New noninvasive heart procedure at Beaumont Health shortens recovery time
Conscious sedation has patients awake during procedure
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ROYAL OAK, Mich. – Imagine heart surgery without anesthesia, breathing tubes and weeks of recovery time.
A new noninvasive surgery is being offered at Beaumont Hospital that has the patient awake for the procedure.
Mary Olk didn’t have any symptoms when the doctors discovered a new issue with her heart. It could have been life-threatening, but a brand new procedure saved the 80-year-old grandmother’s life.
“I was so grateful to be able to have this procedure,” Olk said. “It wasn’t scary at all.”
Beaumont employees receive first doses of COVID-19 vaccine
More than 440K cases of the coronavirus confirmed in Michigan
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ROYAL OAK, Mich. – A group of Beaumont Health Care Heroes received the first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday afternoon.
All health care workers who received the vaccine are in the 1A high priority group, meaning they have direct or indirect exposure to patients with COVID-19 or infectious materials.
”We are proud to finally be able to offer a vaccine to our teams. This virus has claimed too many lives and put incredible strains on health care workers and our health care systems around the world. We will do everything we can to encourage our staff to get vaccinated and help bring an end to this pandemic. We’re also working on plans to help the community get the vaccine as soon as enough is available,” Beaumont Health Chief Operating Officer Carolyn Wilson, RN, said.