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  • Birmingham abortion clinic agrees to close doors (Alabama)

    04/07/2012 6:16:05 PM PDT · by Islander7 · 8 replies
    Sun Herald ^ | April 7, 2012 | AP
    MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- A Birmingham abortion clinic has agreed to relinquish its license by May 18 after an Alabama Department of Public Health investigation found violations of state rules. State health officials said Friday the New Woman All Women Health Care Clinic in Birmingham voluntarily agreed to close. The clinic was found in a more than 70-page report to have violated numerous rules, including making errors in delivering medication to patients and failing to ensure that staff was properly trained to provide safe patient care.
  • Unborn Not Helped by Anti-Abortion Violence

    04/04/2012 6:57:18 AM PDT · by CHRISTIAN DIARIST · 10 replies
    The Christian Diarist ^ | April 4, 2012 | JP
    I am pro-life. I believe Planned Parenthood is responsible for the mass murder of untold millions of pre-born infants. Nevertheless, I find it abhorrent that someone – who presumably shares my pro-life views, who shares my conviction that abortion doctors are doing the work of the devil – bombed a Planned Parenthood clinic this past Sunday in Grand Shute, Wis. The FBI has joined with the local police in Grand Shute to investigate the bombing. According to reports, a homemade explosive device was placed outside a window where it ignited, setting off a small fire inside the clinic. The bomb...
  • Ohio Catholic priests to pray exorcism prayers at abortion clinic

    03/17/2012 1:26:29 PM PDT · by Morgana · 18 replies · 1+ views
    Life Site News ^ | 3/17/2012 | Kathleen Gilbert
    News Print Article | Email Friend | Reprint Permissions Ohio Catholic priests to pray exorcism prayers at abortion clinic by Kathleen Gilbert Fri Mar 16, 2012 15:53 EST Comments (0) DAYTON, Ohio, March 16, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - For many segments of the population, the realm of demonic activity and exorcisms stays in the movie theater. But for many believers in the pro-life movement, the problem of dealing with evil is a practical question – and one that is taken very seriously. In Dayton, Ohio, it has led one local 40 Days for Life leader to obtain permission from the Archdiocese...
  • Abortion clinic sign: “Use deadly force only if necessary”

    On January 28 pro-lifers gathered to pray at the New Woman All Women abortion mill in Birmingham, Alabama, one week after there had been two botched abortions committed in the span of 30 minutes there. During that week the clinic, apparently stressed for business, had prepared a huge “Call for Abortions” sign, which you’ll see in the following little video clip. Apparently angry about all the pro-life attention to their botches the week before, the clinic had also prepared another more ominous sign, photo above. You’ll also it in the video to the left of and a little behind the...
  • CTV sting operation tries to catch crisis pregnancy centre giving misinformation

    ANCOUVER, January 18, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - On December 15th, 2011, CTV News in British Columbia launched a sting operation against the South Fraser Pregnancy Options Centre in Surrey, BC, with the what Executive Director Laura Lansink said was “the hope that our peer-counselor would give false or biased information.” The Pregnancy Options centres are associated with the Canadian Association of Pregnancy Support Services (CAPSS), a national, non-political, registered Christian charity, committed to equipping pregnancy support services. CTV sent a woman, named only as “Sheila,” to the Surrey Options centre posing as a legitimate client in distress because of an unplanned...
  • ‘Therapeutic abortion,’ and other nonsensical pro-abortion phrases

    January 13, 2012 (LiveAction.org) - The late Dr. Bernard Nathanson is a good source for truth when it comes to the abortion industry. During the two years he directed an abortion clinic in New York, the clinic performed 60,000 abortions. He admits to having done 5,000 abortions himself and supervising another 10,000. In his own words, “I have 75,000 abortions in my life. Those are pretty good credentials to speak on the subject.” And what does Dr. Nathanson, a co-founder of NARAL, have to say about the slogans so frequently thrown around by the promoters of abortion? He remembers laughing...
  • My Abortion, My Life” — Attempt to Destigmatize Abortion

    We found out recently about a new campaign called My Abortion, My Life. Based in Cleveland, they’ve recently placed ads on the city’s buses as part of their effort to start the “long process of” — wait for it — “de-stigmatizing abortion in our society.” Campaigns like this that set out to normalize abortion are doomed to fail. Why? Because they’ve always failed. And there’s no reason to believe things won’t be different this time. “I Had an Abortion” T-Shirts: An Idea That Never Caught On. Remember the “I Had an Abortion” T-shirts released in 2004? If you don’t, you’re...
  • Local Abortion Clinic Forced To Close Doors After Lawsuit

