Friday, April 24, 2009

Washington Adventist Hospital


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Address:
7600 Carroll Avenue
Takoma Park, Maryland 20912-6367
Tel: 1 (301) 891-7600
Fax: 1 (301) 891-5991
Website: www.adventisthealthcare.com/WAH
President: Jere D. Stocks.

Filling for Certificate to Move

Washington Adventist Hospital has filed to move the hospital from Takoma Park to Calverton/White Oak. The move would turn the current 287 bed hospital to 700,000 square foot facility with 2,100 parking space and would employ 3,000 workers.

WAH settled with Family of Trapped Bathroom Patient
In a news reported by WTOP.com, a patient died after suffering a cardiac event when in the bathroom of his semi-private hospital room four days after being admitted because the hospital staff could not get to him to treat him. After the incident, the hospital removed all the locks to the bathroom after keys were distributed.

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Florida Hospital Orlando


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Address:
601 East Rollins Street
Orlando, Florida 32803-1248
Tel: 1 (407) 303-5600
Fax: (1 407) 303-1755
Website: http://www.floridahospital.com
President: Lars D. Houmann

Face Off: Real Life, Not the Movie
Florida Hospital Orlando hosted a lecture by the renowned Dr Jean-Michel Dubernard who commented that Florida Hospital Orlanda's reputation is changing (for the good, I hope). Dr Jean-Michel Dubernard performed the first face transplantation Isabelle Dinoire in 2005 when her face was disfigured in a dog attach.

Loma Linda University Medical Center


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Address:
11234 Anderson Street
Loma Linda, California 92354-2871
Tel: 1 (909) 558-4000
Website: www.lomalindahealth.org
President: Richard H. Hart

"Every Kid Deserves to Run"
That was what Michael Davidson said. He and his team at the Loma Linda University Medical Center East Campus Orthotics and Prosthetics Department builds a pair of new legs for Cameron Lutges, a 7-year-old boy who was born