BRIARCRIER
April 5, 2013 – Friday 12:15, The Briar's Restaurant, Briarcliff Manor Rotary Club
TODAY IN HISTORY – 1973: the twin towers of New York’s world trade center were officially dedicated.
MEETING LEADER – President - Kris. Chittur
PLEDGE – Sy Yuter PATRIOTIC SONG – Sy Yuter PRAYER – Rev. Lee Carrozzi
HAPPY THOUGHTS AND BUCKS – Anne Cargill’s grandson won big prize after graduation from West Point due to his Scottish ancestry; Sy studying early Christianity up to Nicean Council.
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND ROTARIANS PRESENT - Our club presents the first of a series on preventive health and awareness, with Cardiologist Erica Jones, M.D., Wed. April 10 at 7 PM at the Library; 17 Rotarians present.
GUESTS – Doris Eidel, a Paul Harris Fellow; Tom Laurenson; Alice Layne – Exec Asst. to Keith Safian
SPEAKER AND SUBJECT – Keith Safian, CEO of Phelps Memorial Hospital Center, on Center and Obamacare.
SUMMARY OF TALK
Phelps Memorial Hospital Center has many smart Physicians. There are 200 applicants for every open position. It has recently become a teaching hospital for new M.D.s interested in family medicine. Many specialties are offered as well as new techniques. Mid-wives are available for pregnant women and they work under a physician’s guidance. Family medicine is another important specialty. Patients who come to Phelps are taken into treatment rooms and family are welcome to join the patients or in a family waiting room where there is a playroom for children. A newborn's mother has only one night of stay granted by most insurance companies but Phelps allows a second night for anxious new mothers at no cost. The prestigious Sloan Kettering Cancer Center is on the same campus as well as Kendall-on-Hudson Retirement facility which also has rehabilitative stays. Under Obamacare there will be a large loss of income and a nursing shortage. Phelps hopes to be able to provide for the possible shortage.
Friday – Assemblywoman Sandy Galef – What’s going on in Albany
Elinor Yuter, Reporter
Rachel Leihbacher, Expediter