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Thursday, December 11, 2008 Bingaman: Contract Awarded to Support Cleanup and Storage of Los Alamos Medical Records WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman today reported that the Los Alamos Medical Center has been awarded a $999,999 contract from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Funding will assist with the cleanup and indexing of medical records of former Los Alamos Laboratory employees for long-term storage. Records were contaminated when the hospital was managed by the Atomic Energy Commission. Access to these records is especially vital to the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program (EEOIPA), which Bingaman helped create. The program provides a one-time lump sum payment of $150,000 and continuing medical benefits to DOE workers exposed to beryllium, radiation and other harmful substances while working in the department's nuclear weapons complex. "Cleanup and storage of these medical records is key to advancing the cases of former Los Alamos Lab employees who have filed compensation claims with the EEOICPA program," Bingaman said. Search: eeoipa, los alamos labs, doe |
  Contact "Cleanup and storage of these medical records is key to advancing the cases of former Los Alamos Lab employees who have filed compensation claims with the EEOICPA program." -Jeff Bingaman |
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