Articles & Education
Employee Spotlight – Joyce
As a team coordinator in the Metro Health Hospital patient registration office, Joyce is one of the first people patients interact with when they arrive. Each day, she helps patients check-in for...
In race to create a COVID-19 vaccine, there is no fast track for approval
Dr. Rakesh Pai imagines a point in the not too distant, post-COVID future when people are lining up to see a movie. “We’re all going to go to the movie theater and we’re going to watch ‘Warp...
COVID vaccine trials need diverse test subjects, so a doctor rolled up his sleeve
Dr. Rakesh Pai understands the lifesaving power of vaccines as a physician, but also from a family perspective. When the opportunity came to volunteer to test one of the new COVID-19 vaccines, he did...
Employee Spotlight – Becky
We are grateful for passionate and dedicated team members, like Becky, who make Metro Health better by providing our community with the best possible care.
Deb Wieringa, Melanoma Survivor
There was a pit in her stomach and a lump in her throat as Deb Wieringa prepared to tell her family the news, and it wasn’t good. She watched as the faces of her loved ones filled with fear and...
Dave Williams, Lung Cancer Survivor
Going to my first chemotherapy infusion, I felt like a ball of nerves. The shock of being diagnosed with lung cancer was still fresh in my mind, and I didn’t feel ready to start this terrifying...
The Rise of Wearable Health Technology
We now live in an era where our heart rhythm, blood pressure, blood glucose levels and sleep patterns can all be tracked and monitored by something we wear. A simple press of a button or downloading...
Lifesaving Advice from a Gastroenterologist
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one in every three adults over the age of 50 fail to get their recommended colonoscopy. That reality deeply troubles Michelle Anderson,...
Saving a Leg, Saving a Life
It is the last appointment after eight weeks of outpatient treatment at the Metro Health Wound Healing Center and Jim* and Connie* want to say thanks to the nurses and doctors who saved Jim’s right...
Halting Holiday Hypertension
We are now well into the hectic holiday season. Our calendars are filled with parties, decorations are hung, shopping is in full swing and your patience may already be wearing thin.