    11/08/2011 11:36:08 AM PST · by Darren McCarty · 3 replies
    WLNS ^ | 11-7-2011 | Stacia Mullaney
    Attorney General Bill Schuette filed a lawsuit Monday against the Health Care Clinic in Delta Township and the affiliated Women's Choice Clinic in Saginaw, forcing the local abortion clinic to close its doors. The court order to shut down operations came after the attorney general said an investigation showed a number of violations. Schuette hopes to keep the clinic's doors from ever opening again. "Doesn't matter whether you're an abortion clinic or a podiatrist, there are state regulations that you have to follow that must be enforced. That's what this case is all about," said Joy Yearout, spokeswoman. Yearout, a...
  • A beginner's guide to banning abortion, from the USA

    09/01/2011 10:16:49 AM PDT · by Mrs. Don-o · 3 replies
    Telegraph (UK) ^ | September 1st, 2011 | Tim Stanley
    [snip]The best way to kill the abortion industry is not through religious moralising. It’s through red tape. [snip]From the 1970s to the 1990s, the American prolife movement focused on a national effort to outlaw abortion by becoming a vital part of the Republican Party.... [But] Abortion is still legal and widespread. [snip] Forty years of messing around in national politics has done little for America’s unborn. Since the 2010 landslide, the prolifers... refocused on making life uncomfortable for local abortion providers. Beneath the radar, state-by-state, they are starting to get the job done. Take Kansas. In April 2011, Republican lawmakers...
  • ABC News Confirms Bachmann Clinic Used "Pray Away The Gay' Therapy

    07/11/2011 7:43:00 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 83 replies
    Business Insider ^ | 07/11/2011 | Grace Wyler
    An ABC News story tonight confirmed rumors that the Christian counseling clinic owned by Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann and her husband Marcus Bachmann offered therapy to help "convert" homosexuals to heterosexuals. The "World News" report featured an interview with a former patient at the Bachmann & Associates clinic, Andrew Ramirez, who first visited the counseling center as a 17-year-old in 2004. "[One counselor's] path for my therapy would be to read the Bible, pray to God that I would no longer be gay," Ramirez told ABC News. "And God would forgive me if I were straight." Ramirez story, first...
  • Disabled Veterans Sports Clinic Opens in Colorado

    03/28/2011 5:50:24 PM PDT · by SandRat
    SNOWMASS VILLAGE, Colo., March 28, 2011 – Deputy Veterans Affairs Secretary W. Scott Gould called on more than 350 disabled veterans last night to strive for new heights as they participate here this week in the 25th National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic. Disabled veterans arrive for opening ceremonies of the 25th National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic at Snowmass Village, Colo., March 27, 2011. DOD photo by Donna Miles  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Speaking during opening ceremonies alongside Vice President Joe Biden and Disabled American Veterans National Commander Wally Tyson, Gould praised the success of what has...
  • Possible Exile in Germany Clinic Near Baden-Baden Considered For Mubarak

    02/07/2011 8:41:20 AM PST · by LibWhacker · 6 replies
    Der Spiegel ^ | 2/7/11 | Björn Hengst and Christoph Schwennicke
    Will Hosni Mubarak travel to Germany as a patient as part of a graceful exit strategy for the Egyptian president? Plans for a possible hospital stay here appear to be more concrete than previously believed. SPIEGEL ONLINE has learned that a luxury clinic near Baden-Baden is being favored.The United States government's scenario for an end to the political chaos in Egypt appears to be this: President Hosni Mubarak travels to Germany for a "prolonged health check" that would offer the 82-year-old a dignified departure. Over the weekend, the New York Times reported that secret talks to that effect were being...
  • OKC nurse one of many nationwide not paid for flu-shot clinic work

    11/12/2010 6:32:30 AM PST · by SoonerStorm09 · 5 replies
    Oklahoma Watchdog ^ | November 11, 2010 | Andrew W. Griffin
    OKLAHOMA CITY -- When Lesley Ley, an Oklahoma City-based practical nurse heard that a national company was hiring nurses to administer flu shots in a local mall, she jumped at the chance to make some extra money prior to a trip. Ley said she first became aware of the flu clinic, to be set up at Penn Square Mall, in September. She provided a copy of an email that was circulated and stated: “WellCheck will be operating its 2010 seasonal flu shot program in 150 malls in 35 states.” The email was sent out on Sept. 3, 2010 by a...
  • Justice Department Joins Lawsuit Against Mayo Clinic

