"Doing this is tougher than I thought it would be," said Mary Samuels, a patient representative at the University of Minnesota Hospital in Minneapolis.

As a surgical resident, Edlich was the first physician to do gastroscopy at the University of Minnesota Hospitals.

His experiences with gastroscopy led to the first minimally invasive surgical procedure at the University of Minnesota Hospital, an endoscopic gastrostomy.

Primary Nursing was implemented in 1969 on Unit 32 at the University of Minnesota Hospital.

Her father, a professor of medicine at the University of Minnesota Hospitals, is president-elect of the American Society of Hypertension.

Irving Younger, a leading scholar on trial techniques, died of pancreatic cancer Sunday at the University of Minnesota Hospital in Minneapolis.

He remained in Little Rock while she served her internship at the University of Minnesota Hospitals, internationally known for pediatrics training.

Mr. Dukakis interrupted his schedule to visit his wife yesterday morning at the University of Minnesota Hospital.

"She's in the recovery room now doing very well," Dr. John Najarian said after the three-hour operation was carried out at University of Minnesota Hospital.

Dr. Elders served her internship at the University of Minnesota Hospitals, then returned to Arkansas and began a clinical pediactric practice.