The following is a guest post, written by Donna Newton of the Greensboro Neighborhood Congress. It contains important information about RUCO, and how you can take action in support of RUCO. (Slightly edited for the web from original emails.) # # # # # RUCO is under attack by opponents … > read more
Via email, from Tim Clontz, Executive Vice President, Health Services, Moses Cone Health System. Posted with permission: Moses Cone Health System and High Point Regional Health System want to continue providing care to underserved adults and children in Guilford County and have been negotiating a contract to do so for … > read more
Homeless people in Greensboro get their health care in the emergency rooms of our local hospitals and at the two HealthServe clinics, whose burgeoning patient loads have forced them to limit access to care. HealthServe is obviously more cost-effective than an ER visit, but Guilford County Commissioners plan a $1.6 … > read more
Reading about the death of Steven Sabock, a patient at Cherry Hospital, a state-funded psychiatric hospital in Goldsboro, N.C., leaves me nauseated, disgusted, outraged and heartbroken: “…The hospital’s security video recorded Sabock’s care from April 28, when he choked on his medicine while a nurse stood by without helping him, … > read more
Armed with stethoscopes and blood pressure cuffs, medical staffers from the HealthServe Community Clinic paid a visit to this week’s Winter Series at the downtown library. While diners enjoyed the vegan meal prepared by members of Food Not Bombs, they also had the chance to talk with a nurse and … > read more
Last night, Guilford County Commissioner Paul Gibson brought a group of County service providers to meet with about 100 homeless Greensboro residents at Grace Community Church. This was a follow-up to a meeting Gibson arranged last week between County staff and a smaller group of homeless folks as part of … > read more
I recently found out that two of my homeless friends have MRSA. Locally, the news media reports on high schools with reported cases of MRSA, but so far, I don’t think I’ve seen a story about MRSA and homeless people — not in Greensboro, anyway. But the risk of MRSA … > read more
“They may be out there, but there’s not many of them out there… If you know where there’s a veteran sleeping under a bridge, you call me immediately and we’ll make sure that man does not do it.” — Bill O’Reilly, “The O’Reilly Factor,” Fox News If anyone can give … > read more
Last Wednesday night, my friend Deb and I went to the ER at Wesley Long with a Community Dinner guest. He was having DTs really bad and he wanted help. He told us that he wouldn’t make it through another winter on the street. We hoped to get him into … > read more
News Release from Mental Health Association in North Carolina: U.S. Senate Passes Mental Health Parity September 20, 2007 (Raleigh, NC) – Two days ago on September 18, the U.S. Senate made history by passing the Mental Health Parity Act (S. 558) by unanimous consent – an incredible victory for mental … > read more