New York, N.Y. — There are normal days in America. Days where we all go to work and different radio stations report different stories that they happen to find interesting. Then there are days like today, days when every news station is talking about the same events, days when the entire nation’s eyes are fixated on one topic.
FORT WORTH, Texas — Baylor Surgical Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas announced that it bought a 5.3-acre plot in the final days of October to be used for a new facility to replace its current building. The hospital plans to begin construction on the new $35.1 million, 77,000-square-foot facility in May of 2013, after outgrowing its current 34,000-square-foot building.
TAMPA, Fla. — Administrators, business leaders and government officials met in mid October to hold a groundbreaking ceremony for St. Joseph’s Hospital—South.
A hospital in the West Bank, the contested area at the epicenter of the Israel/Palestine conflict, is currently in the process of adding a new wind turbine, ensuring the facility can continue to serve patients in some capacity, even if the surrounding areas loses power. Al-Ahli Hospital, the largest hospital in the Hebron district, contains 365 beds with a capacity for 500 patients in emergency scenarios. The project was inaugurated in 2009, when the European Union (EU) agreed to fund 80 percent of the $2.6 million construction operation.
HERMOSA BEACH, Calif. — One of the newest energy saving technologies being used in construction employs phase change materials, which essentially capture heat throughout the day, before releasing it later at night, when temperatures fall.
The federal government doubled down on its commitment to mental health care for veterans in September, when President Barack Obama signed an executive order calling for increased access to behavioral health care. The goal of the initiative is to reduce the rates of suicide and untreated mental health disorders affecting veterans and active duty troops. Mental health is increasingly becoming a more recognizable and less taboo topic among veterans over time, as the long-term impacts of serving one’s country become more obvious and accepted over time.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe is about to conduct an experiment intended to lower his state’s health care costs and make insurance more affordable for its residents. Arkansas ranks relatively low among its fellow states in terms of its citizens’ overall health and income, while simultaneously being on the higher side when it comes to rising health care costs, which have doubled in the last ten years. This creates a difficult situation for the state, its low-income residents and the hospitals they cannot afford to pay.
WASHINGTON — Though it may be the second most abundant element in the universe, a helium shortage is beginning to affect hospitals throughout the world, as the element serves a key purpose for MRI machines. The element may be prevalent throughout the cosmos, but Earth’s atmosphere is not particularly effective at keeping it here, meaning it is mostly harvested from underground deposits where it has been trapped by the planet’s geology.
The world of electrical testing for maintenance, upkeep and troubleshooting is experiencing a massive change, as the industry moves to wireless technology.
PALO ALTO, Calif.