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University Daily Kansan
Med Center plan to be revamped
KU Medical Center administrators are still unsure why their proposal for a Regional Health Center was rejected by the department of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW), but they expect a critique of that proposal within two weeks.
A second proposal will be submitted after further discussion with HEW officials, the
The regional center would coordinate the activities of 17 Health Service Agencies in Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and Iowa. The Health Service Agencies would conduct training sessions and train sessions and distribute materials to local health facilities.
The proposal, submitted jointly by the Med Center and the University of Missouri, applied for one of 10 proposed regional centers nationwide, to be established under the 1974 Health Planning and Development law.
One of the administrators, Robert Brown.
director of the Med Center's regional medical program, said yesterday that the Med Center's proposal, the only proposal from the four-state region, could have been rejected because to few staff members were listed in the proposal.
The reason for the low number was that the HEW Request for Proposal (RFP) allowed the Med Center only one month to select potential staff members, Brown said.
Another administrator, Ivan Anderson, associate director of the regional medical program, said he was surprised HEW rejected the proposal. He said the Med Center's proposed cost for the program, which included a third second proposal might cost more, be paid.
A HEW official, who requested to remain anonymous, said. "They (Med
That low number will be increased in the second proposal. Brown said, which will have the effect of making it more expensive.
He wouldn't elaborate, but said Med Center officials would have an opportunity to question HEW criticism of the proposal at a Feb. 6 meeting in Chicago.
Center officials) didn't follow the RFP, which was pretty specific."
Another HEW official said HEW charges of discrimination against minority students, leveled at the Med Center last July, had agreed to make a decision to reject the Med Center's request.
Dole visits KU today
Sen Robert Dole, R-Kan, is scheduled to
lead the statewide Kawasaki Day celebration.
Ed Rolfs, student body president, said Dole would arrive at 2:30 p.m. in the Centennial Room of the Kansas Union for the 30-minute visit, which is open to the public.
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