UNITED STATES

Playwright Christopher Durang Diagnosed With Aphasia – Report

July 19, 2022

Christopher Durang, one of American theater’s most accomplished and acclaimed playwrights, has been diagnosed with logopenic primary progressive aphasia (PPA), a rare disorder of language which, according to a newly published report, “has curbed the prolific author’s career.” The disclosure of Durang’s condition was made by the playwright’s family and friends to the website Broadway News, which published the exclusive today.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/playwright-christopher-durang-diagnosed-aphasia-143546791.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall

Ruth Buzzi ‘bedridden and incapacitated’ after suffering several strokes

July 23, 2022

Prayers Requested for Laugh-In Star Ruth Buzzi After Suffering a Series of Strokes

Ruth Buzzi’s husband says that the comedienne is “bedridden and incapacitated” after suffering a series of strokes.

Last week, Karl Perkins — who married Buzzi in 1978 — shared a sweet photo of the “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In” alum from her birthday last year.

“This photo was from nearly a year ago on Ruthie’s birthday,” he wrote on Facebook. “She wants you to know she is not in pain and is aware you are sending your best wishes her way as she battles the results of devastating strokes that have left her bedridden and incapacitated. She can still speak and understand, she still recognizes all her friends and loved ones. I am reading to her your wonderful comments and she smiles.”

“I might add that I am living with an attitude of gratitude for 43 years of marriage to my best friend, the greatest person I ever met, the one and only Ruth Buzzi,” he continued. “Her love for others knows no bounds, and she has spent a lifetime making people smile.”

Former ‘American Pickers’ Star Suffers Stroke

July 22, 2022

Original member of the hit reality show “American Pickers” Frank Fritz has been hospitalized after suffering a stroke, his former costar Mike Wolfe revealed. Wolfe asked people to “pray for my friend” following a falling out between the two.

The 58-year-old TV host took to his Instagram Thursday and shared the news about Fritz being in the hospital and how he was praying for his 56-year-old buddy to make it through.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/former-american-pickers-star-suffers-stroke-costar-asks-people-to-pray-for-my-friend-after-falling-out

Apple Watch Saves Woman’s Life After Prompting Discovery Of Rare, Deadly Tumor

July 20, 2022

Like many users, 67-year-old Kim Durkee got her Apple Watch to track her health and physical activity levels. She had her wearable customized with a Minnie Mouse watch face to fit her personality. The watch seemed to be working in tandem with her until one night in May, when it woke Durkee up to alert her that her heart was in atrial fibrillation. The following night, she received the same warning telling her that her heart was beating abnormally fast. The third night, her watch recorded an extremely high heart rate.

As the Maine woman didn’t experience any other symptoms, she was doubtful of the readings. However, she determined it was safer to check into an emergency room and chuck the watch later if it was proven to have given off false warnings. It was good that she listened to her watch, as it was indeed a ticking time-bomb. Doctors at the Massachusetts General Hospital traced the atrial fibrillation to a myxoma—a rare, life-threatening tumor that blocks off blood supply to the heart. As this tumor grows rapidly, it would have led to a stroke, or even a sudden cardiac death, if it remained undetected. “It truly saved my life,” the woman tells CBS’s WBZ-TV.

Durkee eventually went for open-heart surgery on June 27, where it took doctors five hours to extract the 4cm (1.6”) growth from her body. She’d spend another 11 days at the hospital, and is now recovering at home.

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SPAIN

The Local Police have assisted a 64-year-old person after suffering a cardiorespiratory arrest

July 22, 2022

Talavera de la Reina The Local Police have assisted a 64-year-old person, who responded to the initials G.R.E. and a resident of Talavera de la Reina, after suffering a cardiorespiratory arrest while driving a vehicle on Calle Matadero at its confluence with Calle Alfares.

The events occurred around 10:25 a.m., when a statement was received from Emisora Central denouncing that there was a vehicle on Calle Matadero confluence with Calle Alfares that had suffered a traffic accident and that the driver of the vehicle was indisposed. .

The Local Police personnel were present immediately in the indicated place, the vehicle was stopped in the traffic lane, with the driver's door open and the driver in an unconscious state, who after checking his vital signs it was found that he was stopped cardiorespiratory

The acting agents quickly extracted the driver of the vehicle, beginning the resuscitation maneuvers, managing to recover and maintain the affected person's vital signs until the arrival of the Mobile UVI services, which were able to stabilize his condition and transfer him to the Nuestra Señora del Prado Hospital.

