[Sosfbay-discuss] Fwd: Vets to Hospitals Initiative... Can you help?

[Drew Johnson]

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Subject: [Fwd: Vets to Hospitals Initiative... Can you help?]
From:    "Wes Rolley" <wrolley at charter.net>
Date:    Wed, December 5, 2007 08:40

SNIP

 I was sent the following note from Mary Ellen Salzano,  a real activist
for veterans medical issues.  She works closely with the VA in Palo Alto,
especially in arranging support for the families of Iraq / Afghanistan
vets with traumatic brain injuries.

 Is there any way that the health care efforts in this county can help
secure a certification program as described below?  Should someone send a
letter to Eshoo, Lofgren, Honda, et. al.?  (I know that McNerney is
already very active here.)  Is this a local State Program of
certification?

 Wes

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Subject: Vets to Hospitals Initiative... Can you help?
Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2007 06:31:48 -0800 (PST)
From: Mary Ellen Salzano
To: Debbie Gregory , kathleen.collins at mail.house.gov, pat kerr , catherine
morris , gary prost

 This truly is a national concern.  Amazing how we can have medics in Iraq
and Afghanistan, who probably see and do more than many doctors will ever
do in their lifetime, yet they cannot get a job in the medical field....
 Mary,

 I am sending you a copy of a letter to the editor I wrote today. Do you
have any input, suggestions, comments?  Of course, this is a nationwide
problem. -- Do you have a contact for the Governor that I can contact to
invite?-- Mark

Military Can Help Solve Hospital Crisis We have been experiencing a
shortage of medically trained personnel for many years in the US and in
San Diego County.  Now the predictions are that our San Diego County
hospitals will need to treat an additional million patients in the next
decade.  This will be impossible without creative initiatives.  As a
member of Congressman Bilbray's Veterans Advisory Committee, I have
proposed a possible solution.  -- The military has thousands of combat
experienced medical personnel, like navy Corpsmen, that have saved the
lives of countless people.  They certainly have the experience to greatly
assist our hospitals. But there is no fast track program in place to help
get these men and women certified as they leave the military. It is absurd
to make them get in line and take as long for certification as a fresh
faced high school graduate.  Patriotic Hearts (the 501c3 that sponsors
HirePatriots.com) is seeking to hold a conference of our local hospital
administrators to address this issue. It can be a win-win for our troops,
our residents and hospitals.

Mark Baird
Carlsbad, CA 92008 760-730-3734

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