Voice

January 8, 2021

It’s a terrible idea to flush “flushable” wipes

Throw them in the trash. Your plumbing will thank you. So will the Medical Center’s.

By Wayne Wood
January 8, 2021

A story of Christmas past: Carols being sung by a choir, an elderly woman stricken in church, and a Vanderbilt nurse saving a life

The Sunday before Christmas, Patricia Wright was in church to hear her mother sing in the choir. Then she heard a call for help.

By Emily Stembridge
January 4, 2021

VUMC New Year’s babies bring bright start to 2021

Welcome, Graham; welcome, Nike; welcome, Oakley Rose!

By Linda Zettler
December 28, 2020

The young woman was on the parking lot pavement without a pulse. A Vanderbilt nurse saved her life.

Keith Caldwell, a nurse at the Vanderbilt Health Clinic at Walgreens, called on years of experience to perform CPR until an ambulance arrived

By Wayne Wood
December 22, 2020

VUMC front-line workers receive special delivery

Cards from local schoolchildren bring special greetings, including “You deserve 100 million candy canes.”

By Kristin Smart
December 21, 2020

Images of hope: A look at the arrival of the first COVID-19 vaccines at VUMC

Photographs by Donn Jones, Erin O. Smith and Susan Urmy

By Wayne Wood
December 11, 2020

Students were not able to sing carols in person this year at the hospital. So they brought holiday music via video.

“It’s a tradition for us as well as for the Medical Center. We wanted to bring that same holiday cheer this year.”
By Wayne Wood
December 9, 2020

As temperatures go down, the chance for injury from heaters goes up

The challenge of keeping warm might lead to the use of unsafe heating sources
By Jessica Pasley
December 9, 2020

VUMC physician assistant Morgan Stine wins Hometown Hero Award

She received 19 nominations for the award, which is given by Fox 17 News
By Matt Batcheldor
December 9, 2020

Children’s Hospital urges caution in toy selection this holiday season

Toy shopping online presents special challenges; how to select safe gifts for children
By Jessica Pasley
November 23, 2020

Is it true that work on a COVID-19 vaccine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center was funded by Dolly Parton?

Funds from her gift have supported important advancements in VUMC’s war on COVID
November 17, 2020

On the front lines of COVID with a word and a prayer

Sherry Perry knows what it's like to have COVID, and she brings her experience to patients and families as chaplain on VUMC's COVID unit
By Wayne Wood
November 17, 2020

Sharlinda Robertson has a way with toddlers having tantrums. And everybody else, too.

Her small acts of kindness earned her a Credo Award
By Matt Batcheldor
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