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CBS News
21-05-2025
- Health
- CBS News
Johns Hopkins Hospital celebrates remarkable recoveries, life-saving medical professionals
Johns Hopkins Hospital is celebrating thousands of inspiring recovery journeys, and the medical care teams who helped save their lives. To mark the occasion, the hospital held a special event on Wednesday in honor if National Trauma Survivors Day. Survivors shared their personal stories of recovery and reunited with the care teams who played a vital role in their care. "They say it takes a village, and you all proved it" Mark McKenzie did not know if he would survive being shot in 2024. "As you can see, I'm blessed to have many of the most important people in my life here today, and I'm quite certain they all only came because they thought it was a roast," said Mark McKenzie, a trauma survivor. The joy on this stage means much more because on September 13, 2024, McKenzie was rushed to the hospital after being shot in the chest and abdomen. Johns Hopkins Hospital "Medic one arrived in less than four minutes, which is a very quick response," said Angela Taury, an EMS captain with the Baltimore County Fire Department. "So not only did we have to respond to a critical injury, but it was also an active crime scene, so we had to work quickly but carefully with the police. You know, they're guiding us." Doctors say McKenzie required immediate surgery and later underwent liver repair, gallbladder removal, and vein reconstruction. "I also firmly believe in the power of prayer, and I believe that God intervened on that Friday the 13th," McKenzie said. "We had to put a plan together, we had to go to work, and the surgery was difficult, and the recovery was long. I'm thrilled to be here today. Mark's at home with his family, thriving, and it's an incredible victory for us and for you," said Dr. Chris Shubert, a hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital. The road to recovery McKenzie spent 47 days in the hospital, with 38 of those days in the intensive care unit. On Wednesday, he was in a room filled with the nurses, doctors, family, and a long list of friends, saying, "I survived." "They say it takes a village, and you all proved it," McKenzie said. "They gave me back, they gave me back life to be with my wife and my kids." Reunited with the survivors From the emergency crews who responded to the initial 911 call to the medical care team who stood by his bedside, everyone had a chance to reunite with the patient who never gave up. Johns Hopkins Hospital "But rarely do we get to follow up or see what happens afterward. So to be here with you today is truly meaningful," said Taury. "Mark has climbed through every step or setback of his medical journey with tenacity and a sense of humor," said Amy Lowe, a physical therapist at Johns Hopkins Rehabilitation Network Center in Timonium. "You faced a traumatic event that really would have brought most of us to her knees," Jennifer Zanni, a long-time physical therapist at Johns Hopkins Rehabilitation Network Center. "And [you] really have shown that through healing, is really not about forgetting the trauma, but learning to carry it in a way that allows you your life to move forward." More survivors honored The event also recognized the team and survival stories of 14-year-old Ethan McKinnon and 24-year-old John Paredes. McKinnon sustained severe injuries when the car he was in with his family was rear-ended at high speed. Ejected from the vehicle, Ethan suffered aortic, spinal, and small bowel injuries. He required spinal fusion surgeries, had a breathing tube for several days and needed feeding support. Paredes was admitted in March 2024, with elevated eye pressure and blurry vision as a result of an elastic band hitting his eye during boxing training. He was diagnosed with indeterminate stage angle recession glaucoma and vitreous prolapse of the right eye, requiring several eye surgeries. Together, all of the trauma and burn centers at Hopkins have treated more than 5,093 patients since 2024, including the three they honored on National Trauma Survivors Day.
