Category: Health
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Bellwater General Health System Faces Nurse Staffing Shortage
Bellwater General Health System is grappling with an 18 percent nurse vacancy rate, rising travel-staffing costs and mandatory overtime, a strain officials link partly to competition from the city’s growing tech and biotech sectors.
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Two Years Sober, Curtis Boone Now Trains Bellwater’s Newest Outreach Volunteers
Two years into recovery, Cedar Hollow resident Curtis Boone is training the newest volunteers on the same county outreach van that once checked on him.
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Dr. Wei-Lin Tan’s Lab Publishes Early Gene-Therapy Trial Results
Dr. Wei-Lin Tan’s Kincaid University lab published early-phase results for a second gene-therapy candidate, distinct from the research that spun out into Kestrel Biologics, showing responses in nine of twelve participants.
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Whitcombe Says Bellwater General Sees Aging Overdose Patient Population Growing
Bellwater General says overdose patients in their 50s and 60s now make up nearly 30 percent of emergency visits, up from 12 percent a decade ago, forcing changes to staffing and discharge planning.