It’s no secret that our Chief of Surgery, Henri Ford, MD, has been very active as a volunteer during the rebuilding of Haiti after the earthquake in January 2010. Most recently, he shared with ABC7’s David Ono during one of his many visits back to the island nation.
This video profiles stories of triumph—a premature baby surviving in [...]
Filed under: Doctors, Emergency, Haiti, Henri Ford on July 28th, 2010 | No Comments »
On Wednesday, July 7th, the Briseno Family returned to Dodger Stadium a month after their 3-year-old daughter, Janelle, sustained injuries from a stray line drive at a game on June 7th.
The little girl was rushed to our hospital’s Emergency Department to receive treatment for her fractured skull. Surgical intervention has resulted in a positive prognosis [...]
Filed under: Emergency, Events, Patients & Families on July 19th, 2010 | No Comments »
Anat Erdreich-Epstein, MD, PhD, accepted a $50,000 check during the Hope on Wheels™ Handprint Ceremony held on July 5th at Dodger Stadium Lot N. Childhood cancer patients were also in attendance. They dipped their hands in fingerpaint and applied colorful handprints to a white Hyundai Santa Fe, adding to the collection of children’s handprints from all [...]
Filed under: Anat Erdreich-Epstein, Awards, Cancer Research, Doctors, Donations, Events, Patients & Families, Research on July 15th, 2010 | No Comments »
As part of our hospital’s ongoing effort to provide medical relief to victims of the earthquake in Haiti, 5 nurses from our hospital’s NICCU returned for a week-long stay from May 19th until June 5th.
See More Pics of our Nurses in Haiti…Click the Picture Below
(L to R) Kolette Sheppard, RN; Nhu Tran, RN; Leslie Hall, [...]
Filed under: Emergency, Haiti, Nurses on July 12th, 2010 | 1 Comment »
On his ambulance ride to our hospital, Tucker had to be resuscitated three times.
He then spent his 1st week of life at our hospital on a special system, ECMO, a heart-lung bypass system that takes over circulatory and respiratory functions in infants whose systems fail.
Tucker had Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia, a rare condition, but one that we regularly [...]
Filed under: Patients & Families on July 8th, 2010 | 1 Comment »
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