Sunday, June 24, 2007

Eastern 2/3 Of Metro's Most Populous County Trauma Center-less

For the second overnight in a row- the multi-million dollar medical palace jewel of properous southeastern Independence-MO the Centerpoint Medical Center is "on trauma (patient) divert."

In plain English it means it cannot accept persons badly injured in accidents or civil matters.

This has and continues to leave- at least until my shift ends at 7 am or whenever they accept again- no Level-II trauma center open east of I-435 in Jackson County-MO..

The weather's great- so at least the med choppers can fly....
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