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North Texas
First-grade teacher becomes a nurse at hospital that successfully treated cancer
Ashley Moore, a 31-year old former cancer patient at Medical City Plano and bone marrow transplant patient at Medical City Dallas has turned her own health experience into a commitment to care for others. After being diagnosed and treated for stage three non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma at the HCA Healthcare North Texas affiliates, the first-grade teacher, wife…
Be a Lifesaver: Learn How to Stop the Bleed
This post originally appeared on the Medical City ER LifeSigns blog. An emergency trauma situation like a car accident or a shooting can lead to life-threatening blood loss in minutes. Did you know you may be able to save a life by learning to stop the bleed? Stop the Bleed was a national awareness campaign…
Stroke survivor says “I do” in Medical City Fort Worth Rehab Unit
Mindy Charles suffered two strokes during the same week at the end of last year. Today, the 40-year-old has taken the next step towards living her life fully and now, rather than later, by saying “I do” and to her fiancé, Jay Benke, in the rehabilitation gym at HCA Healthcare’s Medical City Fort Worth — just before…
Medical City Dallas care team gives 99-year-old surprise birthday party after life-saving treatment
It isn’t everyday someone turns 99 years old. And the caregivers at Medical City Dallas wanted to make sure this nonagenarian received a gift and a birthday party she wouldn’t forget. Dorothy Lowman was told her condition, severe aortic stenosis – a valve disease that restricts blood flow from the heart to the rest of…
Caregivers reunite with teen, former patient after viral video
It was a Thanksgiving miracle and a Christmas wish 17-years in the making for Caleb Johnson. The now 18-year-old young man survived a horrific crash that killed his parents and injured his four siblings on November 22, 2000. Nearly two decades later and a video gone viral, Caleb’s wish to meet the caregivers who saved…
In memoriam: Jim Gray sacrifices life in attempt to save children
On Friday, June 23, 2017, HCA Healthcare employee Jim Gray was vacationing in Fort Morgan, Ala. when he heard the cries of several children struggling in the Gulf of Mexico’s rocky waters. In a heroic attempt to rescue them (the children were later located safe), Jim ignored the hazard warnings, entered the surf and was…