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Emergency percutaneous coronary intervention available at Grosse Pointe
Beaumont Hospital, Grosse Pointe has received state approval to perform life-saving, emergency percutaneous coronary intervention (angioplasty) for patients coming to the hospital’s Emergency Center having a heart attack.
“Our CON approval for emergency PCI builds upon our accreditation as a Chest Pain Center and our certification as a Primary Stroke Center in 2010,” says Georges Ghafari, M.D., chief, Cardiovascular Medicine.
First patients enrolled in trial of catheter ablation device that can see inside a beating heart and uses laser energy to treat atrial fibrillation
Called the HeartLight® Endoscopic Ablation System, it is the first technology that allows cardiologists to see inside a beating heart while performing laser energy catheter ablation, a treatment aimed at restoring normal heart rhythm after medication has failed. Beaumont is the only center in Michigan participating in this study and one of the first in the U.S. to begin enrollment.
Beaumont Children’s Hospital has launched Michigan’s first hospital-based, anti-bullying program to raise awareness, provide supportive counseling and develop research-based bullying programs.
Based at Beaumont Children’s Hospital in Royal Oak, the No Bullying Live Empowered, or NoBLE program, will offer individual and group psychoeducational services for bullying victims, witnesses, perpetrators and their families, and a bullying crisis hotline operated by Common Ground.
Common Ground, Beaumont Partner to Offer Mental Health First Aid Training
The stigma surrounding mental illness often prevents people from seeking help or even acknowledging that they need help. When they do want help, they don’t know where to turn. Common Ground and Beaumont Health System have joined forces to try to remove the stigma. They have teamed up to sponsor Mental Health First Aid, an internationally recognized training program designed to equip non-mental health professionals with the tools to recognize and respond to people who may be in a mental health crisis, and connect them to the appropriate care.
Help Reduce Childhood Obesity
One out of three children in the United States is overweight or obese. To help reduce the rates of childhood obesity in Michigan, representatives in Lansing are discussing a bill to incentivize school districts that provide a certain level of physical and health education. Learn how you can get involved and help reduce the childhood obesity epidemic.

Beaumont’s Trauma Team Saves Madison Heights Man’s Foot
It all happened so fast. Dale McDowell, can’t remember all the details of the accident at his workplace. But it’s a day he’ll never forget. In an instant a 1,000 pound table fell on his left foot. The tremendous force crushed his foot- breaking bones and resulting in tissue loss. Because of the severity of his injuries, he was transferred to Beaumont’s Level I Trauma Center in Royal Oak.
Because your baby doesn't come with an owner's manual
Discover what’s new at Beaumont’s 11th Annual Baby Fair. For your convenience, this year’s fair will be held on three different Saturdays in locations throughout the community. Come learn more about your baby’s health, postpartum adjustment and important parenting issues during the three-hour event. Informational, interactive displays will feature breast-feeding equipment and supplies; children’s clothes and educational toys; resources available at local libraries and county health departments.
















