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  CHEFA Grant Awarded to Danbury Hospital For Simulation Lab

  Thursday, April 11, 2013 - Danbury, CT

  Danbury Hospital announced today that it has been awarded a $71,800 grant from the Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority (CHEFA) as part of its Client Grant Program to obtain Ultrasonography/Transthoracic Echocardiology Simulator equipment for its simulation laboratory to train medical staff to quickly and accurately diagnose various emergent situations. Read More

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  Western Connecticut Medical Group Heart Team Saves the Day, Thanks to Wife’s Quick Action

  Thursday, May 02, 2013 - Danbury, CT

  An emergent aortic dissection has about as grim a prognosis as any cardiac emergency. In fact, the mortality of this type of dissection is 1 percent per hour for the first 24 hours. Listen to the patient tell his grateful story of survival...

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  After Spine Surgery at Danbury Hospital Realtor Kevin McCaffrey Articulates Feeling “Nothing Less Than Euphoria”

  Friday, May 10, 2013 - Danbury, CT

  A successful, physically active Brookfield realtor suddenly felt a sharp, stabbing pain while tying his sneakers one morning in early September. Luckily, he wasted no time in doing something about it. Listen to the patient tell his story...

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