Heart surgeons boycotting CAMC: Doctors won t work in trauma center saying on call pay is unfair.

Byline: Morgan Kelly, The Charleston Gazette, W.Va.

Dec. 21--Seven heart surgeons told Charleston Area Medical Center on Monday they would not come into the CAMC General Hospital trauma center because they say the hospital does not treat them and their patients fairly. The doctors say CAMC officials will not provide the proper tools to make the trauma center safe for heart surgery patients. Hospital officials say the heart surgeons are upset because they don't get the same amount of on-call pay as other doctors. Hospital administrators say they have tried to meet the doctors' demands as much as the law and practicality will allow. CAMC General's trauma center …