Suicidal surgeon ex-husband of ABC News health reporter Dr. Jennifer Ashton left a note with her phone number alongside the message ‘call my wife’ before he jumped to his death from the George Washington Bridge Dr. Robert C. Ashton Jr., 52, a noted thoracic surgeon, jumped to his death from the George Washington Bridge on Saturday morning Before he jumped, he wrote down the number of his ex-wife, ABC News’ Chief Women’s Health Correspondent Dr. Jennifer Ashton, and a request to call her Authorities said his body was recovered from an area of ‘Palisades Interstate Park along the Hudson known as Hazard’s Dock shortly after he jumped’ Ashton, previously a contributor on talk show The Doctors, was named the first-ever Chief Women’s Health Correspondent for The Dr. Oz Show in 2016 Sources tell DailyMail.com the former couple amicably divorced and remained friends as they are the parents to … (more)
Category: Thoracic Surgery
Living without lungs for six days saves a mom’s life
Melissa Benoit, with her husband Chris and their daughter Olivia, celebrates her 33rd birthday last November seven months after surgeons removed her severely infected lungs, replacing them with healthy donor lungs six days later. Credit: Melissa Benoit In a bold and very challenging move, thoracic surgeons at Toronto General Hospital removed severely infected lungs from a dying mom, keeping her alive without them for six days, so that she could recover enough to receive a life-saving lung transplant.
Living Without Lungs for Six Day Saves a Mom’s Life
TORONTO, Canada – January 25, 2017) – In a bold and very challenging move, thoracic surgeons at Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network removed severely infected lungs from a dying mom, keeping her alive without lungs for six days, so that she could recover enough to receive a life-saving lung transplant. This is believed to be the first such procedure in the world, made possible by advanced life support technology, a dedicated and diverse surgical, respirology, intensive care and perfusion team, as well as the grit and gumption of the patient and her close-knit family.