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SIU Medical School to Pilot State Prison Health Care

Home - Local, Home Slider FeatureBy News February 18, 2020 Leave a comment

SPRINGFIELD, IL (AP) — Southern Illinois University School of Medicine will provide health care for inmates at two prisons in a test which the school hopes can expand. Dean and provost Jerry Kruse said Monday the $5 million pilot project with the Illinois Department of Corrections is in keeping with the school’s mission of universally…

Judge Denies Class-Action Status in Gender-Based Pay Dispute

Home - Local, Home Slider FeatureBy News September 20, 2018 Leave a comment

SPRINGFIELD, IL (AP) — A federal judge has refused to grant class-action status to a lawsuit alleging wage discrimination against female doctors at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. The State Journal-Register in Springfield reports the case, initiated by former SIU surgeon Dr. Sajida Ahad and joined by four other female doctors, will proceed after the…