A strike is a tough thing to do, but it is the only way we can get these hospitals to understand what we are trying to tell them. I feel bad about abandoning my job, but we needed to show management that we are serious.

Those volunteers that do everything out of the goodness of their hearts are extremely valuable to us.

The routes are kind of hard because you're burning more gas. You're going, stopping, going, stopping, shutting the car off, turn it on, which all impacts gas usage.

We understand that the Louisiana attorney general is investigating all deaths that occurred at New Orleans hospitals and nursing homes after the hurricane, and we fully support and are cooperating with him.

In the case of emergency angioplasty, for hospitals it seems that it's not just how many you do, but how used to doing them you are. The overall commitment to doing emergency angioplasties, and the protocols and staffing that come out of that commitment, appear to be key.

In the case of emergency angioplasty, for hospitals, it seems that it's not just how many you do, but how used to doing them you are. The overall commitment to doing emergency angioplasties, and the protocols and staffing that come out of that commitment, appear to be key.