Elizabeth Fite
Health Care Reporter at Chattanooga Times Free Press
@HMJatUGA & @AUJRNL grad trying to learn about medicine covering health care @timesfreepress; contact me [email protected]
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Mar 2, 2024 |
timesfreepress.com | Elizabeth Fite
Advertisement Advertisement Bill in Tennessee legislature could mean involuntary treatment for criminal defendants found incompetent to stand trial Legislation could mean involuntary treatment for those deemed incompetent to stand trial Today at 6:39 p.m. Rep. William Lamberth, R-Portland, listens Feb. 20 during a House Criminal Justice Committee meeting in Nashville.
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Mar 1, 2024 |
timesfreepress.com | Elizabeth Fite
Much about the Center for Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Surgery Center is akin to a hospital: the long hallways lined with 40 patient bays, the 10 operating rooms outfitted with the latest technology and the complex surgical procedures performed within its walls. And in the not so distant past, virtually all of the patients who undergo surgery at this $18.7 million facility -- which opened in July 2023 -- would have had to go to a hospital for their care.
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Feb 24, 2024 |
timesfreepress.com | Elizabeth Fite
Advertisement Advertisement Sen. Bo Watson sponsoring bill for working Tennesseans with disabilities to buy into Medicaid Today at 6:07 p.m. Staff photo by Matt Hamilton/ Bliss Welch talks about the lift over her bed at her home on Thursday, February 22, 2024. Bliss Welch was 17 years old when she began struggling to climb steps and noticing her legs locking when she walked.
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Feb 18, 2024 |
ourcommunitynow.com | Elizabeth Fite
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Feb 18, 2024 |
timesfreepress.com | Elizabeth Fite
As a pediatrician, Dr. Willie Mae Hubbard helps give children a healthy start in life. But nine years ago, she was in a situation where she needed someone to give a portion of themselves to save her own life. Hubbard has an autoimmune disease that slowly destroys her liver. Although she had gotten along OK for decades, her liver reached the point of failure, and her only hope for survival was a transplant.
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Excited to have this opportunity for health care journalists coming to Chattanooga in July (btw this is free for all @AHCJ members/annual membership is $60 and gives you access to lots of great resources like this). Y'all hit me up for lodging and food recs!
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