Compassionate, capable, and caring co-workers is the subject of this week’s Feel-Good Friday.
Radiology tech Marty Baham had arrived to work at UChicago Medicine AdventHealth GlenOaks to begin what for him was probably another typical day at the hospital. However, this day he would suffer a catastrophic event; one that many do not come back from. Baham suffered an aortic dissection in his renal artery. This artery extends from the left side of the heart, and travels down the chest all the way to the kidneys.
Most people don’t survive such a tear, but this 58-year-old did, thanks largely to fast action by his GlenOaks colleagues, the skills of a UChicago Medicine cardiovascular surgical team, and subsequent support from his brother, fellow team members and other friends.
“This is true divine intervention,” said Donna Fitzpatrick, GlenOaks director…
