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Letter to Editor | Beyond “General Hospital”
-- from Donna and Michael Riordan -- Having lived on Orcas for six years, we are moderate users of medical services here. The recent medical-care drama, with frequent sniping back and forth over old history and
Letter to Editor | It’s Now or Never, Orcas
-- from the Orcas Medical Foundation Board -- If we continue to quarrel about the past and present, we may find that we have lost the future. The proposal to establish a University of Washington
Letter to Editor | Blood Drive Set Records
-- from Leif -- Dear Orcas, this last Blood Drive, Thursday, December 15 set records. We had 92 donors, a record especially for this time of year! Some were Orcas High students, returning donors that haven’t
Guest Opinion | Viability of Medical Practices on Orcas Island
-- from Paul Kamin -- Dr. Russell and Dr. Shinstrom have both been part of Orcas Medical Center, and subsequently chosen to practice medicine separate from the Orcas Medical Foundation. Both have been operating their
Guest Opinion | Medical Future on Orcas Island
-- from Tony Giefer, M.D. -- Much of what has been written or placed online recently about the medical issues facing Orcas Island has been misinformed or plainly false. As Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan said
Guest Opinion | OMF/UW Medicine Q&A (Part 2)
– from Orcas Medical Foundation (OMF) – This is the second in a series of answers to frequently asked questions about the OMF/UW Medicine plan to have a UW Neighborhood Clinic on Orcas Island. The
Health Care on Orcas: A Call to Action
-- from Adaline Adams, BJ Arnold, Dick Arnold, Carol Boring, Dale Heisinger, JoEllen Moldoff, Patsy Stephens, Stu Stephens -- A small group met to consider the question: How can the health needs of Orcas Island best
Letter to Editor | Examining the Background to Current Medical Quandary
-- from David Shinstrom, M.D. -- I would like to take this opportunity to respond to several requests I have received to present the history of my time here on Orcas and how we have
Guest Opinion: Orcas Medical Center Questions & Answers
-– from the Orcas Medical Foundation (OMF) –- (Updated Dec. 5, 2016) (This is the first in a series of answers to frequently asked questions about the OMF/UW Medicine plan to have a UW Neighborhood
Letter to Editor | Consider a Gift to Orcas
-- from Bob & Marsha Waunch -- Let’s all consider giving a gift to ourselves and the entire island this holiday season – the gift of long-term assurance of quality health care. The campaign to
Guest Opinion | Our Health Care Quandary
-- from Alison Shaw -- The Quandary: We have three practices on Orcas directed by three MDs. All three struggle at times to make ends meet and depend to some degree on personal and private
Letter to Editor | Thanks for Successful Holiday Festival of Arts
-- from Arron Redford -- On behalf of the Senior Center, and the seniors who depend on the Senior Center services, we wish to thank you for participating in this years’ Holiday Festival of Arts.
Letter to Editor | A Physician’s Perspective
-- from Dale Heisinger, M.D. -- After attending the University of Washington proposal for a Neighborhood Clinic on Orcas Island, I began reflecting on my experiences with my association with UW as a practicing pediatrician. I
Guest Opinion | Open Letter to President Obama
-- from Lyman Griswold -- Dear Mr. President, I am appalled by your continued silence and the silence of the mainstream media on the situation at Standing Rock. I urge you speak up about it.
Guest Opinion | Nine Reasons to Support UW Neighborhood Clinics
-- from Alison Shaw -- I worked at OMC as its Clinic Manager from 2008 to 2015, which included the transition to working with Island Hospital. Before that, I worked at the UW for 17
