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Aristus

(66,352 posts)
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 10:53 AM Jul 2013

Thank God. They re-signed the contract. I'm staying with the homeless clinic!

The local municiple development organization that owns the clinic where I work was considering not re-signing the medical contract with the community health organization that employs me. They wanted to hire their own provider and run the cllinic themselves.

That would have put me in the awkward position of resigning from my company in order to keep working with my homeless patients, or else staying with the company, and losing my patients.

I think a lot of people in the Lounge know how I feel about my homeless patients. I didn't want to lose them.

Now I won't have to. The municiple group re-signed the medical-care contract.

I'm staying...

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Thank God. They re-signed the contract. I'm staying with the homeless clinic! (Original Post) Aristus Jul 2013 OP
That's excellent news! In_The_Wind Jul 2013 #1
I agree. I'm very happy... Aristus Jul 2013 #2
You do so much good, you deserve a bit of happiness too. In_The_Wind Jul 2013 #8
Aww... Aristus Jul 2013 #9
I agree that this is excellent news! MuseRider Jul 2013 #3
Thank you. Yesterday, I had two new patients. A very nice, sweet married couple. Aristus Jul 2013 #4
Excellent news, Aristus! Bertha Venation Jul 2013 #5
That's good news. Ptah Jul 2013 #6
I don't know. Aristus Jul 2013 #7
Good news indeed!!!!! dixiegrrrrl Jul 2013 #10
That's great! RiffRandell Jul 2013 #11
Sometimes the good guys win! JitterbugPerfume Jul 2013 #12
What excellent news, my dear Aristus! CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2013 #13
yay! fizzgig Jul 2013 #14
Good News!! Lady Freedom Returns Jul 2013 #15
Great news n/t Lee-Lee Jul 2013 #16
Good! It gives me hope when people decide not to complicate matters... marzipanni Jul 2013 #17
Cool! Aristus Jul 2013 #18

MuseRider

(34,109 posts)
3. I agree that this is excellent news!
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 11:00 AM
Jul 2013

I am happy for you and for your patients.

Thank you for doing this and doing it with love.

Aristus

(66,352 posts)
4. Thank you. Yesterday, I had two new patients. A very nice, sweet married couple.
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 11:02 AM
Jul 2013

One of only five or six married couples I have on my patient roster. Homelessness can be tough on marriages.

They have a hard row to hoe, but I hope I can give them the care they need.

Aristus

(66,352 posts)
7. I don't know.
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 11:08 AM
Jul 2013

At this point, even another year is fine with me. I was facing losing my patients sometime in October, so at least that isn't hanging over my head anymore.

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,615 posts)
13. What excellent news, my dear Aristus!
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 12:19 PM
Jul 2013

I am thrilled for you, and for all your patients!

Continuity of care is so damn important.

marzipanni

(6,011 posts)
17. Good! It gives me hope when people decide not to complicate matters...
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 02:22 PM
Jul 2013

If it ain't broke, don't fix it! What a concept!

Now, since you're here, I found a product that you should have in your little black bag-
http://mcphee.com/shop/shakespearean-insult-bandages.html

But joking aside, I appreciate your caring for the poor and sick. I'm sure they appreciate your care, too!

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