• New award honors clinical support staff
  The MGH's clinical support staff includes many groups throughout Patient Care Services and forms an integral part of an interdisciplinary health care team. In the words of Jeanette Ives Erickson, RN, senior vice president for Patient Care and chief nurse, "they are some of the best and brightest at the MGH."

• Nurse anesthetists help patients feel no pain
  It was a moment that changed the world of medicine forever — on Oct. 16, 1846, Boston dentist William T.G. Morton successfully administered anesthetic ether during surgery, allowing MGH physician John Collins Warren, MD, to remove a tumor from patient Gilbert Abbott in the first pain-free procedure. Not only did this discovery create a revolutionary new field of medicine, but it also laid the foundation for a new practice in nursing — nurse anesthesia.

• Serving Panamanians in need
  Hundreds of patients arrived at the village of El Bale each day, most of them by foot. They had come from 36 different communities within the remote and mountainous Veraguas region of Panama to be seen by three MGH attending physicians, two medical residents, and two medical/pediatric residents who had come to provide them with as much on-site care as their medical mission would allow.

• United Way campaign a success
  The MGH's 2007 United Way campaign has come to a close, and there's reason to celebrate. This year, the hospital raised more than $373,000 for the organization, exceeding the campaign goal of $355,000.

• MGH quality and safety: Reducing door-to-balloon time
  The MGH Department of Surgery celebrated its newly renovated quarters on Wang 3 and 4 during an open house Dec. 5.

• Honoring theonehundred
  This year marks the MGH Cancer Center's inaugural tribute to theonehundred — individuals and teams whose extraordinary commitment to compassionate care, clinical excellence, discovery and philanthropy have helped position the MGH Cancer Center as a leader in cancer treatment, research, care and support.

• Going red for healthy hearts
  The MGH Heart Center is joining the American Heart Association (AHA) in the fight against heart disease by participating in the AHA's annual "Go Red for Women" campaign Jan. 29 through Feb. 6.

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