NEWS
By Frederick N. Rasmussen, The Baltimore Sun | August 26, 2010
Dr. Nathan Schnaper, an eminent psychiatrist who was known for his work with patients and their families at the Greenebaum Cancer Center, died Monday in his sleep at Gilchrist Hospice Care. The longtime Sudbrook Park resident was 92. "He had been rapidly failing over the last several weeks," said his son-in-law, Dr. James M. Carlton, a Baltimore hand surgeon. "On Monday, he had eaten a lunch of a corned beef sandwich, potato chips, an Entemann's chocolate doughnut and some Gatorade," Dr. Carlton said.
NEWS
By Ryan Davis and Ryan Davis,SUN STAFF | August 31, 2003
North Arundel Hospital's psychiatric ward will remain open for at least another year, a change in plan from late last year when hospital officials threatened to close the 15-bed unit, which they said was losing money. The Glen Burnie hospital's psychiatric unit serves between 60 and 70 patients a month. A decision by a state commission will let North Arundel raise some of the rates it charges patients throughout the hospital and use the increase to pay for psychiatric unit losses. "I can't really say it's going to be [open]
NEWS
By NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE | July 15, 2002
PARIS -- A young Frenchman with neo-Nazi connections fired at least one shot at President Jacques Chirac yesterday morning as the French leader was being driven in an open jeep down the Champs-Elysees before the start of the annual Bastille Day military parade, police said. Chirac was not hurt. The police said the man, Maxime Brunerie, 25, who was wrestled to the ground by spectators before he was arrested, admitted planning to assassinate Chirac and then commit suicide. Brunerie, a student and part-time chauffeur who lives in the Paris suburbs, was "known to belong to neo-Nazi and hooligan movements," including a far-right student group, the police said.
BUSINESS
June 3, 1997
Maryland General Hospital in Baltimore marked yesterday the official opening of its 17-room, $2.1 million renovated obstetric unit.Generally, the unit allows the patient to stay in one "home-like" room for labor, delivery, recovery and post-birth hospital stay. Some traditional rooms are also available for patients recovering from deliveries with complications."Doing it all in one room is something the patients really like," said Mark Feldman, vice president of marketing and planning for the hospital.
NEWS
By Jackie Powder and Jackie Powder,SUN STAFF | October 15, 1995
Carroll Hall, a psychiatric rehabilitation program that has served the county's mentally ill for 19 years, will close Jan. 30.Expected cost increases and pressure from state health officials to privatize services contributed to the county health department's decision to end the program when its lease runs out in January, said Larry L. Leitch, deputy county health officer.Operating out of a blue building at 181 E. Main St. in Westminster, Carroll Hall serves about 90 clients, many of whom have spent time in psychiatric hospitals.
NEWS
By Jackie Powder and Jackie Powder,Staff Writer | May 9, 1995
To Pam Haines, clinical manager of Carroll County General's psychiatric unit, psychiatric nursing presents a challenge that is lacking in other areas of medicine."