Posts Tagged ‘jps’
Tucson Close to Home
The lack of mental health services is a time bomb everywhere.SHARI JULIAN
When I heard the news of the Tucson shootings on Jan. 8, I thought immediately about how close Fort Worth had come to similar unhinged violence only two days earlier, though few besides me and some frightened neighbors knew abo...
Carrying Folks to Care
JPS’ problems extend to Arlington — but public transportation doesn’t.ERIC GRIFFEY
Things are tough all over for poor people in Arlington – no public transit, city policies seemingly aimed at keeping low-cost housing out of town – so it may come as no surprise that healthcare for the city’s ...
Code Red for JPS
Patients, doctors, and activists say Fort Worth’s public hospital is failing in its primary job: caring for poor patients.ERIC GRIFFEY and BETTY BRINK
Alan Cattlett spent more than a week in 2006 eating almost nothing and drinking himself almost to death, a result of severe depression.
Prescription for Care
Activists say JPS can take care of immigrants without hurting local pocketbooks.Betty Brink
Maria is 47 years old. She’s a diabetic whose kidneys are shutting down. She needs renal dialysis at least three times a week. She gets the treatment only about once a month, however, and then only after showing up in critica...