Weaning Them Off Soda/Maine

The Bangor Daily News ^ | 5 July 2002 | who knows!

[liberallarry]

What if It's All Been a Big Fat Lie?

Might help. At least it will make it easier to deal with those who think it's all in your mind or all just a question of will-power.

The way I read it is that no one is sure why people get fat or how to help them lose weight.

[liberallarry]

Ozone, my administrator found your suggestions very interesting. It turns out she had either heard of or tried them all. Ditto, my explorations of alternative medicine.

The problem remains; small rural hospitals simply do not have the volume to support most hospital services.

However, help has come from an unexpected quarter. The Federal government has designated us a critical care hospital which means the government considers emergency medical services at regular intervals to be an integral part of the national highway system. So they'll help us pay for the emergency room - solving our most pressing financial problem.

We are going to continue developing clinic services - which are appropriate for small communities.

Thanks to both of you for your help and encouragement. Perhaps some of this will be helpful to someone else next time around.

[liberallarry]

Correction: critical access hospital