Nursing - News June 22, 2013

New England better on primary care than most of U.S. (Sentinel & Enterprise)
Ronald Pitkin, 84, remembers the day in the early 1960s when his brother Belmont got a gash in his leg while the two were cutting firewood.

Newly insured to deepen primary care doctor gap (WKYT)
A shortfall of primary care physicians in some parts of the country is expected to worsen as millions of newly insured Americans gain coverage next year when the federal health care law goes into full effect.

Frigid hospitals cloud NKorea's picture of health (Sunherald)
"One hundred and sixty-five tons of rare stones were used on the floor," Mun Chang Un proudly tells the foreign visitors being offered an unusual glimpse inside.

Leicester teenager celebrates with the medics who saved her life (This Is Leicestershire)
There were candles on the cake and a lot to talk about as a teenager shared her birthday with doctors and nurses who saved her life 16 years ago.

Arnot Nursing School graduates 10 (Press & Sun-Bulletin)
Commencement for the 2013 Class of Arnot Ogden Medical Center School of Nursing was held June 6 at Meier Hall in Stephan's Lounge at Elmira College.

Pete McMartin: A legal limbo between life and death (Vancouver Sun)
'Force fed' in defiance of her living will, Margot Bentley is in a near-vegetative state 'she desperately wanted to avoid' In 1999, Margot Bentley, then in her late 60s, was diagnosed with Alzheimer's.

Ind. cancer survivor knits hats other patients (Daily Journal)
A West Lafayette woman got an inspiration when her hair fell out while she was being treated for cancer a few years ago.

Geisinger directors approve Lewistown merger (The York Daily Record)
The Geisinger Health System Foundation's Board of Directors approved a merger Thursday with Lewistown Hospital.

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