New Madigan annex treats traumatic brain injuries
The Wenatchee World Mon, 31 May 2010 09:35 AM PDT
TACOMA â€" Madigan Army Medical Center opened a new, more modern facility Thursday to treat soldiers suffering from the signature injury of wars in Afghanistan and Iraq: mild traumatic brain injury, usually inflicted by enemy bombs. A Madigan annex, renovated at a cost of $3.1 million, offers more privacy for testing and increased comfort. |
Mother tends to severly injured soldier son
Leader-Telegram Mon, 31 May 2010 08:54 AM PDT
Associated Press In this April 8, 2010 photo, Eva Briseno secures her son Joseph Briseno Jr., to his wheelchair at their home in Manassas, Va. A bullet to the back of his head in a Baghdad marketplace in 2003 left him paralyzed, brain-damaged and blind, but awake and aware of his condition. |
Richard Huish College teacher's trek
This is West Country Mon, 31 May 2010 08:31 AM PDT
A TAUNTON teacher has began an 84-mile solo charity walk after her colleague was diagnosed with brain cancer. |
Longtime local Kevin Green killed in skiing accident
Telluride Daily Planet Mon, 31 May 2010 08:11 AM PDT
Kevin Green, an iconoclastic Tellurider and one of the region’s pioneering skiers, was killed Monday afternoon on the ski area when he collided with a rope. The fall, or the collision, fractured Green’s skull near the base of his brain and killed him instantly, according to San Miguel County Coroner Bob Dempsey. |
Hospital's $1 million payout
News.com.au Mon, 31 May 2010 07:31 AM PDT
A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD girl and her family have received an interim $1 million payout because a public hospital allegedly botched her birth, causing brain damage. |
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