Articles by Elizabeth Jensen

UNC preps for Haiti patients

UNC Hospitals officials have developed a plan to receive patients transferred from Haiti who need medical assistance after last week’s devastating earthquake.

Whether patients will be transferred to the hospital and when is still uncertain.

“We’re not sure at all,” hospital spokeswoman Stephanie Crayton said.

UNC Hospitals is preparing to care for Haitian patients in the wake of the recent catastrophic earthquake.

Hospital officials are still unsure if they will receive patients and how many. But the hospital would be able to take between 25 and 50 patients, said Dalton Sawyer, director of emergency preparedness and continuity planning.

Home for the Holidays

This holiday season, some might be forced to spend time away from home while they or their loved ones receive treatment at UNC Hospitals.

That’s when the State Employees’ Credit Union Family House provides a refuge for families like Robert McRae’s.

The Family House provides a place for out-of-towners to stay when recovering or when someone in their family is hospitalized.

Health service coordination for low-income families in Orange County will soon be more scarce.

This year, the N.C. General Assembly mandated that the state’s Division of Medical Assistance reduce its case management services, which ensures people get the medical care they need.

Phone bank beneﬁts Children’s Hospital

Aaron Shah noticed his 4-year-old son Ahmad had a fever and decided to take him to the emergency room. Ahmad had H1N1, and later that August night, doctors told Shah his son might not see the next morning.

“We are grateful to God that we live in Chapel Hill and that we live close by the hospital,” Shah said.

Kidzu aims toward expansion

Now that the town approved Kidzu Children’s Museum’s expansion, it’s up to the museum to raise money for construction.

The museum scored a $1 lease for 99 years, and now will have to raise $6 million to $7 million for construction of the new building, said Cathy Maris executive director of Kidzu.

The Chapel Hill Town Council voted 5-2 Monday to research the fiscal impacts of two potential sites for waste to be collected before it is shipped out of the county.

A waste transfer station is needed because the county landfill is expected to reach capacity in 2012.

Kleinschmidt seeks to unify town

Mayor-elect Mark Kleinschmidt will take office in December knowing that almost half the electorate voted for someone else.

But he said he is confident he can unify Chapel Hill residents.

Sammy Slade to join aldermen

First-time candidate Sammy Slade will join a familiar group on the Carrboro Board of Aldermen after Tuesday’s elections.

Slade, endorsed by former mayor pro tem John Herrera, claimed a seat with the second-highest number of votes. Carrboro residents also re-elected incumbents Jacquie Gist and Randee Haven-O’Donnell.

ECHHS grad dies during race

A former East Chapel Hill High School valedictorian died running the Baltimore Marathon on Saturday.

Peter Curtin, 23, collapsed between miles 22 and 23 of the race, said Lee Corrigan, president of Corrigan Sports Enterprises and marathon planner.

The medical team rushed him to Union Memorial Hospital, where he died a few hours later. His temperature was 107 degrees, Corrigan said.

Curtin was a Ph.D. candidate in chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and recently earned a National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship.

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