Daily State News
Bayhealth works to stay ahead of area’s
needs
Our neighbors,
especially those in Sussex County, are growing older and demanding more from
the area’s health care system. It has led to an ongoing wave of construction
and expansion, recruitment and retention efforts, and continual improvements in
efficiencies, said Terry Murphy, president and CEO of Bayhealth.
In our Sunday, Nov. 26, lead story, Mr. Murphy shared his insights into the
state – and future – of the local health care industry. The demands will
continue to grow right along with Delaware’s aging population.
“We have to be
thinking of an aging and sicker population coming down the road 20 years from
now,” he said. “I find myself thinking of Indiana Jones with the boulder coming
behind me.”
One incredible
insight he shared is that Bayhealth’s hospital in Dover will rise to 10 stories
in coming years. Read more about the original Kent General Hospital and its
future in today’s “From the Editor” column.
Salisbury Independent
Salisbury Independent kept up with municipal
election
In November, Salisbury Independent continued its
coverage of Salisbury’s municipal elections, with last-minute candidate preview
coverage, digital updates on two rounds of absentee and mail-in voting, and
coverage of the winners taking office.
This was a tense election in Salisbury, as most candidates had little or
no governmental experience and the pending leadership vacuum was large. The
newspaper used extensive art, voting tables, digital updates social media
alerts and photos to keep readers informed. Through the newspaper’s association
with the local public access channel, all candidates were feature in television
interviews that were posted on the website.
Dorchester Banner
Dorchester Banner offers farewell to popular
doctor
Dr. Mahmoud S. Shariff might well be the most
popular physician to ever serve the Cambridge community. As a Muslim, he has
been saluted for using his charm and compassion to bridge what might have
otherwise been a cultural divide in a rural community.
When he announced his upcoming retirement this
fall, concerns about who might succeed him and offer the special level of care
he had provided were real. The Dorchester Banner stepped up to write about the doctor’s departure, relay his reminiscences with patients and
present mini-biographies of the caregivers taking his place.
