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According to a congressional field hearing on immigration's effects, Tennessee's TennCare has spent $15 million on emergency care for illegal immigrants this year. The cost of illegal immigration spills over into the private sector. Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) reports that the hospital loses $3.8 million a year treating illegal immigrants. By law, hospitals must provide emergency medical service to illegal immigrants regardless of their ability to pay. This means hospitals …

The maker of the synthetic blood substitute Polyheme says it did nothing wrong in a clinical trial involving tests of the product at emergency rooms across the nation. Northfield Laboratories is defending itself after a Wall Street Journal article reported that the company "quietly shut down' an earlier clinical trial when 10 of 80 patients suffered heart attacks. Company documents viewed by the newspaper reveal that researchers wrote the results off to inexperience on the part …

The University of Chicago Hospitals plans to spend $500 million to build a new hospital. The new facility will be located close to the existing Hyde Park location. The Chicago Tribune reports that the new facility will be six to 12 floors with 300 in-patient rooms. The project is one of a series of similar expansions underway in downtown Chicago. Rush University Medical Center is building on the West Side. Northwestern Memorial has a women's hospital in development as well. …

Officials at Ohio State University Medical Center admitted that personal data for about 2,800 patients was accidentally posted on the school's Web site. The data included names, addresses, phone numbers and social security numbers. The mistake was not discovered until three weeks ago, when somebody surfing the Internet discovered the error and contacted the hospital. Ohio State has apologized and says it has notified all patients involved. The hospital says it will pay for a credit …

Dr. Jamil Ahmed, the Buffalo, New York, brain injury specialist involved in the startling recovery of a New York City fireman who had been in a coma for nearly 10 years, has become an instant celebrity. Ahmed says he is getting calls and emails from all over the the country asking about the case. Firefighter Donald Herbert regained consciousness and began to talk not long after Ahmed administered a cocktail of drugs. The Buffalo University Medical Center rehabilitation medicine …