THE ONLY HEART TRANSPLANT CENTER IN SACRAMENTO, AND TODAY THEY CELEBRATED 35 YEARS OF HEART TRANSPLANT. THAT’S SUTTER. DOCTORS PERFORMED THE CITY’S FIRST HEART TRANSPLANT IN FEBRUARY OF 1989, AND SINCE THEN, DOCTORS HAVE PERFORMED 259 SUCCESSFUL HEART TRANSPLANTS. MORE THAN HALF A DOZEN FORMER PATIENTS GATHERED AT SUTTER MEDICAL CENTER TODAY TO
CELEBRATE THAT SUCCESS. NOBODY KNOWS THAT IT’S A THING. SO, YOU KNOW, IT’S NICE TO BE ABLE TO GO AND ADVOCATE IN THE COMMUNITITY AND EXPLAIN, YOU KN, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED TO ME. AND IF, GOD FORBID, SOMETHING HAPPENED TO SOMEONE ELSE, THAT THEY KNOW THAT THERE IS A PLACE
FOR THEM, IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO TAKE CARE OF THESE FOLKS. AND SO WE’RE DOING THIS TODAY FOR THE LIFE OF OF OUR PATIENTS WHO’VE SURVIVED THE CARDIOGENIC SHOCK EVERY DAY. I THANK GOD, AND I THANK MY DONOR AND MY DONOR’S FAMILY FOR ME ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE TODAY.
THE HEART TRANSPLANT PROGRAM INCLUDES THERAPIES LIKE THE IMPELLA HEART PUMP AND LVADS, WHICH ALLOW PATIENTS TO
