Comments by RoniRN - Las Vegas Sun

Comments by user: RoniRN

Posted on: State confronts J-1 complaints

Finally action by the State of Nevada Department of Health. The Board of Medical Examiners should take lessons from this Advisory Committee on how to hold people accountable to the public. Cheers to Dr. Heard! These issues have been going on for years as well as the smugness and complacency of state officials defending their actions (or lack of action). What has changed in Carson City? Legislative and Governor support? Department leadership? Staff who aren't bureaucrats? From the Hepatitis C crisis to the foreign physician program we are finally seeing action being taken by State government. What happened to the people who allowed all of these problems to happen? We're they punished? Progress has been made in responding to a problem but let's see if the State Department of Health can prevent problems like this in the future. Keep looking and reporting Las Vegas Sun, beause maybe it's your reporting that makes change happen! Roni

(Suggest removal) 8/8/08 at 7:11 a.m.

Posted on: State moves to tighten hepatitis C laws

The law should require all licensed health providers to report if they know or observe violations of standards of care. I agree that only setting standards and providing penalties and sanctions can motivate the health care industry to change. I also think the state Health Director is handsome! He must be new because he doesn't look or sound like the rest of the good-old-cowboys in Carson City.

(Suggest removal) 7/31/08 at 9:12 p.m.