Pahrump Val!y Gazette, 1 nursday, July 10, 1997 9
PMC bolsters staff; hires doctor, two RNs
by Pete Peters
Gazette Staff
Arcon's Pahrump Medical Center, eagerly awaiting its
Sept. I groundbreaking for a new addition, bolstered its staff
with the hiring of a new doctor and two registered nurses.
That news came from PMC Facility Manager Carma
Kreitler at Wednesday's (July 9, 1997) Board of Trustees
meeting of the Pahrump Community Hospital Board.
Kreitler said Paul McHugh, DO (doctor of osteopathy)
would be joining the PMC staff in August as well as the
arrival of part-time RNs Julie Carrigan and Jamie
Goldsworthy.
Dr. McHugh, she said, is a 40-year-old bachelor from
Los Angeles who is presently practicing as a locum (tempo-
rary) in San Diego.
Carrigan is from Boise and Goldsworthy is from Ari-
zona.
Kreitler spoke very highly of the trio's credentials.
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In addition, Kreitler said a new physician's assistant will
be on board soon at PMC "when he completes his present
contract." She did not divulge if he was from Las Vegas or
not.
The board also learned from K, reitler that Health Plan of
Nevada has made an exception with PMC as far as patients
being treated locally instead of trekking to Las Vegas for
appointments.
"In the long run," she said, "This will save about 1,800
Pahrump residents a trip to Las Vegas.
"This has been an 18-month battle, but we're finally
going to be provided a list of specialists who will be coming
to Pahrump to treat patients. This list will be printed in the
Gazette shortly. As of now, we have 14 specialists that have
already been credentialed with HPN."
Kreitler reported that some of the electrical imaging
machines used for cat-scans, ultrasounds, x-rays and fluo-
roscopies are being removed to make way for the new
addition.
Discussion was held regarding the need of a dialysis unit.
Kreitler had said at a previous meeting that she
knows of 10 people in Pahrump with the need of dialy-
sis.
"There are probably many more people who require
help but are afraid to come forward and be identified,"
Kreitler said. "I wish they would contact us so we can
help them. It would certainly help us establish a dialysis
facility much faster because of its need."
The rest of the board meeting involved routine items
on the agenda regarding insurance, the board trailer,
storage space and an upcoming seminar.
George Adams chaired the session in place of an
ailing Pat Mankins.
The board will next convene Wednesday, July 23, 9
a.m. at the Pahrump Valley Fire Department, 350 N. High-
way 160.
Nevada Test Site among "preferred sites" for radioactive waste disposal
The Department of Energy (DOE) has identified its
preferred strategies for treatment, storage, and disposal of
five types of radioactive and hazardous wastes.
The final Waste Management Programmatic Environ-
mental Impact Sttatement (MPEIS), issued last week,
evaluates the potential cost and environmental effects cff
alternatives nationwide for consolidating management of
approximately two million cubic meters of waste.
Generally, the department favors decentralized treat-
ment of low-level radioactive waste at sites where it is
generated and stored. Low-level mixed waste (which is
also chemically hazardous) would be treated according to
Site Treatment Plans and consent orders which were nego-
tiated with host states under the Federal Facility Compli-
ance Act.
"The preferred alternatives for low-level radioactive
waste" and for low-level mixed waste are regionalized
disposal at two or three sites to be selected from among the
Nevada Test Site, Idaho National Environmental Engi-
neering Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, the
Savannah River Site in South Carolina, Oak Ridge Reser-
vation in Tennessee, or the Hanford Site in Washington,"
said Angela Colarusso, DOE's Nevada Operations Office
Waste Management Division project management team
leader. "All are currently conducting disposal operations
for mixed or low-level waste."
"The Records of Decision for low-level waste and low-
level mixed waste are planned for January 1998," said
Colarusso. "No final decisions will be made until we've
had further discussion with state, tribal, regulatory and
local officials, and other Nevada stakeholders -- that is
members of the public interested in or affected by what
DOE does."
The final WMPEIS has taken six years to complete and
has included extensive opportunities for public review and
comment. The Internet address for the WMPEIS is: http:/
/www.em.doe.gov/wstmgt.html. Copies of the document
or a summary can be obtained from the Center for Environ-
mental Management Information, P.O. Box 23769, Wash-
ington, D.C. 20026-3769, or by calling toll-free:-1-800-
736-3282.
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