According to the information provided by the family, the health of the affected presents a favorable evolution. Likewise, the Local Police Headquarters has recognized the agents involved for their rapid action and decision on the facts.

https://cadenaser.com/castillalamancha/2022/07/22/la-policia-local-ha-asistido-a-una-persona-de-64-anos-de-edad-tras-sufrir-una-parada-cardiorrespiratoria-ser-talavera/

ITALY

Four collapses in or near the water:

Overcome by illness on the beach, the helicopter rescue in Cosentino intervenes

July 18, 2022

Calopezzati - Helicopter rescue intervention, this afternoon around 4 pm on the beach of Calopezzati. The emergency aircraft, which arrived from the Cirò Marina position, intervened after the Suem 118 signal and the ambulance alerted to the illness accused by a boy in his early twenties. The carabinieri also intervened on the spot. After the first aid, the young man was transported by land to the "Giannettasio" for the treatment of the case while the helicopter rescue left for the Cirotana base.

https://www.corrieredellacalabria.it/2022/07/18/accusa-un-malore-sulla-spiaggia-interviene-lelisoccorso-nel-cosentino/

He is sick in the pool, 24 years old is revived by a friend

July 18, 2022

A party that was supposed to be carefree has turned into a nightmare. Yesterday afternoon, Sunday 17 July, around 6 pm the alarm went off due to the sudden illness of a 24-year-old boy who was in the company of some friends in the swimming pool of his home, in Gonars. The people who were with him alerted 112 and, following the instructions of the emergency room, a peer of the young man gave him cardio-pulmonary resuscitation while waiting for the arrival of the ambulance while someone else had recovered the defibrillator in the village. The 24-year-old was then rushed to the Udine hospital in the intensive care unit.

https://www.udinetoday.it/cronaca/malore-piscina-ragazzo-gonars.html

Young Mesagna collapses in the water, rescued by the lifeguards

July 16, 2022

A 26-year-old young man from Mesagne fell ill in the water and was rescued by the lifeguards of Lido Leucasia in Torre Lapillo, a locality of Porto Cesareo. It happened today between 11 and 12 when there were so many people on the beach. They were to carry it ashore. His friends who saw his partner collapse in the water. Then the beach lifeguards intervened: Ludovico Mieli from Veglie and Tiziano De Santis from San Pancrazio, both twenty years old. One of them helped him first, the other gave him manual heart massage, essential to keep him alive until the arrival of 118 and the specialized intervention of medical and paramedical staff.

https://www.quimesagne.it/giovane-mesagnese-si-accascia-in-acqua-salvato-dai-bagnini/

Sickness in the sea at dawn, saved by an off-duty lifeguard and his dog

July 17, 2022

He dives into the sea at dawn, with the deserted coast, then falls ill and falls into the water unconscious, finding himself alive and well by pure chance: the sudden fainting, seems due to a heart attack, was noticed live by a lifeguard off duty who was walking the dog. Practically the only two appearances within tens of meters; each in his own way, both protagonists of the success of the rescue. Both the owner and the dog, a female mestizo of a couple of years.

The events occurred around 6 on Sunday in Fondi, in the stretch of beach corresponding to the "Caretta beach", the active bathing establishment on the beach which in the summer of 2020 was the cradle for dozens of small sea turtles. It is precisely one of the lifeguards of the activity to spot the man in the sea, a tourist of just over fifty years from the Capitoline hinterland. According to the reconstructions, the latter attracts attention by putting his hands to his chest, immediately afterwards collapses. At that point the lifeguard throws himself into the water and brings him back to shore, not without difficulty, an intervention that is instinctively supported by his dog, who starts pulling the unconscious tourist by hooking his shorts with his muzzle.

Immediately afterwards, the bathing operator puts him in the safety position and begins delicate resuscitation maneuvers, 118 is contacted, from the establishment they are ready to activate the defibrillator. But the intervention of the doctors is timely: just 12 minutes after the alarm, the staff of an ambulance arrive at the beach, followed by that of a medical car. New resuscitation maneuvers, then off to a race against time towards the “Fiorini” hospital in Terracina.

An atypical emergency relay ended in the best possible way, with the bather who, not long after being admitted, came to consciousness and was declared out of danger of life, finally signing his resignation. Mishap promptly behind him, for him. While, for the lifeguard and his dog, an unexpected heroic dawn born from a quiet walk by the sea.

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Rescue and hospitalized the man caught by illness on the path to Grauzaria

July 17, 2022

Moggio Udinese - The man who lived in Moggio in 1947 was taken to the hospital in an ambulance which reached the parking lot at the beginning of the path to the Grauzaria Refuge. The intervention ended at about 9.30 with the rescuers transported on a stretcher to the base of the path. Six technicians from the Moggio station intervened.

The hiker was noticed on the ground in difficulty by other young hikers climbing up and calling the Nue112. The first to arrive at the scene was one of Moggio's rescuers with the defibrillator, which however did not help. The man, who was breathing and whose heartbeat was present, was taken downstream and handed over to the ambulance doctors.

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She falls walking with her husband and bangs her head, a gravely injured woman from Este

July 15, 2022

Chiusaforte - A 69-year-old woman from Este is in serious condition after being rescued today, Friday 15 July, near the Fontanon di Goriuda , where she was going with her husband. The woman fell, it is not known if she was ill or if the illness was the consequence of her fall, beating her head. On site three rescuers from the Cave del Predil mountain rescue station, the Guardia di Finanza and the za ambulance. The regional helicopter rescue brought the on-board crew to the scene and the woman was stabilized with difficulty and urgently carried out to the hospital in Udine.

