North African ostrich Sahel to Senegal and Mauritania in the west, and north to Egypt and southern Morocco. It has now disappeared from large parts of this range and it only remains in 6 of the 18 countries where it originally occurred. This subspecies may also have occurred in the Sinai Peninsula, where Arabian ostriches once lived. North African ostriches can be found in open fields and the savannahs, especially in the Sahel of Africa. In Asia, the introduced North African ostriches live in grasslands, semi-deserts and plains. The North African ostrich had dramatically declined to the point where it is now included
North Country Hospital North Country Hospital North Country Hospital is a Critical Access Hospital in Newport City, Vermont. It was founded in 1919. It is run by a board of trustees. Claudio Fort is president and CEO. The hospital was the only one in Vermont in 2007 to achieve 100% on all Medicaid and Medicare quality measures. The hospital billed patients $141 million in 2010, and collected $76.5 million. Their operating expense was $75 million. The chief executive officer is Claudio Fort. The hospital had 605 employees in 2011. The hospital directly employs about 75% of its professional medical staff. The hospital began