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Health care at Carewell: saved my life and went jaw-droppingly beyond
Broadway Carewell Urgent Care, Winter Hill; health care; Dr Mayfield
I would like for everyone in the world to hear this story. I had been sick in bed for 4 days before I went to the Broadway (Winter Hill) CareWell Urgent care clinic, unknowingly suffering from a heart attack: a total blockage requiring emergency surgery to keep me alive for a triple bi-pass the next day. I did not have my phone with me, and wanted to go back to my house to get it so I wouldn't be totally isolated (not knowing how serious my condition was), but Dr. Mayfield was quite firm and probably saved my life by rushing me to emergency. Here's the unbelievable part: later, she came down to the hospital to get the keys to my house, went there to get my phone, and brought the phone to me at the hospital. For good measure, she also included a laptop, a magazine, and a puzzle book!! I was absolutely gob-smacked that she would go so far out of her way; how many doctors would have? A few days later, she called to see how and where I was (still in ICU), and when I tried to express my deep appreciation (and wonderment), she really didn't think she had done anything special. She told me she knew how important the phone was to my total care. Wow.