    09/28/2010 11:33:51 AM PDT · by Son House · 43 replies
    KTTC.com ^ | Sep 28, 2010 | KTTC.com
    The suit accuses the clinic of submitting fraudulent claims to Medicare and Medicaid for thousands of pathology tests that were never performed. According to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, the complaint states that over the course of the last 10 years, Mayo has routinely billed Medicare, Medicaid and other federally sponsored health care programs for surgical pathology services that have not been performed. The paper reports plaintiffs in the suit include former Mayo patients, survivors of deceased Mayo patients, and Minnesota attorney David Ketroser. Mayo Clinic spokesman, Bryan Anderson, released a statement saying: "Upon discovering a billing error in 2007, Mayo corrected...
  • Clinic Run by Doctor Who Killed Woman in Failed Abortion, Halts Abortions

    09/24/2010 2:59:24 PM PDT · by julieee · 12 replies
    LifeNews.com ^ | September 24, 2010 | Steven Ertelt
    Clinic Run by Doctor Who Killed Woman in Failed Abortion, Halts Abortions Severna Park, MD -- The abortion business run by Maryland-based abortion practitioner Romeo A. Ferrer, who has been under fire involving a case of a woman he killed in a failed abortion, has at least temporarily halted abortions and may close. http://LifeNews.com/state5487.html
  • Hospital Tech Angry Over Christian Homework

    09/20/2010 6:31:22 PM PDT · by DemforBush · 9 replies · 1+ views
    WRTV 6 (Indianapolis) ^ | 9/20/10 | n/a
    INDIANAPOLIS -- A former hospital worker is suing Clarian Health after she claims her supervisor made her complete Christian-based homework. Dana Wilson worked at Clarian Arnett Hospital in Lafayette in April 2009 as a phlebotomist, a technician that oversees blood draws...
  • Orland Park, Illinois doc to put in drive-up windows

    03/23/2010 4:52:13 PM PDT · by KeyLargo · 9 replies · 382+ views
    wbbm Chicago ^ | 23 March 2010
    Orland Park doc to put in drive-up windows ORLAND PARK, Ill. (STMW) -- A doctor plans to open a medical office in Orland Park with a drive-up window. Dr. Waldemar Nowak and his wife, Mary Jane Nowak, plan to convert the former Vito & Nick's restaurant into medical offices equipped with two drive-up bays. Traditional walk-in medical offices will be available as well. Orland Park officials said the drive-up bays will be used by patients seeking medical attention, but Dr. Nowak declined to elaborate on how the drive-ups would be used. "This is my own idea," Dr. Nowak said. The...
  • Clinic: Cancer Patient Who Wrote to Obama Will Not Lose Home, May Get Aid

    03/16/2010 11:12:36 AM PDT · by Nachum · 49 replies · 1,561+ views
    fox | 3/16/10 | staff
    Natoma Canfield, the cancer-stricken woman who has become a centerpiece of President Obama's push for health care reform, will not lose her home over her medical bills and will probably qualify for financial aid, a top official at the Cleveland medical center treating her told FoxNews.com. Natoma Canfield, the cancer-stricken woman who has become a centerpiece of President Obama's push for health care reform, will not lose her home over her medical bills and will probably qualify for financial aid, a top official at the Cleveland medical center treating her told FoxNews.com. Though Canfield's sister Connie Anderson said her sibling...
  • British fertility clinic raffling human egg

    03/14/2010 11:55:41 AM PDT · by Nachum · 16 replies · 372+ views
    Yahoo ^ | 3/14/10 | afp
    LONDON (AFP) – A British fertility clinic said Sunday it was raffling off a human egg this week to promote its "baby profiling" service, which it insists is legal under UK law. The winner can select the egg donor by education, upbringing and racial background. The London Bridge Fertility, Gynaecology and Genetics Centre said the treatment actually takes place in the United States. Women interested in having a baby by in vitro fertilisation are invited to attend a seminar on Wednesday, which is organised by Bridge's US partner, the Genetics and IVF Institute (GIVF), based in Fairfax, Virginia.
  • HOPE FOR HEROIN ADDICTS

