Momentum - Business to Business Online Magazine September 2017 | Page 17

PHYSICIAN CANOES WAY
TO HOSPITAL TO
PERFORM SURGERY
16-Year Old Beneficiary of Heroic Efforts by
Clear Lake Regional Medical Center Doctor
and Volunteer Firemen
For Immediate Release
Debra Burbridge
HCA Healthcare Gulf Coast Division

Rita Cunningham
Clear Lake Regional Medical Center
Using a canoe as an emergency medical vehicle, a Clear
Lake Regional Medical Center doctor -- with the help of two
volunteer firemen-- made his way through treacherous flood
waters in the middle of the night to perform surgery on a 16
-year-old suffering from a painful condition that if not
treated within a short window of time causes permanent
damage.   
When pediatric general surgeon Dr. Stephen Kimmel got a
call early Saturday morning that young Jacob Terrazas, was
suffering from testicular torsion and needed immediate
attention, he jumped in his car and headed toward the
hospital even though his own home in Dickinson was
beginning to flood.    “We are so happy to be here,” Jacob’s mother told the
hospital and EMS staff on their arrival.  “Jacob was in such
pain and was shaking and hardly able to talk when we got
here, but everyone here is so h