Assemblyman Gilbert L. "Whip" Wilson

Democratic Caucus

Brooklawn Shopping Plaza, Rte 130 & Browning Rd.

Brooklawn, New Jersey 08030

ph: (856) 742-7600

fax: (856) 742-1831

NJ council of Children's hospital

The Daily News

09/08/2010

New Jersey Hospitals
N.J. hospitals seek to bridge language gap by training translators (nj.com) Teresa Nicholas-Nicholas gave birth to her first child last Wednesday. She had all the questions of a new mother: how to breast-feed tiny Orlando Rios Jr., how to bathe him, and even when to expect his umbilical cord to fall off.

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New Jersey Minorities
N.J. health campaign focuses on minorities (courierpostonline.com) Anastasia Fabian knows the window of opportunity for scheduling doctor's appointments can be as slim as her daughter's windpipes during an asthmatic fit.

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Mandatory Flu Shots
Pediatricians will join call for mandatory flu shots (usatoday.com) The American Academy of Pediatrics plans to call for all health workers to get flu vaccinations, saying unvaccinated doctors, nurses and other medical staffers pose a threat to patients.

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Hospice Coverage
Medicare Will Experiment With Expansion Of Hospice Coverage (kaiserhealthnews.org) About this time last year, voters and politicians were consumed by the rumor, fanned by health-care overhaul opponents, that the legislation would include "death panels" of government bureaucrats who could "pull the plug on Grandma" if she needed costly care.

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Infectious Disease
Japan confirms its first case of new superbug gene (news.yahoo.com) Japan has confirmed the nation's first case of a new gene in bacteria that allows the microorganisms to become drug-resistant superbugs, detected in a man who had medical treatment in India, a Health Ministry official said Tuesday.

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Research
Study: Medical liability/defensive medicine cost about $55.6 billion a year (ahanews.com) The medical liability system costs the nation an estimated $55.6 billion annually, according to a study published today in Health Affairs.

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