    12/13/2009 5:28:58 AM PST · by freedomyes · 52 replies · 1,288+ views
    TownHall ^ | Dec 13 09 | J. Grant Swank, Jr.
    There are hundreds who see through this ritual.
  • Mayo Clinic's CEO Steps Down(says Congress should Reform Medicare First)

    11/19/2009 2:58:26 AM PST · by Son House · 10 replies · 786+ views
    KTTC.com ^ | Nov 18, 2009 | By Fanna Haile-Selassie
    In two days, the CEO of Mayo Clinic will step down. Wednesday morning, Dr. Denis Cortese gave his thoughts on the future of Mayo, health care reform, and his largest accomplishments. "It feels good. It feels good to retire and move on to some bigger issues that I've developed a major interest in over the last 15 to 20 years. And it will give me a chance to concentrate on those." After 40 years with Mayo Clinic, though, health care will always be a big issue for Dr. Denis Cortese. He started at Mayo as a medical student and ended...
  • A long day and long lines at Glendale swine flu clinic (ObamaCare Preview)

    11/04/2009 4:47:31 AM PST · by Oldeconomybuyer · 3 replies · 370+ views
    LA Times ^ | November 4, 2009 | By Molly Hennessy-Fiske
    Long lines at public flu clinics -- initially intended to primarily serve the uninsured -- are now commonplace nationwide as doses of the vaccine remain scarce. Many clinics report seeing large numbers of people who have insurance but have been unable to get H1N1 vaccines from private doctors, who say they have either already run out or have yet to get any. The line at the Glendale clinic, the first to be held in that city since Los Angeles County received doses late last month, was the longest yet, county Department of Public Health officials said. And the stakes were...
  • Fight Erupts In Line At Nev. Swine Flu Clinic

    10/29/2009 8:31:47 PM PDT · by The Magical Mischief Tour · 26 replies · 1,186+ views
    WSMV Nashville, TN. ^ | 10/29/2009 | WSMV
    RENO, Nev. -- A fight broke out Thursday at a Reno, Nev., clinic giving shots for swine flu when someone reportedly tried to cut in line. Washoe County Health District spokeswoman Judy Davis says she didn't have any details of the incident, but it involved people in high-risk groups waiting for a chance to get the shot. A witness told the Reno Gazette-Journal that a man took a swing at a woman, then jumped on her and they fell to the ground. They left after a security guard stepped in and broke up the fight. Davis says 1,200 vaccines were...
  • U.S. Troops help stock Radwaniyah clinic

    10/10/2009 9:50:36 AM PDT · by SandRat · 1 replies · 474+ views
    Cpl. Marc Strickland, of Boone, N.C., (left), and Sgt. Derrick Smith, of Sanford, N.C., both serving with Company D, 252nd Combined Arms Battalion, 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team, hand medical supplies to a Son's of Iraq member at a clinic in the Radwaniyah Community Center, south of Baghdad, Oct. 8. American Soldiers brought a cargo truck full of supplies to the recently-built clinic so it can be opened soon. Photo by Mary Phillips, Multi-National Division – Baghdad. BAGHDAD — A new medical clinic here in Radwaniyah, south of the Iraqi capital, received a truck-load of medical supplies from U.S. Soldiers...
  • Mayo Clinic on Change and the Economy[No Town Hall Meeting For Mayo in Rochester Mn]

    08/16/2009 6:21:26 AM PDT · by Son House · 5 replies · 561+ views
    KAAL-TV.com ^ | 08/14/2009 | KAAL-TV
    The Mayo Clinic continues to adjust to changing economic times, but leaders not only want Mayo Clinic to be a destination medical center, they want Rochester to be a destination medical community. "Here we come, so get ready." Mayo Clinic CEO Doctor Glenn Forbes says Mayo Clinic's financial numbers are better than expected, largely because they're becoming more efficient, but he says their work is just beginning. "The future is still filled with many uncertainties particularly in the area of health care. We're committed to continuing to build the models that are going to be successful in the future." That...
  • Mayo Clinic Leery Of Public Health Plan

    07/11/2009 5:24:54 AM PDT · by Son House · 14 replies · 1,328+ views
    The Post-Bulletin Company ^ | 7/10/2009 | By Heather J. Carlson
    Concern about how a public health care plan might affect Minnesota's health care system dominated a public forum on Friday sponsored by Mayo Clinic. Dr. Douglas Wood, who chairs the clinic's division of Health Care Policy & Research, said a public plan modeled after the Medicare system has the potential to do serious harm to health care in states like Minnesota where quality is high and costs are low. "If it's a government-run plan with government price controls, that could be highly detrimental to states like Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin and all across the northern tier of the United States," Wood...
  • Anti-Abortion Leader May Buy Clinic

