Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Mayor Marcuccio gave 'a shout-out' to Suburban Hospital after emergency surgery.
Rockville Mayor Phyllis Marcuccio was especially happy to return to work during the City Council’s first meeting of the new year on Monday. Marcuccio offered “a shout-out to Suburban Hospital" and the medical staff that saved her after her heart stopped during a visit for what was to be a routine procedure on Thursday. Marcuccio said that she went to the hospital as “an ordinary patient” for angioplasty—a procedure to open narrow arteries and restore blood flow to the heart. “It was routine, except for me,” Marcuccio said. “And if it wasn’t for the tremendous effort of that operating room team, you would have another mayor here tonight. It’s a shout-out to them all. They put me in the best possible shape. I’m back.” Marcuccio, who had no…
Patients with flu-like symptoms are crowding emergency rooms as officials gear up for what could be a bad flu season.
Montgomery County hospitals are seeing an increase in patients with flu-like symptoms as the number of influenza cases across the state and the country rises and health officials gear up for a flu season that could be the one of the worst in a decade. The flu is spreading earlier and faster than usual in the Washington, DC, region this year, The Washington Post reported, and Maryland is experiencing widespread cases. In Maryland so far this season, 2,362 have tested positive for the flu, according to The Baltimore Sun. But since many patients are treated for flu-like symptoms without being tested, the number is likely much higher, said Mary Anderson, a spokeswoman for the Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services. The …
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Many treated in the hospital's emergency department over the weekend suffered from heat exhaustion.
Suburban Hospital treated a record number of patients in its emergency department following Friday’s violent derecho storms, which left thousands without power and sweltering in the summer heat. The Old Georgetown Road facility has treated about 150 patients each day since the storm, with Saturday and Sunday marking the greatest number of patients seen in a 48-hour period in the hospital’s emergency department, according to a hospital statement. By Tuesday, the flow of patients was slowing. Over the weekend, physicians treated a “significant” number of patients suffering from heat exhaustion, many of whom were elderly, said Ronna Borenstein-Levy, a hospital spokeswoman. “In extreme heat, when the AC goes out, it’s people who already have …
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4:55 pm on Wednesday, January 9, 2013
I am so happy for you & the out come - they save my like back in 1993 - when I was a victim of robbery and was shot! Years later they save my moms life from a heart attack. And in 2006 I was hit by a truck which almost took my life - I was taken by Maryland State Trooper helicopter to the hospital with life treating issue - again after weeks in ICU - they saved my life! But its not about me - I'm… more ›