September 14, 2001 Table of Contents
HOTLINEmast.gif (13932 bytes)  September 14, 2001

"When in distress, every man becomes our neighbor..."
                                — Drs. James Jackson and John Warren, founders of the MGH

The terrorist attacks that took place this week have touched the lives of the MGH family in countless ways. Among those killed or missing are family members and friends of MGH employees and staff. All of us in the MGH community extend our heartfelt sympathies to these employees and their families. They are in our thoughts and prayers. This issue of Hotline is dedicated to everyone – at the MGH and throughout the nation – who has been deeply affected by this enormous international tragedy.

  • Hope amidst horror: Hundreds line up to donate blood
    As television screens flickered and radios blared with the somber news that the United States had been attacked, the nation's hope and resolve could be seen clearly in blood donor centers everywhere. At the MGH, a line of would-be blood donors stretched past the Jackson Lobby within an hour of the first news reports.
  • MGHers among those deployed to New York to aid in tragedy
    On the morning of Sept. 11, MGH trauma surgeon Susan Briggs, MD, was in the operating room performing a routine procedure, oblivious that the world outside had changed forever. Then she got the phone call she had anticipated for years, but had prayed would never come: word of a terrorist attack on the United States. The Office of Emergency Preparedness in Washington, DC, notified Briggs that she and her trained team of emergency medical personnel were being activated, and needed to be ready to deploy in six hours to provide aid during the national disaster.
  • MGH clinicians offer advice for parents
    In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on the United States, MassGeneral Hospital for Children and MGH Psychiatry offer suggestions for parents as they try to communicate with school-aged children about these events.
  • American tragedy affects the MGH
    The images on the TV screens were unbelievable. The atrocities were unimaginable. As thousands of people across the country were stunned by the tragic news of the worst ever terrorist attack on American soil Sept. 11, MGH staff and employees braced for the possible impact.
  • Helping at a time of heartache
    At a time of unprecedented crisis and pain, MGHers – both those affected personally by the terrorist attacks and those mourning with the rest of the nation – may take some comfort in resources available to the hospital community.

 

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