UMC, school collaborating on cancer care
To the editor:
In response to your Oct. 18 report on cancer risk and cancer mortality in Southern Nevada, we are writing to clarify the role of University Medical Center and the University of Nevada School of Medicine in cancer care. Las Vegas does in fact have a public medical school, which in partnership with UMC intends to become the academic medical center that Las Vegas needs and deserves.
The University of Nevada School of Medicine is a statewide resource with campuses in both Las Vegas and Reno, as well as significant programs in rural Nevada. A majority of the clinical teaching, residency and fellowship training and faculty physician practices are based in Las Vegas, including a fellowship training program in medical oncology (cancer care). UMC and the medical school collaborated closely with the Nevada Cancer Institute in both cancer care and fellowship training. In fact, we were ready, willing and able to be the major partner with the institute and the University of California, San Diego. Unfortunately, they chose to explore other options.
Our intent now is to build a new collaborative venture in oncology, much like the one we built together in trauma that has served Southern Nevada for more than two decades. Partnering with new academic and community physicians, we will contribute to the quality of cancer care that is so badly needed in Las Vegas.
Thomas L. Schwenk, M.D.
Reno
Brian Brannman
Las Vegas
Dr. Schwenk is dean of the University of Nevada School of Medicine, and Mr. Brannman is chief executive officer of University Medical Center.
Benghazigate
To the editor:
Watergate first broke before President Richard Nixon’s re-election, but the media barely covered it. After the election, it paralyzed our government for months while the truth was revealed. I was furious I had voted for a crook, but it was too late.
The same thing is happening now with Benghazigate, where four American heroes died. I’m pleading with all voters and all media to care more about our country than politics and demand answers to these questions before the election so voters can make a responsible decision:
– Who refused adequate security in Benghazi when it was requested repeatedly before Sept. 11? Why?
– Who refused backup security during the attack? Why?
– If, as President Obama said in the debate, he was calling it a terrorist attack the next day, why did he and his surrogates continue to call it a spontaneous demonstration based on an anti-Muslim video for at least two weeks?
If he refuses to answer these questions satisfactorily, he is covering up damaging evidence and must not be re-elected. He had access to real-time emails, audio and video feeds. If they vindicate him, he would want them all released before the election.
Joan Mueller
Reno
No coverage
To the editor:
What really happened in Benghazi the evening of Sept. 11, when four Americans were killed in an attack on our consulate there? Why is there an investigative journalism vacuum from the mainstream media, ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC and almost every major newspaper? The silence from these news sources isn’t unprecedented or surprising, but that doesn’t make it any less egregious. How much did you hear from them on the Fast and Furious gun running scandal?
If you want to find, read or listen to coverage about this act of terrorism, you have to use the Internet, listen to conservative talk radio or watch Fox News. The White House started a story that the attack was just an outgrowth of a protest caused by a YouTube video that denigrated Muhammad. This narrative has been shown to be false, and it is obvious to anyone following the story that there is an effort by the White House to cover up the facts. The true timeline of who knew what and when they knew it is being hidden from even the families of zthose four Americans who died in the service of their country.
Dean Meek
Henderson
Obama’s promises
To the editor:
We were told that we had to pass the stimulus bill to keep the unemployment rate below 8 percent. Man, did that work.
We were told banks and businesses were to big to fail, that they had to be bailed out so it could be business as usual. The banks are back lending, and the businesses are back hiring, right?
We had to pass ObamaCare to get cheap health care. That’s worked so well, they’ve only issued 1,300 waivers. Of course costs went down, right?
We were told the debt ceiling had to be raised or there would be financial ruin. Well, that worked, too, right?
Right.
Forrest A. Henry
North Las Vegas
Where’s Reid headed?
To the editor:
A speedy recovery to all those involved in Sen. Harry Reid’s car accident last week.
My first reaction to the headline, “Sen. Reid in good condition after Vegas car crash,” was “He’s in Las Vegas?” Then I remembered the Obamas have again made Las Vegas a priority – after they first didn’t.
Where was Sen. Reid headed? I’ve been wondering that same thing for many years now.
Ronnie Garner
Henderson
