WGH Medical/Surgical Unit

06/27/2025

06/16/2025

This happened to nurse Alex Wobbles in October 2017, but is worth reviewing.

06/02/2025

06/02/2025

06/01/2025

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05/28/2025

Chuan He, Wolf Prize Laureate in Chemistry (2023), helped reveal something incredible about the way our cells work — and how we might treat diseases in the future.
For a long time, scientists believed that once our RNA (the molecules that help turn genes into proteins) was written, it couldn’t be changed. But Chuan He proved otherwise. He discovered that chemical “marks” on RNA can actually be added or erased — and that these changes can control how genes are turned on or off.
This idea opened up a whole new field of science called the epitranscriptome — similar to epigenetics, but focused on RNA instead of DNA. It showed how these tiny RNA changes play a big role in everything from development to diseases like cancer.

Thanks to his discoveries, researchers around the world are now exploring new ways to treat illness by targeting these chemical switches. It’s a breakthrough that’s changing both science and medicine — all by taking a closer look at the messages inside our cells.
The University of Chicago

05/10/2025

04/08/2025

01/13/2025

I was born at Wilcox Hospital. I gave birth to three of my four children at Wilcox Hospital. Two of my grandchildren were born at Wilcox Hospital. My father was born at Wilcox Hospital. He took his last breaths at Wilcox Hospital. My grandparents, who worked on the sugar plantation, took their last breaths at Wilcox Hospital too. They passed in the wing that I was born in the wing that my dad helped build as a construction worker and where I cared for my first patient as a student nurse.

I have worked at Wilcox Hospital for thirty years. I have worked as a Med Surg Nurse, as a Labor and Delivery Nurse, and now, for the last fifteen years, as a Same Day Surgery Recovery Nurse. My sister is also a nurse at Wilcox. I take care of my family and my friends every day I work.

This picture was taken at Wilcox while my great grandmother was a patient. She is in the wheelchair. I am the little one standing my sister is the infant. My mom and grandmother are also in the picture.

I hope for safe staffing at Wilcox Hospital for my family, for my nursing family, and for my entire community. It matters to me.