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L to R: Monica Christopher, Dr. Jyutika Mehta, Mike A. Myers, Henry Fink KJ, TWU Chancellor Carine Feyten, and Lisa Rampy
JHG TEXAS ARRANGES TRANSFORMATIONAL IMPROVEMENT OF HEALTH CARE FOR STROKE AND BRAIN INJURY PATIENTS IN NORTH TEXAS
By Henry Fink KJ
The newly named Mike A. Myers Stroke Center operated by Texas Woman’s University (TWU) in Dallas provides 5,800 hours of stroke recovery therapy annually free of charge to victims of strokes and other traumatic brain injuries who are otherwise unable to pay for their health care. Interdisciplinary therapies provided to patients include Speech-Language Pathology, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Dental Hygiene, Nutrition, Social Work, Music Therapy and Mental Health Counseling.
TWU and JHG Texas identified the need to expand and transform the research and services of TWU’s stroke center to meet the needs of the fast-growing Dallas/Fort Worth Metro area. Partners TWU and JHG Texas introduced the opportunity to the Mike A. Myers Foundation to transform the Stroke Center with a $2 million multi-year grant. The TWU Board of Regents approved the grant and renamed the facility “The Mike A. Myers Stroke Center” on May 17, 2024.
“This gift is truly transformative,” said, Jyutika Mehta, MD, PhD, the Director of the Mike A. Myers Stroke Center. “We will be able to grow significantly and support many more individuals and families who need neuro-rehabilitative support, assist those from bilingual backgrounds and continue to support those who are uninsured and underinsured. Additionally, this will allow the center to train many more students in cutting-edge, clinical, and research-based protocols.”
In keeping with the Hospitaler mission of the Johanniter Order’s Sub-Commandery in the USA, JHG Texas actively supports initiatives like the Mike A. Myers Stroke Center to provide expanded health care service to the sick and the poor. Mike A. Myers has supported JHG Texas since 2017. In addition to the Stroke Center grant, JHG Texas and the Mike A. Myers Foundation have provided financial support for nursing scholarships and also established the Myers-JHG Tutoring and Academic Support Center at TWU’s College of Nursing in Dallas. Mike A. Myers was awarded the Ehrennadel (Pin of Honor) of the Johanniter Order in 2023.
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Letters of Appreciation to Covid-19 First Responders
Dallas County was a hotbed for Covid-19. The rate of daily infections reached almost 1,600. Consequently, our hospitals were overburdened having to cope with the surge of Corona patients. It was our confrère Andreas Bremer whose daughter is a nurse in Austin, who came up with the idea to do something for these overwhelmed doctors, nurses and support staff to show our gratitude and appreciation. After consultation with UTSouthwestern Medical Center, it was decided to write personal letters to E.R. doctors and staff since “words speak louder than gifts”, particularly words of thanks and encouragement desperately needed on days when it feels like nothing goes right trying to save patients’ lives . A morale booster from the community would be exactly what they needed.
We wrote more than 150 letters, included a Starbucks Gift Card and a tube of good smelling hand lotion, something highly appreciated by nurses who constantly have to wash their hands which become rough and soar.
Everything was delivered to UTSouthwestern and received by Deena Koshy of the hospital’s Gift Administration Department who expressed gratitude and appreciation on behalf of the University Hospital for this gesture of human empathy.
Due to Corona, we are not able to volunteer and provide hands-on help, we are happy to render moral support to those battling at the frontline of the pandemic.
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