    06/10/2009 2:55:56 PM PDT · by Steelfish · 9 replies · 700+ views
    NY Times ^ | June 10, 2009
    Anti-Abortion Leader May Buy Clinic MONICA DAVEY Published: June 10, 2009 An anti-abortion leader says his group may try to buy the now-closed Wichita abortion clinic owned by a doctor who was shot and killed last month. The leader, Troy Newman, the president of Operation Rescue, said on Wednesday that his group, which had long fought to close the clinic, was considering trying to buy the squat, beige building to perhaps turn it into a memorial museum, “a tribute to the babies,” that might be open to visitors. For decades, the clinic, Women’s Health Care Services Inc., had been operated...
  • The Philly Abortion Giveaway (clinic offers free abortions)

    06/10/2009 5:29:19 AM PDT · by MaestroLC · 28 replies · 773+ views
    Town Hall ^ | June 09, 2009 | by Jillian Bandes
    The Philadelphia Women’s Center gave away free abortions today in honor of Dr. George Tiller, the abortionist who was murdered last week by an anti-abortion extremist. A worker at the clinic said that an unspecified number of abortions had been performed during the day, but that they had stopped giving them away by late afternoon. She also said that there had not been free abortion giveaways in the past, and that there were no plans to give any away in the future. Under normal circumstances, abortions would not be au gratis at the clinic. But they were today, in honor...
  • New Kabani Medical Clinic Opens

    12/28/2008 7:50:49 AM PST · by SandRat · 1 replies · 212+ views
    Multi-National Force - Iraq ^ | Sgt. G.P. Ingersoll, USMC
    Iraqi children line up to receive treatment at the new Kabani Medical Clinic, Dec. 20, 2008. Photo by Sgt. Geoffrey Ingersoll, 1st Marine Logistic Group Public Affairs. KABANI — A pair of scissors and a snipped ribbon ushered in a new day for medical treatment here, Dec. 20. The new Kabani Medical Clinic provides a venue for future medical engagements and Iraqi doctors to treat Kabani’s population.“It’s a wonderful facility with the potential for being used to provide care,” said Navy Lt. Scott N. Margraf, medical officer, 1st Marine Logistics Group. “We’ve done something with positive intentions to do good...
  • Parents Say Clinic Did Secret Abortion on Daughter Without Consent

    12/09/2008 1:25:04 PM PST · by julieee · 26 replies · 877+ views
    LifeNews.com ^ | December 9, 2008 | Steven Ertelt
    Atlanta, GA (LifeNews.com) -- Victory and Genevieve Patterson may have been able to help their daughter find an alternative to abortion, but they say the Northside Women's Clinic never gave them the chance. They sued the abortion business saying it broke Georgia law by doing an abortion on their daughter without their knowledge or consent.
  • Solar Power Project Provides Energy for Ameriyah Clinic

    12/02/2008 3:43:07 PM PST · by SandRat · 2 replies · 262+ views
    Multi-National Force - Iraq ^ | Sgt. Brian Tierce, USA
    Recently installed solar panels sit atop the roof of the Ameriyah clinic Nov. 25 in northwest Baghdad. Soldiers with the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Multi-National Division - Baghdad, Joint Project Management Office, provided oversight for the project which was planned and executed by local Iraqis. Photo by Sgt. Brian Tierce. BAGHDAD — The citizens of the Ameriyah district of northwest Baghdad have found a way to not only provide power for themselves but to also provide power where it matters most. The Ameriyah Clinic was fitted with solar power panels Nov. 25 with the hopes of becoming...
  • Soldiers Help Treat Ailing Iraqis, Set Up Clinic for Long-term Success

    11/11/2008 3:09:45 PM PST · by SandRat · 2 replies · 123+ views
    Multi-National Force - Iraq ^ | Staff Sgt. James Hunter, USA
    An Iraqi dentist numbs a young Iraqi man's gum prior to removing a decaying tooth from his mouth during a combined medical engagement in Rathwaniyah, just on the outskirts of Baghdad, Nov. 8, 2008. Photo by Sgt. James Hunter. BAGHDAD — When Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, first arrived in Iraq in November 2007 they had many things in mind to help better the lives of the local Iraqi citizens in Rathwaniyah, just on the outskirts of Baghdad.One of their main focuses would be to help aid many of Iraqis ailing from...
  • Basrah Neighborhood Welcomes New Primary Healthcare Center

