Good News Notes: “An autonomous drone delivers a defibrillator – and saves the life of a cardiac arrest patient. Swedish drone company Everdrone says it’s a medical history first – but the grateful patient says that it’s a technology that should be used everywhere. For heart attack patients, seconds count: the minutes that an ambulance…
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Rescue Labrador Retriever Adopts Orphaned Kittens
Good News Notes: “A rescue dog is paid it forward by looking after a litter of orphaned kittens. According to a release from the U.K. animal rescue charity Battersea, Bertie, a one-year-old Labrador retriever, is helped the Battersea shelter that found him a forever home raise a group of kittens. Bertie started looking after the seven kittens…
How the Gates Foundation and Seattle nonprofit PATH are helping get oxygen to India
Good News Notes: “ The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has teamed with two Chicago financial groups to channel $5.5 million into efforts by Seattle-based nonprofit PATH to bring more oxygen to COVID-19 patients in India. “Lack of access to medical oxygen is one of the defining health challenges of our age,” said Chris Elias,…
NICU nurse reunited with old patient when caring for his son
Good News Notes: “A NICU nurse in New Jersey was reunited with a patient she cared for over three decades ago in the same hospital — where she is now caring for his son. After David Caldwell and his fiancé Renata Freydin’s son, Zayne, was born on Jan. 30, the couple decided to look through…
Dual transplant patient makes donation to Ronald McDonald House
Good News Notes: “After receiving a dual organ transplant at Mayo Clinic, a man from the Washington, D.C. area and his wife are showing their gratitude. The couple, Ronald and Joanna High, made a donation to the Ronald McDonald House Friday morning. They have been staying in Rochester since early October, 2019. Ronald had been…
Cancer patient raises £52,000 after drug application refused
Good News Notes: “Gemma Williams, of Cwmbran, Torfaen, was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer in January.” “After going through treatment, the 35-year-old was told by doctors a drug called Kadcyla gave her the best chance of stopping the cancer’s return. But her application to have the drug was rejected three times by…