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Bloglanta » Blog Archive » Doctors Look To Perdon't For Grady's Cure — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 06:55:38 +0000

[…] the uninsured. Uninsured and Indigent patients make up 60% of the workload of Grady. Also, as discussed previously, the suburbs leach off of Grady for the most severe cases and don’t provide any funding on […]

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 00:57:55 +0000

Holy distractions! I dare say, the subject’s been changed over a single, inconsequential fact!

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 20:47:16 +0000

I don’t know what the hell has happened to this board but it has gone downhill with these silly, histrionic posts.

Grady is not the only level I trauma center in the entire state. Any fool could have done a google search for “level I trauma centers Georgia” and found out there are indeed four. Savannah, Augusta, Macon and Atlanta all have level I’s.

However, don’t let the facts get in the way of a good bitch and feel free to post more poorly researched bullshit.

By: Teashook

Teashook — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 15:40:22 +0000

Atlanta will never be a large great city like New York or Chicago, because our state’s laws on municipal annexation are ridiculously restrictive. While cities in other states can annex when adjoining areas become denser or at will in order to allow for orderly expansion, ours depend upon individual petitions and the whims of the Georgia General Assembly. For this we can thank decades of racial xenophobia and the self serving agenda of the Association County Commissioners of Georgia.

By: Brian Phillips

Brian Phillips — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 11:53:48 +0000

OH! Cynthia Tucker’s editorials are in the AJC. Sorry.

By: Brian Phillips

Brian Phillips — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 11:53:15 +0000

For a good article about Grady, read Cynthia Tucker’s editorial of 6/27.

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 03:13:01 +0000

The amount of federal funding our region forgoes by not allowing the City of Atlanta to be larger is astonishing. There are all sorts of federal funds the City would qualify for if its population were 1,000,000+.

But, instead, we’re broken up into dozens upon dozens of local governments whose power of influence on the State is greatly limited.

By: vandiver49

vandiver49 — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 22:35:11 +0000

How do you propose ATL gets its due? If ATL as a region were a cohesive organization, then pressure could be properly leveled on the state fund the area accordingly. Thats unlikely to happen since new ‘cities’ are being created everyday.

By: El Guapo

El Guapo — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 11:44:36 +0000

Atlanta gets abused when compared to other cities of similiar size, and rightly so. What you say about atlanta’s relationship to the state may be true, but isn’t that more of an indictment of rural Georgia than a vindication of the city?