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$4.1 million during the first six months of 2014, most of that in surgi-
cal revenue due to the doctor's departure. Dr. Clarke is now doing his
cases at the hospital across town.
The loss of revenue stings, but St. Joseph's did the right thing. You
can't put a price on civility.
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Lou would click-click-click into the OR
wearing leopard-print 3-inch heels and
then light up the room with her
megawatt smile. The magazine lost a
dear friend and the outpatient surgery
community lost a caring and talented
administrator last month when Louise
DeChesser, RN, CNOR, MS, succumbed
to pancreatic cancer.
Lou was the administrator of the
Middlesex Center for Advanced
Orthopedic Surgery in Middletown, Conn., and a longtime member of
our editorial board. Her true loves were mentoring young nurses and
acting in musicals. A friend said she had a voice like black velvet. OSM
