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MUSC breast cancer program nationally accredited

October 22, 2009 By

The Hollings Cancer Research Center at MUSC has received national accreditation for a breast care program. Doctor Megan Baker is a breast surgeon and director of the program. “We received national accreditation from the American College of Surgeons for excellence in the breast cancer program, and that has a lot more to do with our patients, not just the people who work at Hollings because we were particularly recognized for all of the clinical trials,” says Baker.

The Hollings Comprehensive Breast Program has given MUSC’s Holling’s Cancer Center the honor of being the only Lowcountry breast center to hold this National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC) status.

“In this Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I just want to put in a plug for all the work that our patients have done to contribute to the advancements and treatments of breast cancer and our center here in Charleston, the Hollings Cancer Center is being recognized nationally for it,” says Baker. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health & Medicine, News

Fifth man sentenced in drug conspiracy

October 22, 2009 By

A North Augusta man was sentenced in federal court to 151 months in prison after pleading guilty to drug charges.

Daniel Hinkler, age 27 pled guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of crack cocaine and 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. Hinkler was also held accountable for possessing firearms and illegally selling a number of them, including a 12 gauge shotgun and various assault rifles. Hinkler had been previously convicted in Aiken County. Evidence in the case showed that Hinkler conspired with four others to distribute drugs in and around the North Augusta and Aiken area, often while armed. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Crime & Courts

SC planning for pandemic

October 22, 2009 By

A “Swine Flu Summit” was held in Columbia earlier this week with state and local health officials, community leaders, university representatives, members of various school districts as well as faith-based groups gathering to get an update on efforts to thwart the H1N1 virus in South Carolina.

A similar summit was held in 2006 upon receipt of support from the federal government for pandemic planning. In 2007, South Carolina officials held a pandemic exercise to practice what would need to be done and tested.

Phyllis Beasley, who is DHEC’s State Pandemic Influenza Response Coordinator explains, “We’ve been doing this for awhile so hopefully folks had some basic pandemic plans in place. And we have done some exercises, some tabletop exercises, at a state level. We did a “state level” pandemic exercise in 2007 that was school based.” [Read more...]

Filed Under: Education, Health & Medicine, Politics & Government

Clyburn: Support for public option growing

October 22, 2009 By

Proponents of a U.S. House health care reform bill that includes a public option received some good news Wednesday. A preliminary estimate from the Congressional Budget Office projects that the House Democrats’ health care plan that includes a public option would cost $871 billion over 10 years. The CBO also found that the bill reduces the deficit in the first 10 years. The new CBO estimate is significantly less than the $1.1 trillion price tag of the original House bill that passed out of three committees this summer. Appearing on MSNBC’s “Countdown with Keith Olbermann” Wednesday night, House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn of South Carolina said support is growing in the House and around the country for passage of the measure.

“I think the country is demonstrating by all the surveys I’ve seen that the so called public option is, in fact, gaining support. I think depending on how you cut it, as to whether there is 56 percent in favor of the public option, or 65 percent, or even under some circumstances 71 percent. We are in a good place and our caucus is in a very good mood.” [Read more...]

Filed Under: Economy, Legislature, News, Politics & Government

Boeing choosing SC or Washington state for new line

October 22, 2009 By

Boeing is expected to make a decision soon on the location for its new 787 assembly line, and it’s narrowed its decision to two sites. The sites: Charleston, South Carolina and Everett, Washington, near Seattle.

Boeing, the world’s largest aerospace company and largest manufacturer of commercial jetliners and military aircraft, originated near Seattle and still has much of its production come out of there. As the company looks at these two sites for a new assembly line for its 787 jets, CEO Jim McNerney told the South Carolina Business Journal there would be some execution challenges with putting the line to Charleston, but they would work to diversify the labor pool and labor relationships. McNerney says the company started with a broad range of destinations for the second assembly line, but Charleston and Everett were the two best choices.

A decision is expected by early November on where Boeing’s line will go.

Filed Under: Business, News
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