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...homes, but wherever they work, a doctor must be always on call in case of emergency. Several states even require that a doctor be in the room when a baby is delivered, no matter how normal the circumstances. In a speech to last week's convention, Dr. Roger Egeberg, special assistant to the Secretary of HEW in the area of health policy, called midwives "urgently needed health-care professionals," and called for legislation to enhance their status...
...forecasts show a vast need for more trained people in the field of health. Dr. Roger Egeberg, former Assistant Secretary of HEW, estimates that the country needs 50,000 more doctors, 150,000 medical technicians and 200,000 more nurses. Some of the newer specialties are thoracic surgery, neurological surgery, physical and medical rehabilitation, and preventive medicine. One new field that bridges two disciplines is biomedical engineering, developing such devices as the pacemaker for the heart. Several programs have been devised to train "paramedics," physicians' assistants who can take over some of the doctors' more routine tasks. One of them...
From the moment he took office nearly two years ago as the nation's chief health officer, Dr. Roger Egeberg was shunned like a man with a permanent case of flu. A Democrat among Republicans, Egeberg had been the Administration's second choice for the job of Assistant Secretary for Health and Scientific Affairs in the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. The first choice, Dr. John Knowles, was dumped under pressure from conservatives in the American Medical Association. Within a year, rumor had it that Egeberg would be dumped as well. He had publicly agreed with critics...
Last week, after serving longer than anyone expected, a frustrated Egeberg conceded that he will soon be leaving his post for a less visible position on the HEW secretary's staff. The Nixon Administration's third choice for the position is Dr. Edmund Pellegrino, 50, dean of New York State University Medical School at Stony Brook, Long Island, and not registered in either political party...
...Pellegrino is no less liberal in his views on national health needs than are Drs. Knowles and Egeberg. He has been expanding his hospital's services to the poor, favors a national health insurance plan and wants a sizable increase in the number of U.S. medical students and paramedical personnel. He is said to be an excellent administrator, a skill he will need at HEW, where his new post will involve overseeing the disbursal of some $4 billion a year. And according to some HEW insiders, administration was not one of Egeberg's strengths...