    10/26/2008 10:27:36 AM PDT · by SandRat · 1 replies · 219+ views
    BASRAH — A newly-opened primary healthcare center in Basrah is providing improved medical care and much-needed jobs for the local community. “We plan to double our staff of 30 personnel within the next few months and offer additional services,” said Dr. Hadeel Sami, the PHC’s administrator who reports serving about 90 patients daily. “Local families tell us they’re very happy to have this facility in their community.” The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers oversaw construction of the new two-story medical facility, which serves the Hai Al Muhandiseen neighborhood of about 10,000 residents. The healthcare center is equipped with exam rooms,...
  • VIDEO: Sarah Palin and John McCain interviewed by Brian Williams on NBC News 10-24-08

    10/24/2008 5:15:36 PM PDT · by TheFourthMagi · 11 replies · 950+ views
    YouTube ^ | October 24, 2008 | YouTube
    VIDEO HERE.
  • Iraq Funds Upgrades to Medical Assist Clinic in Duluyiah

    09/27/2008 9:36:30 AM PDT · by SandRat · 1 replies · 186+ views
    Multi-National Force - Iraq ^ | Spc. Brice Hopkins, USA
    DULUYIAH — In an effort to assist the health needs of the people of Duluyiah, the Iraqi government has provided financial assistance for upgrades at the local clinic in the form of grants totaling $34,000. This is part of a program of Iraqi emergency relief funds allocated for key infrastructure intended to address shortfalls in necessary services previously neglected due to violence since the war began in 2003. Floors, windows and the roof will be repaired. A generator, air conditioning, ceiling fans, water tank and wash basins are also being installed. The clinic was also given the funds to purchase...
  • New Clinic Opens in Afghan Province

    09/08/2008 5:25:27 PM PDT · by SandRat · 1 replies · 123+ views
    American Forces Press Service ^ | 1st Lt. Lory Stevens, USA
    BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan, Sept. 8, 2008 – More than 80 people attended the opening of the Chinaki Uyla Medical Clinic in the Sayed Khail district of Afghanistan’s Parwan province Sept. 6. A local farmer who donated land for the Chinaki Uyla Medical Clinic in Afghanistan’s Parwan province poses for a picture with his son during the ribbon-cutting ceremony marking the clinic’s opening, Sept. 6, 2008. U.S. Army photo  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Parwan Gov. Abdul Jabbar Taqwa and Army Lt. Col. William D. Andersen, Bagram Provincial Reconstruction Team commander, were on hand for the ceremony. From start...
  • Basra Neighborhood Pleased with New Primary Healthcare Clinic

    09/08/2008 4:54:07 PM PDT · by SandRat · 1 replies · 111+ views
    A newly-opened primary healthcare center in Basra’s al-Risala neighborhood is seeing an average of 300 patients daily. Residents there say the new local facility means they no longer have to walk or drive up to 20 kilometers to seek medical care. USACE photo by A. Al Bahrani. BASRA --- Thousands of residents in the al-Risala neighborhood in Basra no longer have to walk or drive up to 20 kilometers to get medical care for their families, since the Iraqi Ministry of Health opened a new Primary Healthcare Center here in July. Dr. Alia Al-Hassan, the clinic administrator said, "We're providing...
  • Marriage and Domestic Violence

    07/28/2008 10:21:33 AM PDT · by bs9021 · 3 replies · 137+ views
    Campus Report ^ | July 28, 2008 | Audra Taylor
    Marriage and Domestic Violence by: Audra Taylor, July 28, 2008 The National Healthy Marriage Resource Center and the Center on Children and Families gathered last Friday, July 18, to hold a discussion addressing how domestic violence and marriage programs are working together in a common direction and toward common goals. The audience was also given the opportunity to view a segment from Something My Father Would Do, a documentary of interviews with men who experienced and witnessed abusive behavior from their fathers during childhood. Juan Carlos Areán, a Senior Program director for children’s programs at the Family Violence Prevention Fund,...
  • Adwaniyah Opens School, Health Clinic

