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Allegheny Health Network s Positive Health Clinic Expands Access to HIV Care with Launch of Mobile Care Program
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PITTSBURGH (PRWEB) February 16, 2021
As the COVID-19 pandemic persists, so too do other major global public health issues such as the ongoing HIV/AIDS epidemic. To reach more patients in southwestern Pennsylvania who are positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), Allegheny Health Network (AHN) announced today that its Positive Health Clinic has launched a regional mobile care program.
Staffed by a registered nurse or other medical provider and a medical assistant, the new AHN mobile unit travels throughout Allegheny County and surrounding counties, particularly in rural areas, to provide care to individuals with HIV. The unit is equipped with the medical supplies and equipment necessary for the caregivers to conduct physical exams, collect blood samples for laboratory testing, and administer medi
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CHARLESTON A Belva woman is suing a Charleston physician for causing her injuries while performing surgery.
Mandi R. Peck saw Dr. Hatem M. Hossino for gallstones and he advised her to have a laparoscopic cholecystectomy, which he performed on Jan. 24, 2019, at Charleston Area Medical Center, according to a complaint filed in Kanawha Circuit Court.
Peck claims he negligent transected the bile duct in the hilum of the liver while performing the surgery and caused a separation of both the right and left ducts.
The plaintiff was later admitted back to Charleston Area Medical Center and it was discovered she had a bile leak. She was later transferred to Allegheny General Hospital, where another surgeon performed an operative repair of her bile duct injury, according to the suit.
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