ANTELOPE VALLEY HOSPITAL PLANS TO RECRUIT ADDITIONAL NEUROSURGEONS.Byline: Karen Maeshiro Staff Writer LANCASTER - With only two neurosurgeons in the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley providing coverage to the region's 400,000 people, Antelope Valley Hospital officials say they need to recruit more such specialists. There have been times when patients have been transported to other hospitals out of the area because there are no neurosurgeons available locally, hospital officials said. ``The problem is if they are both out of town, and that happens from time to time, then we are stuck with no neurosurgeons. We need to add more to meet the needs of the community,'' said Norm Andrews, senior vice president of operations. ``This is something that will really improve the quality of care.'' Antelope antelope, name applied to a large number of hoofed, ruminant mammals of the cattle family (Bovidae), which also includes the sheep and goats. The North American pronghorn is sometimes called an antelope, but belongs to a separate, related family (Antilocapridae). Valley's two neurosurgeons, Drs. Abdallah Farrukh and Nick Alapour, both provide on-call coverage to the area's two emergency rooms at Antelope Valley Hospital and Lancaster Community Hospital This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. , hospital trustees said. Both have said that too much is expected of them, hospital officials said. ``We have a real shortage. What we've got to do is go out of the area and bring quality help back,'' hospital director Steve Fox Steve Fox may refer to:
The board at Wednesday's meeting authorized au·thor·ize tr.v. au·thor·ized, au·thor·iz·ing, au·thor·iz·es 1. To grant authority or power to. 2. To give permission for; sanction: hospital administrators to enter into negotiations to recruit an additional neurosurgeon neurosurgeon a physician who specializes in neurosurgery. neurosurgeon A surgeon specialized in managing diseases of the brain, spine and peripheral nerves Meat & potatoes diseases Brain tumors, spinal cord disease Salary $245K + 15% bonus. . The agreement will include some kind of income guarantee. ``We give a guaranteed income. They may make the full amount that year, in which case we don't pay them anything,'' Fox said. ``The only way to get them here is to have a guaranteed income.'' Some neurosurgeons with whom the hospital has talked in the past have asked for financial packages of close to $500,000, which is too much, officials said. Hospital director Gary Hill Gary Hill (born in 1951, Santa Monica, California, U.S.) is an American artist who lives and works in Seattle, Washington. One of the pioneers of video art, Gary Hill has exhibited his video and video installations worldwide (Artfacts 2007). said the hospital has found someone who is interested in the position who has completed his neurosurgeon training. ``Right now we have two neurosurgeons in the valley, which means two neurosurgeons are required to take call 365 days a year, which is pretty tight,'' Hill said. |
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