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Author: Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press

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Ukrainian doctors working in extreme conditions count on US peers’ help

June 8, 2023Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free PressComments Off on Ukrainian doctors working in extreme conditions count on US peers’ help

University of Michigan and other U.S. doctors provide virtual and in-person help to Ukrainian peers amid war with Russia.

News

Ukrainian boy ‘was dying on the operating table, and they saved him’

May 30, 2023Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free PressComments Off on Ukrainian boy ‘was dying on the operating table, and they saved him’

Nine years after a barn fire, American doctors work again to ease Volodymyr Bubela’s pain.

World

‘Where is the music?’ Quiet of Poland perplexes burned 4-year-old from war-torn Ukraine

May 27, 2023Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free PressComments Off on ‘Where is the music?’ Quiet of Poland perplexes burned 4-year-old from war-torn Ukraine

A young girl’s family shelters her from realities of war and surgery even as U.S. doctors work to repair her severe burns.

World

She was badly burned taking a selfie, then became a war refugee. Now US doctors are helping her.

May 26, 2023Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free PressComments Off on She was badly burned taking a selfie, then became a war refugee. Now US doctors are helping her.

This family endures a freak accident that severely burned a teen daughter followed by Russia’s invasion of their homeland.

Nation

A burned little girl and her great-grandmother: ‘We will handle this’

May 25, 2023May 25, 2023Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free PressComments Off on A burned little girl and her great-grandmother: ‘We will handle this’

Burned in a fire in 2020, with Ukrainian doctors now preoccupied by war wounds, a 6-year-old travels to Poland for help from US surgeons.

World

She watched a Russian bomb land near her son — and change their lives

May 24, 2023Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free PressComments Off on She watched a Russian bomb land near her son — and change their lives

US doctors took nerve tissue from a Ukrainian boy’s leg to restore function to his bomb-damaged left arm.

World

Children of war: Doctors’ mission to rescue severely burned Ukrainian kids

June 5, 2022Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free PressComments Off on Children of war: Doctors’ mission to rescue severely burned Ukrainian kids

A group of doctors made it their mission to bring seriously injured Ukrainian children to the U.S. for burn treatment.

Nation

Facebook groups and 14-hour car rides. Some Michigan residents are ‘desperate’ for the COVID-19 vaccine.

February 28, 2021February 28, 2021Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free PressComments Off on Facebook groups and 14-hour car rides. Some Michigan residents are ‘desperate’ for the COVID-19 vaccine.

Getting an appointment for a COVID-19 vaccine has been elusive for many Michiganders, leading some to go to drastic lengths to get a shot in the arm.

Tech

Henry Ford docs spot potentially fatal iPhone 12 problem with pacemakers, defibrillators

February 4, 2021February 4, 2021Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free PressComments Off on Henry Ford docs spot potentially fatal iPhone 12 problem with pacemakers, defibrillators

Magnets in the iPhone 12 can disable pacemakers and implanted defibrillators, Henry Ford doctors found. They prompted Apple to issue a warning.

Nation

Lessons the American people can learn from President Trump’s illness

October 3, 2020October 4, 2020Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free PressComments Off on Lessons the American people can learn from President Trump’s illness

While the nation waits to see how President Donald Trump will fare as he’s treated for COVID-19, doctors say there are lessons to be learned.

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