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Monday, December 09, 2002Cynthia Roback, a registered nurse with Mercy's home health division for 22 years, said the number of patients being served by nurses has dropped from 200 to 100. She formerly had a caseload of 25 patients. Now, she has five. She blamed this decrease on doctors not seeing new patients. The home health services office in Wilkes-Barre will close, and services will be consolidated in one office in Scranton. Services in the nine counties Mercy home health nurses serve will remain intact, Mercy spokesman Jeff Lewis said. In Scranton, Community Medical Center laid off 15 employees this week as a result of lower reimbursements and fewer patients. The trauma center at CMC, the only trauma center in Northeastern Pennsylvania, remains in danger of closing. Delta Medix, the largest surgical practice in Scranton, will close next month as a result of rising malpractice insurance premiums. The practice comprises about 40 percent of Lackawanna County's general surgeons. Over the last few weeks, dozens of physicians throughout Luzerne and at least 40 physicians in Lackawanna County have announced plans to scale back services or stop accepting new patients. posted by Sydney on 12/09/2002 08:17:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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