Forty-three-year-old Michael walked into the George Washington University Hospital Emergency Room complaining of chest pain. The Washington D.C. handyman had no health insurance but was not eligible for any financial assistance programs.
Sheena
When Sheena came to the United States, the 14-year-old was feeling reoccurring chest pain and could not participate in physical activity without growing tired. Without corrective surgery, doctors at Children's National Medical Center knew Sheena would probably not live past the age of a young adult. Sheena had the hole in her heart repaired with cardiac catheterization, an interventional procedure. Just 24 hours after going into the operating room, Sheena was released from the hospital. Today she looks forward to a normal life expectancy home in Uganda.