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Illness at the wheel: crashes into four cars then crashes into a tree photogallery

July 15, 2022

Follonica - He lost control of his car, crashing into four parked cars until he hit a tree in full force which stopped his race. A daring accident that happened around 14 this afternoon in the city center, right in front of the town hall, where the "crazy" car stopped only in the flowerbed of the square of the town hall.

The driver of the car was injured in the impact who, according to a first reconstruction of the incident, allegedly fell ill and therefore lost control of his car. Fortunately, at that time of day there were few people on the street and no other injuries were recorded. The emergency medicine staff and the Municipal Police intervened on the spot for the reliefs.

https://tinyurl.com/y38xj9ny

Sick while driving a truck, the police commander revives him with a heart massage

July 15, 2022

Driving sickness: it happened in via Massarini in Verano Brianza, on the afternoon of Monday 11 July 2022. The man felt ill while he was driving his truck and collapsed unconscious on the steering wheel. A passer-by, seeing the scene immediately called for help. The commander of the local police arrived immediately on the spot and practiced cardiac massage with defibrillator supplied to the Municipality. Moments of fear but fortunately the driver's heart has started beating again: his conditions are still critical.

https://tinyurl.com/mdefj8sj

Young man collapses on the beach volleyball court, saved by heart massage

July 14, 2022

It seemed an evening like many others at the Tennis Club on the Torricelle, between those who were sipping a cocktail and those who were finishing their dinner looking at Verona. It was around 11 pm when suddenly the cries for help from the beach volleyball court broke the harmony. "Help, there is an emergency, we need a doctor at the beach camp," shouted the managers of the facility, hurrying into the restaurant tables. And their friend was right on the ground, standing on the sand where a few moments before he was playing beach volleyball.

Pierluigi Tregnaghi was also seated among the tables in the company of some friends who immediately headed for the field: but at that moment at the Tennis Club there was also another doctor and also a young graduate in medicine, ready to train with him a first aid team. All together Tregnaghi is a doctor from the Coni sports medicine institute and immediately understood the gravity of the situation. "Not only me, with me there was this dermatologist named Maria Vittoria and a girl who has recently graduated in medicine", says the doctor, "the young man - of about 30 or 35 years - had an increasingly labored breathing, then not even that. We immediately started to practice cardiac massage and in a short time the defibrillator arrived", supplied by the sports club on Torricelle, always very popular especially in summer.

As confirmed by the integrated university hospital of Verona. The young man is currently hospitalized in Borgo Trento in the Anesthesia and Intensive Care Department directed by Professor Zanatta, he remains intubated and the prognosis is reserved, in the next few days it will be necessary to understand any neurological damage from hypoxia. In the meantime, however, he is struggling, his heart has started beating again and there are still hopes.

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Sudden illness while at work: critically ill 61-year-old man

July 14, 2022

Moments of apprehension were experienced on Thursday morning in a company in Via Cavallera in Castegnato. Shortly after 10, a 61-year-old man allegedly fell ill. The man was immediately rescued by the company staff, who promptly called the single emergency number. On the spot, the operations center sent an ambulance of the green cross of Ospitaletto and a self-medical: the 61-year-old was rushed to the Civil Hospital of Brescia, where he was hospitalized in red code. His condition would be critical.

https://www.bresciatoday.it/cronaca/castegnato-malore-via-cavallera.html

He feels bad in the company, worker taken to hospital by ambulance

July 12, 2022

Moments of fear were experienced, on Tuesday morning, inside the Brist Axle in via Arturo Mercanti in Montichiari. At around 10.15 am, an employee of the company, which produces auto parts, suffered a sudden illness. Colleagues immediately called the single emergency number: an ambulance and a self-medical doctor were sent to the scene. The worker - a 42-year-old - was taken care of by the medical team and urgently transported to the Civilian of Brescia. His condition would be critical: he was hospitalized in red code.

https://www.bresciatoday.it/cronaca/montichiari-malore-in-azienza-grave-42enne.html

RUSSIA

Alexander Shirvindt was hospitalized in Botkin hospital after an attack of angina pectoris

July 18, 2022

President of the Moscow Satire Theater actor Alexander Shirvindt was hospitalized in the Botkin hospital after he suffered an attack of angina, the theater said. "Alexander Anatolyevich had a small attack of angina pectoris. Now he is in the Botkin hospital. His condition is stable, " the theater's press service said in a statement.

Recall that in 2020, Shirvindt suffered a coronavirus infection – because of the disease, he had to be hospitalized. His son said that he most likely caught COVID-19 in his theater, which he could not leave, despite bans and restrictions for people over 65 years of age. Together with the actor in the hospital box was also his wife Natalia Belousova. Alexander Shirvindt and his wife stayed in the hospital longer than planned.

Previously, the actor shared the secret of keeping yourself in shape. According to him, he spends heavy exercises in the morning.

No age reported.

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