    04/06/2008 1:42:59 PM PDT · by SandRat · 1 replies · 126+ views
    Multi-National Force - Iraq ^ | Sgt. Jason Stadel, USA
    An Adwaniyah middle school student receives school supplies during the school's grand opening. Some of the supplies were donated by American students to Iraqi students. The remodeled school will hold traditional and religious classes. FORWARD OPRATING BASE KALSU — Adwaniyah citizens who were once afraid to leave their homes because of al-Qaeda in Iraq, freely gathered last week to celebrate the grand opening of a middle school and health clinic. Much of the work was done using Commander’s Emergency Response Program funds. Coalition forces assisted in rebuilding the school and clinic but the Government of Iraq was key to the...
  • Disabled Vets Motivate Each Other at Winter Sports Clinic

    03/31/2008 4:55:00 PM PDT · by SandRat · 1 replies · 178+ views
    SNOWMASS VILLAGE, Colo., March 31, 2008 – As disabled veterans test their mettle this week during the National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic, they’re finding motivation not just on the slopes, but also in each other. Retired Marine Cpl. Jason Poole, severely wounded during a bomb attack in Iraq near the Syrian border in June 2004, called the National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic the “most fun, craziest, most beautiful time ever!” He brought his girlfriend, Angela Eastman, to this year’s clinic, his third. Photo by Donna Miles  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Four hundred disabled veterans, 67...
  • Iraqi Officials Open Middle School, Health Clinic

    03/31/2008 4:41:30 PM PDT · by SandRat · 2 replies · 107+ views
    American Forces Press Service ^ | Sgt. Jason Stadel, USA
    FORWARD OPRATING BASE KALSU, Iraq, March 31, 2008 – Citizens who once were afraid to leave their homes because terrorists were among them freely gathered March 26 to celebrate the grand opening of a middle school and health clinic in Adwaniyah, Iraq. A teacher hands out school supplies during the grand opening of an Adwaniyah, Iraq, middle school, March 26, 2008. Some of the supplies were donated by American students to coalition forces for distribution to Iraqi students. U.S. Army photo  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Much of the work was done using Commander’s Emergency Response Program funds,...
  • America Supports You: Sports Clinic Opens for Disabled Veterans

    03/31/2008 4:33:54 PM PDT · by SandRat · 109+ views
    SNOWMASS VILLAGE, Colo., March 31, 2008 – Sixty-seven veterans wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan are among 400 disabled veterans who converged here yesterday to kick off the world’s largest disabled ski clinic. Deputy Veterans Affairs Secretary Gordon H. Mansfield praises participants at the National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic for applying the same qualities of dedication, pride and self-worth they demonstrated during their military service to their rehabilitation. Photo by Sgt. KaRonda Fleming, USA  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Deputy Veterans Affairs Secretary Gordon H. Mansfield and Robert T. Reynolds, national commander of Disabled American Veterans, opened the...
  • CDC Says Problems with Hepatitis C at Clinic Could Be 'Tip of an Iceberg'

    03/05/2008 7:51:12 AM PST · by MizSterious · 65 replies · 549+ views
    11News (Colorado) ^ | Mar 4, 2008 | N/A
    CDC Says Problems with Hepatitis C at Clinic Could Be 'Tip of an Iceberg' Posted: 11:10 AM Mar 4, 2008 Last Updated: 2:44 PM Mar 4, 2008 Washington (AP) The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says an outbreak of Hepatitis C at a Nevada clinic may represent “the tip of an iceberg” of safety problems at clinics around the country. The City of Las Vegas shut down the Endoscopy center of Southern Nevada last Friday after state health officials determined that six patients had contracted Hepatitis C because of unsafe practices including clinic staff reusing syringes...
  • Clinic That May Have Infected 40,000 With HIV, Hepatitis Closed

    03/03/2008 8:31:48 AM PST · by metmom · 45 replies · 290+ views
    FOXNews.com ^ | Monday, March 03, 2008 | Associated Press
    LOS ANGELES — The city of Las Vegas has shut down a clinic where up to 40,000 people may have been exposed to hepatitis C and the HIV virus through the reuse of syringes and vials, officials said on Sunday. The clinic at the heart of the scandal, the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada, "was served with an emergency suspension of its business license," city authorities said in a statement. Officials are asking about 40,000 people to be tested for hepatitis B and C and HIV because of unsafe medical practices at the clinic. Health authorities launched an investigation into...
  • Veterinarian Clinic Treats 300 Sheep in Rural Iraqi Community

