train in family medicine, and it has received grants totaling $850,000 to help do so.
Dr. Robert Baldor, founding chair and professor for the University of Massachusetts Medical School-Baystate Department of Family Medicine, was hired to create the program in response to the growing specialization of medicine.
Webb Co. celebrates opening of first public health facility for Quad City residents
April 29, 2021
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U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, Webb County Judge Tano Tijerina, Webb County Commissioner Wawi Tijerina and representatives for Texas Sen. Judith Zaffirini, Rep. Tracy King and Rep. Richard Raymond were among the officials who marked the opening of the Webb County Public Health Facility with a ribbon-cutting and tree-planting on Wednesday.Courtesy /Webb CountyShow MoreShow Less
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Webb County Judge Tano Tijerina speaks at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Webb County Public Health Facility in Bruni.Courtesy /Webb CountyShow MoreShow Less
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Webb County Commissioner Wawi Tijerina speaks at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Webb County Public Health Facility in Bruni.Courtesy /Webb CountyShow MoreShow Less
UK faculty member James Norton follows his passion with gifts to the UK College of Fine Arts and UK’s Center for Interprofessional Health Education.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 9, 2021) The science of health care and the cultural benefits of the arts have been inextricably tied for James C. Norton, professor in the University of Kentucky Department of Psychiatry and now semi-retired. That explains his generous gifts to both the UK College of Fine Arts and UK’s Center for Interprofessional Health Education.
Norton has enjoyed a long and fruitful career of nearly 50 years at UK in several different capacities. In addition to practicing clinical neuropsychology when first coming to UK, he was an associate dean in the UK College of Medicine from 1993 to 2015, managing functions that included, at various times, graduate medical education; the Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Program; CECentral, the university’s continuing education program for medicine and pharmacy; and a variety
Overdose deaths in Calcasieu Parish doubling in 2021
Overdose deaths in Calcasieu Parish doubling in 2021 By Rania Kaur | March 11, 2021 at 7:53 PM CST - Updated March 11 at 7:53 PM
LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - As of March 9, there have been 19 deaths in Calcasieu due to drug overdose in 2021.
With an average of two deaths per week, Charlie Hunter, Chief Investigator for the Calcasieu Parish Coroner’s Office says the alarming increase of overdose deaths is due to the highly potent opioid fentanyl that’s beginning to be unknowingly laced with other common drugs.
“People that are taking these drugs are not knowing what exactly the contents of those drugs are, and unfortunately, they are getting fatal amounts of fentanyl. At most times, the use of Narcan and Naloxone cannot reverse the effects of the opioid.”
Grayson Markle Tuesday, March 9, 2021 5:06 pm HopeHealth welcomes physician assistant Sonam Kuber, PA-C, to HopeHealth in Manning.
She earned a Master of Science in physician assistant studies from the Medical University of South Carolina Charleston, SC, and a Bachelor of Science in exercise science from the University of South Carolina in Columbia, SC.
From Summerton, SC, Kuber is an AHEC (Area Health Education Center) Scholar, a Fellow for Institute for Primary Care, and a member of the South Carolina Association of Physician Assistants and American Academy of Physician Assistants.
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