Easing the Strain of the Intensive Care Unit
Intensive care units can be impersonal places. Patients lose their identities. They are stripped of their clothes and jewelry and separated from the lives they had before the event that brought them to the hospital. Some patients have tubes in their windpipes and can’t speak to doctors,nurses or their families. Others are in so much pain that they’ve been put to sleep with medications.
One Woman’s Journey for a Compassionate Physician Leads Her to Mass General
At 27 years old, Peggy Guthart Strauss was newly married and loved her job at a publishing house in New York City. Life should have been fun and easy. But often, she didn’t have enough energy to make it through the work day.Rumors circulated at the office. Peggy’s boss thought she partied too much. The truth: Peggy was worn out. Her immune system seemed off. Six weeks before her wedding, Peggy had developed mononucleosis. The unusual aches and pains continued long after the wedding festivities had moved to photo albums.
Respond, Rescue, Rebuild
In late Oct. 2001, people the world over mourned the death of Massachusetts General Hospital’s own Thomas S. Durant, MD, who lost a 13-year battle with cancer at the age of 73. A native of Dorchester, Mass., who served as assistant director of Mass General for 35 years, Dr. Durant is best known as a pioneer in the field of humanitarian health care and refugee medicine.
A Night to Remember: Mass General Kicks Off Public Fundraising Campaign
With a room filled with passionate supporters and friends, Massachusetts General Hospital began its journey toward the future of medicine.
