Ten MGH Surgeons Help 59 Operation Access Patients
Ten surgeons on staff at Marin General Hospital helped 59 patients last year through the Operation Access program – a non-profit organization that helps connect uninsured patients with free surgical care through a network of Bay Area medical volunteers, hospitals and community clinics. Fifteen physicians practicing with Anesthesia Consultants of Marin also provided free services to these patients.
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MGH Offers New Diabetes Care Program
Marin General Hospital this week announced a new Diabetes Care Program for patients.
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MGH and NCH Contribute $22.7 Million in 2006 Community Benefits
Marin General and Novato Community Hospital contributed a combined $22.7 million in support of 138 community programs and services that benefited 27,337 people in 2006. The majority of this spending was for charity care and un-reimbursed care.
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Rhodes Named MGH Employee of the Year
Delbert Rhodes, a Clinical RN II in Marin General Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit, was named Employee of the Year for 2006.
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Why hospital diversions occur
An IJ article described the increasing amount of "ambulance diversion" that has been occurring in Marin in the past two years (Jan. 14). We are writing to help residents understand what ambulance diversion means and the factors that cause "ambulance diversion."
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New Healing Harp Program at MGH Offers Many Patient Benefits
A new program at Marin General Hospital offers patients an innovative way to heal the body and mind. The hospital’s Institute for Health & Healing features a Healing Harp Program.
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Marin Cancer Institute's Dunning to Make Mount Shasta Climb
Alice Dunning of San Rafael has treated thousands of breast cancer patients in her three decades as a radiation therapist. The Marin County native has spent nineteen years serving patients at the Marin Cancer Institute.
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Sophia and Alexander Most Popular Names Among Babies Born at MGH in 2006
Marin General Hospital’s Family Birth Center today said that 1,670 babies were delivered in 2006 and that Sophia and Alexander were the most popular names.
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The Journal of Invasive Cardiology recently published the results of a two-year study of over 400 heart attack patients at Marin General Hospital for ‘broken heart syndrome.’ The physicians and nurses at Cardiology Associates of Marin and MGH conducted the study and found that 32 of patients, mostly young women, suffered a heart attack, but had healthy coronary arteries. All survived.
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