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Family searches for answers as 12-year-old recovers from heart attack


Family searches for answers as 12-year-old recovers from heart attack

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – Sammy Silverman should now be in eighth grade at Blackman Middle School. Instead, he and his parents have spent the last six weeks at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital in Nashville. Sammy’s parents say doctors still don’t know how their son, who they say was in excellent health and active, could […]

Austrian doctor fired after allowing his 13-year-old daughter to drill a hole in a patient’s head


Austrian doctor fired after allowing his 13-year-old daughter to drill a hole in a patient’s head

It wasn’t even Take Your Daughter to Work Day. An unnamed Austrian neurosurgeon is under criminal investigation for allowing his 13-year-old daughter to drill a hole in a guy’s head during a surgical procedure. The patient was a 33-year-old man who had been injured in a forest accident. He had to undergo emergency surgery in […]

Motorcycle accident victim reunites with doctors and nurses at Grand Strand Medical Center who saved his life


Motorcycle accident victim reunites with doctors and nurses at Grand Strand Medical Center who saved his life

MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) – A man had the opportunity to thank those who saved his life after a serious accident left him hospitalized for over three months. Chris Vickers reunited with his medical team on Thursday at Grand Strand Medical Center, where everyone celebrated the progress he has made on his road to recovery. […]

Good Samaritan staff react to news that Brockton hospital will not close


Good Samaritan staff react to news that Brockton hospital will not close

BROCKTON — Maureen Healy has cared for patients at Good Samaritan Medical Center for 27 years. She was thrilled Friday to learn that Boston Medical Center could take over care. “I have dedicated my career to being a Good Samaritan, and so have many others,” she said Friday. “Tonight I will celebrate that.” Good Sam’s […]

Marion Co. man celebrates 32nd anniversary of life-saving heart transplant


Marion Co. man celebrates 32nd anniversary of life-saving heart transplant

MARION COUNTY, Mississippi (WDAM) – Loyd Whaley turned 72 less than two weeks ago. Many would say this is an important milestone for a man who doctors did not expect to reach adulthood. August 13 marks the 32nd anniversary of Whaley receiving a life-saving heart transplant after being told his heart function was only at […]