VICTORIA, Texas
Dr. Peter Nguyen, of Victoria, Texas, the medical director for WellMedicine, received a direct commission as a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy Reserve at Post Acute Medical (PAM) Rehabilitation Hospital.
Nguyen, 54, joined Americaâs Navy to give back to the service that saved him and his familyâs life.
Born in Thanh Hai Phan Thiet, Vietnam, Nguyen immigrated to America during the Vietnam War as a refugee at the age of nine. He grew up in Seadrift, Texas, and relocated to Louisiana where he completed high school.
âMy family and I were rescued from the South China Sea as we were escaping from the communist invasion of South Vietnam,â said Nguyen, who serves as the president and chief of staff of PAM Rehabilitation Hospital. âWe were on the water for about a week and were running out of food and water. Everyone on the fishing boat was giving up and wanted to turn back to Vietnam. My late mother would not allow it and said if we die tryi
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Texas Free Speech Law Can t End $10M Medical Software Row
Law360 (May 18, 2021, 4:31 PM EDT) A Texas appellate court on Tuesday determined a state free speech law can t bring an end to a medical software developer s lawsuit alleging a client wrongly tried to reverse engineer the technology it spent nine years and $10 million developing.
The Fourteenth Court of Appeals rejected arguments the claims implicated the right of association and thus could trigger dismissal under the Texas Citizens Participation Act, an anti-SLAPP statute. The ruling allows Meridian Hospital Systems Corp. to proceed with its claims against Post Acute Medical LLC and two affiliates, which include alleged misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of contract, unfair competition, trademark dilution, quantum.
Vietnamese Refugee joins America’s Navy that saved his Life Photo By Burrell Parmer | VICTORIA, Texas – (May 13, 2021) Dr. Peter Nguyen (left), of Victoria, Texas, the.. read moreread more Photo By Burrell Parmer | VICTORIA, Texas – (May 13, 2021) Dr. Peter Nguyen (left), of Victoria, Texas, the medical director for WellMedicine, received a direct commission as a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy Reserve at Post Acute Medical (PAM) Rehabilitation Hospital. Nguyen, 54, joined America’ Navy to give back to the service that saved his family’s life. When Nguyen was nine years old, he and his family boarded their fishing boat in Vietnam to escape communism, and while at sea, was saved by a U.S. Navy vessel and brought to freedom in America. The oath was administered by Lt. Cmdr. Allen Cordova, an officer programs recruiter assigned to Navy Talent Acquisition Group (NTAG) S
VENICE – The Venice City Council gave preliminary approval to an annexation agreement for a five-acre parcel off of Curry Lane and two land use-related ordinances that eventually would allow a 42-bed rehabilitation hospital just south of the new Sarasota Memorial Hospital campus in Venice.
The approvals on the annexation agreement, a future land-use map change, and an ordinance that designated the land for office, professional and institutional, all passed unanimously. Jeff Boone, the attorney for the applicant, Catalyst Healthcare Real Estate, added a stipulation on the land-use designation that there would be no open burning on the property of land-clearing debris.
67 days, 42 pounds, 1 Moorhead man s fight back from the depths of COVID-19
COVID-19 patients who endure long hospital stays become severely weakened and often need physical rehabilitation to regain their abilities. Harlen Poehls case was so bad he thought he was going to die. Written By: Patrick Springer | ×
Harlen Poehls stands in front of a collection of family photos in his Moorhead home on Thursday, March 4. Alyssa Goelzer / The Forum
MOORHEAD, Minn. Harlen Poehls battle with COVID-19 was so desperate that at the low point he began planning for hospice care and discussing arrangements for his funeral.
His symptoms began while he was on a deer hunting trip in western North Dakota with members of his family.