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DETROIT (Feb. 22, 2021) - Henry Ford Hospital has been re-certified by The Joint Commission as a Comprehensive Stroke Center, the highest distinction of its kind which recognizes hospitals that have the ability to receive and treat the most complex stroke cases.
An independent, not-for-profit organization that accredits and certifies more than 22,000 healthcare organizations and programs in U.S., The Joint Commission conducted a rigorous review of more than 130 elements of performance, including quality measurements and guidelines, before awarding the re-certification, which Henry Ford Hospital first earned in 2016. By utilizing the most advanced diagnostic tools available, we are able to diagnose stroke within minutes and rapidly begin treatment, said Alex Chebl, M.D., director of the Division of Vascular Neurology for Henry Ford Health System and director of Henry Ford Hospital s Comprehensive Stroke Center. This commitment to excellent care has not only earned us r
“I got Coronavirus 16 days after my first Covid-19 vaccination while helping fight Coronavirus in the Southern Border of California as a Travel Nurse. Am still going to get my second shot in two days,” said Otieno.
Otieno will now have to spend the next 10 days in self-isolation before taking a second Covid-19 test to confirm he has fully recovered.
He is known for entertaining his patients through the art of storytelling, where he performs his high-energy story times in full African costumes and attire.
“This disease is real and it is affecting many,” he noted.
The Kisumu Boys High School alumni said that after having witnessed the pain many patients undergo, he applies his other talent – storytelling – to help his patients in the recuperation process.
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World-Renowned Interventional Cardiologist Establishes Structural Heart Disease Research Fund in Honor of Late Wife
Carol S. O Neill and her husband, William O Neill, M.D.
Newswise DETROIT (Feb. 17, 2021) – William O’Neill, M.D., director of the Center for Structural Heart Disease at Henry Ford Health System, has donated $1 million to establish the Carol S. O’Neill Structural Heart Disease Research Fund at Henry Ford Health System. This fund, created in honor of Dr. O’Neill’s late wife, Carol, who passed away in 2019, will support and advance research efforts at Henry Ford Health System’s Heart & Vascular Institute. “As a devoted wife and mother, Carol continuously exuded unconditional love for her family, and she often put the needs of others before her own,” said Dr. O’Neill. “She was a talented nurse, but set that aside to raise our children, Brian, Kate, Julie and Molly. When they were all grown, she returned to nursing, which she loved, as a research n