    02/29/2008 3:43:02 PM PST · by SandRat · 7 replies · 139+ views
    Multi-National Force - Iraq ^ | . James Hunter, USA
    A young Iraqi boy rounds up a sheep during a veterinarian operation in the southern region of Abu Ghraib, Feb. 22. Photo by Sgt. James Hunter, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (AA) Public Affairs. BAGHDAD — With the help from civil affairs veterinarians, Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), held a veterinarian operation Feb. 22 in the southern portion of Abu Ghraib in the Iraqi capital. The sounds of sheep echoed through the air as they arrived in herds of nearly 30 at...
  • Afghan, Coalition Forces Help Villagers at Clinic

    02/06/2008 3:56:32 PM PST · by SandRat · 1 replies · 33+ views
    FARAH PROVINCE, Afghanistan, Feb. 6, 2008 – With help from coalition forces, Afghan National Army medics and pharmacists, as well as nutritionists from the Afghan Ministry of Public Health, provide free medical care to more than 400 villagers a week at a clinic near a combined military outpost here. Ghani Abdul, an Afghan Ministry of Public Health nutritionist in Farah province, logs family information of people who receive nutrition advice and supplements. The clinic treats more than 400 Afghan men, women and children each week. U.S. Army photo  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. “We heard good things about...
  • New Health Clinic Opens in Fallujah

    01/25/2008 3:11:31 PM PST · by SandRat · 2 replies · 54+ views
    A young child awaits care in a crowded lobby at the grand opening of the Shuhada public health clinic in Fallujah, Iraq. More than 800 citizens attended the event. The Embedded Provincial Reconstruction Team, Camp Fallujah, worked with the Iraqi Ministry of Health and local hospital officials to build and open the clinic to bring healthcare back to the community. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Charles P. Espie. FALLUJAH -- A community healthcare clinic opened in the Shuhada district of Fallujah Tuesday. The clinic was built to help bring healthcare to the community and help alleviate the strain on Fallujah...
  • Health Clinic Opens in Former Insurgent Stronghold

    01/07/2008 3:50:20 PM PST · by SandRat · 2 replies · 57+ views
    American Forces Press Service ^ | Sgt. Jason Stadel, USA
    FORWARD OPERATING BASE KALSU, Iraq, Jan. 7, 2008 – The Jan. 3 opening of a medical clinic in Maderiyah, Iraq, brought health care access to a community that had not seen a doctor since Operation Iraqi Freedom began in 2003. U.S. Army Capt. Kenneth Guglielmina, 6th Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment civil affairs team leader (right), Maj. David Underwood, Battery B, 1st Battalion, 9th Field Artillery (center), and Bashir Altaie, civil affairs team bilingual/bicultural advisor, drink from the new well installed at the Maderiyah, Iraq, health clinic Jan. 3, 2008. U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Jason Stadel  (Click photo for screen-resolution...
  • Airman supports burn clinic for Iraqi children

    12/17/2007 4:42:46 PM PST · by SandRat · 3 replies · 127+ views
    Air Force Link ^ | Tech. Sgt. D. Clare
    12/17/2007 - BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq (AFPN) -- When Army Cpl. Joseph Barzeski invited Staff Sgt. Tracy Davidson to tour the Convoy Support Center's burn clinic in Scania, Iraq, he didn't think she would be back. But she did come back, again and again. "I didn't think she was going to want to stay, but she wanted to help," said the corporal. "She just fell right into it." Since that day in mid-July, Sergeant Davidson has assisted nearly every day the clinic has been open. She's become a fixture at the facility as a care provider for families, and a...
  • U.S. Troops Help Renovate Iraqi Clinic

    12/15/2007 2:14:39 PM PST · by SandRat · 1 replies · 32+ views
    American Forces Press Service ^ | Sgt. Natalie Rostek, USA
    COMBAT OUTPOST CLEARY, Iraq, Dec. 14, 2007 – Soldiers and leaders of 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony Dec. 11 to open a health clinic in Wahida, Iraq. Four months ago, city council members came to the regiment’s leaders with concerns about the existing clinic’s lack of space and equipment, said Army Capt. Matthew Givens, from Columbus, Ga., the battalion’s non-lethal effects officer. Council members and soldiers decided to renovate the existing building by adding more examination rooms, an emergency room and an upstairs apartment for the doctors with two bedrooms, a...