Marshall Allen

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Poll finds ill feelings on health care: Taken after the hepatitis C scare, it reveals mistrust and cynicism — and a desire for stricter regulation; Tuesday, May 27, 2008; A UNLV survey — the first of its kind — of public opinion in Clark County about the hepatitis C crisis shows a widespread distrust of health providers, a demand for accountability and, perhaps most surprising, a willingness to pay higher taxes for stricter regulation.
Doctor driven to start clinic for the uninsured: Tuesday, May 20, 2008; Dr. Florence Jameson is trying to provide free health care to some of the uninsured residents of Clark County. The obstetrician-gynecologist who has worked in Las Vegas for more than 20 years has launched an effort to create Volunteers in Medicine of Southern Nevada.
Kidney transplant outcomes fell short: Low patient volume affected Sunrise program’s performance; Friday, May 16, 2008; By shuttering its kidney transplant program and shifting its patients to University Medical Center, Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center is shedding a fledgling program that consistently failed to meet expectations.
Letter to his boss faults Clark: Lawmakers cite delay in Desai investigation; Wednesday, May 14, 2008; Two state legislators say the executive director of the Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners has ignored the public interest by delaying the investigation of doctors who may have caused the largest hepatitis C scare in the nation.
Board chief fires back, backs off: Accused of hindering Desai probe, he blasts prosecutor, then backpedals; medical board to cooperate; Thursday, May 8, 2008; The executive director of the Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners unleashed a tirade against a county prosecutor before saying the board would turn over to investigators any complaints in its files about Dr. Dipak Desai.
Peddling medical getaways: Salesmen beat drum for overseas operations on the cheap; Wednesday, May 7, 2008; With signs promoting trips to Singapore, Thailand and Monterrey, Mexico, the gathering might have been for travel agents.
Medical board refuses to release Desai complaints: Group accused of protecting doctors, not public; Wednesday, May 7, 2008; The criminal investigation into the conduct of Dr. Dipak Desai, the physician at the center of the nation’s biggest hepatitis C scare, has hit a roadblock: the Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners.
Desai tried shipping vehicles overseas. Would he have followed?: Wednesday, April 30, 2008; Dr. Dipak Desai, under investigation for his role in the nation’s biggest hepatitis C scare, tried shipping two personal luxury vehicles to Dubai.
At first blush, a tough J-1 board: Council formed in wake of criticism doesn’t roll over on first application; Tuesday, April 15, 2008; Nevada’s latest effort to reform a program that brings foreign physicians to the state is off to a deliberate and disciplined start. For the first time ever, health care experts debated in public the merits of hiring arrangements for the physicians.
Foreign doctors get new guardians: Advisory council to keep spotlight on visa program that some employers abused; Friday, April 11, 2008; A program that a Sun investigation revealed had been widely abused by employers, leading to the exploitation of foreign doctors and neglect of medically needy patients, is taking another important step toward reform.