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One hundred financially disadvantaged women in St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), will have the opportunity to be screened for breast cancer by way of a EC$20,000 donation. The LaVue Hotel and the OTAK Group Inc based in Florida, USA came together for the donation which will provide 100 mammogram tests to persons who require breast screenings but are unable to foot the cost of the service. During the month …
After heart transplant, grateful Mr. Greenthumb plans new book
Lloyd Sowers reports.
OLDSMAR, Fla. - For 40 years, Stan DeFreitas has mixed plants with personality as Mr. Greenthumb on Tampa Bay Area TV and radio stations. But his plants ended up healthier than his heart. I thought, ‘It’s going to get better next week,’ and, of course, it got worse, DeFreitas recalled.
He ended up in the hospital in Clearwater and was then sent to Tampa General Hospital where he saw Dr. Siva Kumar. He walked into my office and as soon as I saw him, his heart was not doing anything. So we really had to admit him right away, Dr. Kumar recalled.