ASCOG Advocate: June 4, 2013

MS St. Louis in Havana.

On this date, in 1939, the MS St. Louis, carrying 963 Jewish refugees, was denied permission to land in this country after already being denied permission to land in Cuba.  It was forced to return to Europe, where more than 200 of its passengers later died in Nazi concentration camps.

What was the name of the country that denied the St. Louis permission to land following their rejection by Cuba?

A Bel Aire nurse was convicted of Medicaid fraud for her part in a scheme that funneled $700,000 from Kansas Medicaid.

An online health promotion program has been proven to benefit patients with Multiple Sclerosis.

Anecdotal evidence suggests pets benefit patients in long-term care.

And a piglet born with a disability has become an international inspiration.