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Celebrating Black History Month: Making History at Jackson Today and Paving the Way for Leaders of Tomorrow
February 21, 2024
“My hope is to continue to inspire young people so they can choose that path, stay in the community, and make a lasting difference,” he said.
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Celebrating Black History Month: Jacqueline Jackson, Director of Nursing, Jackson Memorial Perdue Medical Center
February 16, 2024
Jacqueline Jackson never saw herself working in health care. However, when she enrolled in the military, two positions were available: a cook or a nurse.
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Celebrating Black History Month with Cloretha Gibbs, Director of Environmental Services at Jackson North Medical Center
February 16, 2024
While waiting to hear about her application, she took a part-time job in hospitality in Michigan.
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Collaborative Efforts between Holtz Children’s and Bahamian Care Team Save Critically Ill Child
February 13, 2024
“You expect to go home with your baby. Then you don’t, and they tell you he was going to die. I couldn’t do anything at that point but cry. I felt all hope was lost,” Phipps said.
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Love your Love Muscle During American Heart Month
February 13, 2024
Nutrition plays a key role in supporting a healthy heart. Our dietary patterns and lifestyle choices can have an impact on our blood pressure, cholesterol levels, and the management and prevention of cardiovascular conditions.
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South Florida man saved by Jackson North critical care and rehabilitation teams after suffering from foot abscess that went septic
February 8, 2024
Passman ended up developing a bacterial infection that turned into an abscess on his left foot.
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Florida storm chaser receives life-saving kidney transplant from wife at Miami Transplant Institute
February 8, 2024
Nevertheless, in 2020, Jeff started to experience issues with the transplanted kidney. He sought treatment, but by the end of 2022, he started planning for another transplant.
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Multidisciplinary Team Protects Kidney Transplant Patient First-time Mom and Son
January 26, 2024
Another risk Dodge faced was preeclampsia – an abnormally high blood pressure condition unique to pregnancy. Dr. Sfakianaki was seeing Dodge once to twice a week to monitor the baby’s growth via scans and ensure the risks were mitigated.
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Miami Transplant Institute performs first fully robotic dual kidney/pancreas transplant on woman suffering from diabetes, pancreatitis, and kidney failure
January 24, 2024
“I was diagnosed with acute pancreatitis and gastroenteritis, on top of my diabetes,” Ramirez said.
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Teenager Given Second Chance at Life Following Traumatic ATV Accident
January 23, 2024
“All of Kevin’s friends were older than him and had their licenses, but he was only 14 and had never driven on the streets with cars before, which is why I didn’t want him riding the ATV that day,” said Ileana Matos, Kevin’s mom. “It all happened so fast, I couldn’t wrap my head around what was happening.”
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