News in Brief Natural disaster relief from Hurricanes Harvey and Irma available for DOs DOs who were victims to the wrath of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma can apply for immediate assistance from the Osteopathic Disaster Recovery Fund. Sept. 15, 2017Friday AOA Staff Contact AOA Staff Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Topics American Osteopathic Foundation After Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, the Osteopathic Disaster Recovery Fund has been set up to provide financial aid to DO victims of natural disasters. The American Osteopathic Foundation’s natural disaster relief fund will help DOs who need immediate assistance to restore their medical practices. Related The fund will give DOs in federally designated disaster areas the opportunity to secure transitional funding to help re-establish the delivery of care in their communities. Distribution of funds is based off of professional damages only. “Unfortunately, over the past 10 years we’ve seen an increasing number of natural disasters—from hurricanes, and tornados to floods,” says Stephen S. Downey, the executive director of AOF. “The good news is that we are able to help restore access to care in the hardest-hit areas.” Funding is limited to individual DO members of the AOA and AOF donors. To donate or apply for funding, visit www.aof.org/ORF. More in Newsbriefs TouroCOM opens new school in Great Falls, Montana The new campus is Touro University’s third college of osteopathic medicine and the first nonprofit medical school in Montana. “Operation Nightingale” fraud scheme alert: Bogus nursing credentials sold to thousands of aspiring nurses It was recently discovered that a scheme, nicknamed “Operation Nightingale,” offered aspiring nurses the opportunity to purchase fake nursing degree diplomas and transcripts. Previous articleFlorida DO's home became makeshift hurricane shelter during Irma Next articleHone your inner osteopathic leader this January in Texas
TouroCOM opens new school in Great Falls, Montana The new campus is Touro University’s third college of osteopathic medicine and the first nonprofit medical school in Montana.
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