Washington Hospital: Gamma Knife Patient Story
June 92010
Washington Hospital in Fremont, California is the first hospital in the United States to treat patients using the new Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion™, a revolutionary alternative to traditional open-brain surgery and/or daily radiation treatments, which are administered from four to six weeks. The Gamma Knife Perfexion instead uses focused doses of radiation without making a single incision to treat malignant and benign brain tumors and other brain disorders.
Washington Hospital’s Gamma Knife Program is led by one of the most accomplished teams of specialized physicians, physicists and nurses. Medical Directors neurosurgeon Sandeep Kunwar, MD, and radiation oncologist David Larson, MD, PhD, are both nationally and internationally recognized for their expertise, innovation and leadership in the field of Gamma Knife radiosurgery. Both board certified physicians, together they have more than 23 years of experience performing thousands of successful procedures.
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St. Luke’s Hospital & Health Network and Temple University School of Medicine are taking immediate steps to address the looming physician shortage – steps that will benefit all Pennsylvanians and, importantly, people living in the Greater Lehigh Valley. Aspiring doctors soon will have the opportunity to earn a medical degree at the newly established Medical School of Temple University/St. Luke’s Hospital & Health Network based in Bethlehem. View commentary from Richard Anderson, President & CEO of St. Luke’s Hospital & Health Network and Dr. Joel Rosenfeld, Chief Academic Officer, on the community value of this endeavor.
This documentary takes a very honest, much needed look at the state of nursing in America. By interviewing doctors, hospital administrators, union representatives, members of the public and nurses themselves we get a complete picture of this severe and growing problem.
At the Center for Joint Replacement, part of the Washington Hospital Healthcare System in Fremont, California, we offer a range of state-of-the-art services to provide the highest level of care possible. 
Doctors and experts are baffled by an Indian man who claims not to have eaten or drunk anything for 70 years – but is still in perfect health.
It never fails, if you are a patient with chronic pain issues you are automatically suspected of being an addict. I have a message for the president and I want him to listen to it. The DEA is attacking our doctors for prescribing pain medication, not for prescribing too many but just if you are prescribed pain meds, basically opiates, then you are forced to sign a contract that says you will not use illegal drugs while in the care of your doctor. The problem is they say medical marijuana is illegal so they threaten the doctor in order to force them to cut you off if you use medical marijuana. They did it to me and sent me into withdrawals along with the chronic pain i’m in constantly.
This documentary takes a very honest, much needed look at the state of nursing in America. By interviewing doctors, hospital administrators, union representatives, members of the public and nurses themselves we get a complete picture of this severe and growing problem.
Bernard the Hospital Puppet and his Mommy, Pediatric Therapist Diana Chiles, came to Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center in Memphis, Tennessee in 1991. Before becoming a Tennessee boy, Bernard was a “patient” at MBMC (Mississippi Baptist Medical Center) in Jackson, MS. This sweet video was filmed in 1980 and was the first time Bernard was ever on television. 
This documentary takes a very honest, much needed look at the state of nursing in America. By interviewing doctors, hospital administrators, union representatives, members of the public and nurses themselves we get a complete picture of this severe and growing problem.