USA Today has a feature entitled “24 hours in the ER” that happens to be set at the UVA Medical Center. It’s meant to be a slice-of-life piece, showing what happens during a random day in a single hospital, as a way of showing what’s going on with our nation’s healthcare system.
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Police announced this afternoon that their investigation into what was initially believed to be a fatal fire on Rugby Avenue is now a homicide investigation. #
The Virginia Supreme Court has denied George Huguely’s appeal. His second-degree murder conviction will stand, WRIC reports. #
In a carefully worded story, and not citing specific sources, WTVR reports that forensic evidence belonging to Jesse Matthew Jr., the main suspect in the disappearance of Hannah Graham, matches forensic evidence collected during the investigation of Morgan Harrington’s 2009 murder. #
In the wake of Hannah Graham’s disappearance, and the evidence that came from private security footage, city officials are revisiting the question of installing security cameras on the downtown mall. #
Both Charlottesville Registrar Sheri Iachetta and former Electoral Board member Stephanie Commander have turned themselves in to the police on
foursix and four felony counts of embezzlement, respectively. #Ten years ago, the National Institutes of Health budget doubled and schools like the University of Virginia built massive new research facilities. A decade later, those buildings remain largely underutilized. NPR visits UVA in this story on the effect of federal binge and spurge spending in the sciences. #
In 2012, Council approved a new student housing complex on West Main—now some council members are questioning whether what they were shown matches what was built. #
The Architectural Review Board has approved a bike-themed mural on West Market, below the McGuffey Art Center, although at least one member expressed concerns that it might look like the bicyclists were riding away from Charlottesville’s downtown. #
City Police Chief Tim Longo is meeting with city leaders to work on protocols regarding the use of military surplus police weapons in Charlottesville. #
A 100-year-old Colonnades resident received military honors for her service in the WWII Women’s Army Corps #
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This was my favorite!
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2009-09-08-ERdispatchbartels_N.htm
Compassion is hard to find.
Part two of this article came out today.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2009-09-08-emergency-room-chronic_N.htm
There must be two UVA hospitals. One for indigent and minority folks and one for everyone else. I know a lady who had an accident and had to spend a few days in their hospital. She didn’t have health insurance, but was treated anyway. So far, so good. But when she got out she was presented with the full retail amount of a bill and given draconian payment terms. She recently lost her job and has fallen behind in the payments but they continue to pursue and harass her with the same tactics and expectations of the skankiest bill collectors out there. That’s why so many people without health insurance have to declare bankruptcy if they get sick or have an accident. But UVA Health Sciences is above reproach. Yeah, right.