Florida hospitals call for more funding in effort to address looming doctor shortage
(WorldNews Health)

The number of doctors practicing in Florida has not kept up with the state`s surging population growth, and more money is needed to recruit and keep them here, hospital leaders said Wednesday. The shortage is particularly acute in four speciality areas: urology, thoracic surgery, nephrology and ophthalmology, according to a second annual report by the Safety Net Hospital Alliance of Florida and the Teaching Hospital Council of Florida. The alliance is made up of 14 hospitals, including Tampa General Hospital and Johns Hopkins All Children`s in St. Petersburg. So-called `safety nets` are hospitals that treat the...