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A Century of Service: Bergen County Celebrates a 100-Year-Old Veteran and Fellow POW

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Bergen County Honors World War II POWs on National Recognition Day

photos courtesy of Bergen County Executive James J. Tedesco

the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Hackensack NJ, in a powerful ceremony on National Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Recognition Day, Bergen County paid tribute to two local heroes who endured the unimaginable hardships of being World War II Prisoners of War. The event, held in Hackensack, honored Harold Friedeman, a 100-year-old veteran, and posthumously recognized Staff Sgt. Frank S. Demeraski, a Purple Heart recipient.

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Doctor Shortages Aren’t Just a Veterans Affairs Problem. They’re a Nationwide Problem

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Doctor Shortages Aren’t Just a Veterans Affairs Problem. They’re a Nationwide Problem.

The country is running out of physicians to treat a growing pool of patients.

Last week, an investigative report revealed that 1,700 veterans who wanted to see a doctor at a Phoenix Veterans Affairs hospital were missing from an official waiting list, mirroring a tactic used at two dozen other facilities across the country to mask long waits for medical care.

A few hundred other people are missing from the Veterans Affairs system, too: doctors.

The Veterans Affairs Department is 400 doctors short, The New York Times reports. But the doctor deficit is not limited to the VA—it’s a nationwide problem.

https://www.nationaljournal.com/health-care/doctor-shortages-aren-t-just-a-veterans-affairs-problem-they-re-a-nationwide-problem-20140602