REHAB COMEBACKS OF THE YEAR!
Two years ago, Lisa Mazzola of Hyannis was in a coma in Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Boston, battling for her life, the left side of her body shattered literally from head to toe. A car traveling the wrong way on a one-way street ran a red light in downtown Hyannis and smashed into her motorcycle. Surgeons in Boston performed their own miracle. They brought her back from the near-fatal accident, rebuilt her body with the aid of titanium plates and dozens of surgical screws and a week later sent her back to the Rehabilitation Hospital of the Cape and Islands in Sandwich with the grim prognosis, "You'll never walk again." Click here for full story
Disaster, Obesity Called Top Cape Health Threats
When the Advisory Board of To Your Good Health, A Health Care Newsletter, convened for its most recent quarterly meeting at the Four Points by Sheraton Resort in Hyannis, the topic on the agenda was, "What do you perceive as the major health threat facing Cape Codders today?" Click here for full story