After her water broke at 28 weeks, Maria Carbonell spent the more than a month of her pregnancy on bed rest at Broward Health Medical Center.

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Sandra Levine, 62, was given a second chance at life when she had a successful liver transplant at Broward Health Medical Center.  

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On the morning of October 16, 2018, just one day after celebrating their seventh wedding anniversary, Cara Roeck was waiting for her 44-year old husband, Adam, to undergo open heart surgery at Broward Health Medical Center.

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Ida Rhames, 71, was out on a celebratory lunch with her staff on November 15, 2018. After eating some chicken at a fast-food restaurant, Rhames felt a sharp pain in her chest. Convinced her discomfort was related to previous gallbladder problems, she drove to the Emergency Room at Broward Health Imperial Point.

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Jo Ann Perreault knows what it takes to live a heart-healthy lifestyle while living with diabetes. A clinical dietitian and certified diabetes educator at Broward Health Coral Springs, Perreault was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes 25 years ago. She can identify with her diabetic patients on a deeper level and help them navigate this chronic condition because of her personal experience.

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Krishendial "Kris" Mootiram was at work like any normal day when he began to feel tightness in his chest, a pain he had never felt before. He disregarded the pain as possible indigestion and went about his day. He later felt a terrible pounding on his chest and told his supervisor that he needed help.

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Michael Cobb, 65, was spending a pleasant Sunday at the driving range in October 2017. He was sweating profusely, but standing under the Florida sun, it did not seem unusual. He felt a slight pain across his chest, but he shrugged it off, certain it was just indigestion. That night after dinner, his resting heart rate was above 100 - well above his normal rate.

  

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On December 8, 2017, while working on a fence with his son and grandson, 71-year-old Robert Leonard suffered a heart attack and collapsed to the ground. 

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John Berne, M.D., was uneasy. Despite more than 20 years of experience in critical care medicine as a trauma surgeon at Broward Health Medical Center, Berne was about to become the patient.

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Julien Osiris and Odin Jericho Perez were born at 28 weeks weighing less than three pounds each. The first two months of their lives were spent in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, where they fought to live.

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