• Massachusetts' first three-way kidney swap takes place at the MGH
  "It's like I have a new extended family," says Good Samaritan organ donor Lisa Dubois. On Feb. 27, the mother of four donated her kidney to a stranger, setting off a domino effect that involved two incompatible donor-recipient pairs and a patient on the national kidney waiting list.

• Bringing hope and healing to Guatemala
  In the Central American country of Guatemala, the health care needs of the people are profound. Mark Robel, NP, nurse practitioner for the Coordinated Care Clinic at the MassGeneral Hospital for Children, is one MGHer who has experienced these heartbreaking conditions firsthand. This past February, he traveled to Central America on a medical mission to bring hope and healing to Guatemala.

• Hope Lodge a home for cancer patients
  Cancer patients from across the globe have long journeyed to Boston — home to some of the world's finest cancer programs — for high-quality care, but securing convenient and affordable temporary housing for the duration of treatment has often proved difficult. The American Cancer Society will soon ease the stress of this search when it opens the AstraZeneca Hope Lodge, a cost-free home away from home for cancer patients and their families traveling to Boston for treatment. On March 21, Peter L. Slavin, MD, president of the MGH, joined officials from the ACS, BWH, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals and other organizations to celebrate the groundbreaking of the newest Hope Lodge.

• The MGH, city recognize Charles/MGH revitalization
  Fifteen thousand people — approximately 5,500 of them MGHers — pass through the Charles/MGH T stop each day. Over the past four years, these commuters have witnessed the station's complete overhaul, from 1930s relic to ultramodern gateway to the city of Boston. Officials from the MGH, Partners HealthCare, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), the cities of Boston and Cambridge and the Federal Transit Authority gathered at the station March 27 to celebrate its modernization and the MGH's involvement in the project.

• Same/Similar Name signs
  To ensure consistent delivery of high-quality care to patients with similar or identical names, new same/similar name signage will be available for all MGH inpatient units beginning April 9. These signs are part of the same/similar name policy that has been incorporated into the Identity Verification policy in the MGH Clinical Policy and Procedure Manual.

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