Daily Record
21-05-2025
- Sport
- Daily Record
Ayr United issue squad update ahead of summer transfer business
The club already have 19 players under contract for next season as they look to build for another Championship title bid. Mark McKenzie and Nick McAllister are the latest first team players to agree new contracts at Ayr United. The pair have accepted offers to extend their Somerset stays ahead of another tilt at the Championship next season. Academy product McKenzie, 24, continues his association with the club he joined as a teenager while McAllister, also 24, will enter his fifth season with the Honest Men. Boss Scott Brown was keen to have both men on board as he looks to formulate a plan to improve upon last season's third placed finish. Veteran midfielder Jamie Murphy has also agreed to stay on and will expand his playing role into the coaching department. Murphy, 35, had already been involved in helping out with United's reserves towards the end of last season. Goalkeeper Liam Russell has agreed another deal, while Jake Hastie has triggered an extension on his terms to stay at Somerset. Bright prospect Dylan Watret, 18, has also triggered an extension on his deal following his breakthrough season and is now signed on at Somerset until 2028. It leaves United with 19 players under contract ahead of their summer dealing. The club remain in talks with Connor McLennan, Anton Dowds, Mikey Devlin and George Stanger. Devlin's leadership qualities were badly missed during the Championship run-in but an injury-hit campaign meant he started just 11 league games. United are keen to explore if a deal can be done that would retain a player of his influence going into the new campaign. Leaving the club are Zambian international, Frankie Musonda, Robbie Mutch and Max Guthrie.
CBC
01-04-2025
- Politics
- CBC
Why have Liberals and Conservatives lost candidates 10 days into the campaign?
Liberal candidate Paul Chiang withdrew from the race after suggesting people claim a bounty on a Conservative candidate from the Chinese government. Conservative candidates Mark McKenzie and Stefan Marquis are dropped by the party for past comments and social media posts. The Power Panel discusses how party leaders are dealing with problematic candidates.
Yahoo
01-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Conservatives ditch second candidate in less than 24 hours, social media may be to blame
OTTAWA — The Conservatives have dropped a second candidate in less than 24 hours. In a publication on X, Stefan Marquis wrote that he was informed by a Conservative party official in Quebec that he would no longer represent them in Laurier—Sainte-Marie — a Montreal riding held since 2019 by former environment minister Steven Guilbeault. Marquis said he was told, during a call that he said lasted less than a minute, that people within the party had decided to drop him as a candidate because of social media posts. Marquis criticized the decision, saying that the federal Conservatives 'chose to abruptly cut loose a devoted ally willing to operate in a proven complicated political landscape.' He previously ran as a candidate in the same riding for the Conservative Party of Quebec. 'Publish a non-vetted tweet on X and expect ostracization from your natural ally. This now appears to be the way of Canadian politics,' he wrote. A quick scan of his social media posts shows that Marquis would share positive posts about the Trump administration and U.S. podcaster Joe Rogan, but also frequent criticism of Liberal Leader Mark Carney, Montreal Mayor Valerie Plante and other progressives. Conservatives drop Windsor's Mark McKenzie over Trudeau death penalty comments Carney accepts resignation of candidate who suggested rival be turned over to China He also frequently peddled disinformation and conspiracy theories, including that Russia's invasion of Ukraine was 'provoked' by the expansion of NATO. Conservative spokeswoman Audrey Lepage refused to explain the exact reasons why Marquis had ultimately been dropped as candidate in week two of the campaign. 'He is no longer a candidate. We have nothing to add,' she said. Earlier in the day, the party dropped Windsor-Tecumseh-Lakeshore candidate Mark McKenzie over controversial comments he made in a podcast from February 2022. In that podcast, McKenzie expressed support for the death penalty and appeared to include then-Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on a list of people who should be executed. National Post, with additional reporting by the Windsor Star calevesque@ Get more deep-dive National Post political coverage and analysis in your inbox with the Political Hack newsletter, where Ottawa bureau chief Stuart Thomson and political analyst Tasha Kheiriddin get at what's really going on behind the scenes on Parliament Hill every Wednesday and Friday, exclusively for subscribers. Sign up here. Our website is the place for the latest breaking news, exclusive scoops, longreads and provocative commentary. Please bookmark and sign up for our newsletters here.
CBC
01-04-2025
- Politics
- CBC
Podcast comments sink Mark McKenzie's aspirations as Tory federal candidate
Mark McKenzie is no longer the Conservative candidate for the riding of Windsor-Tecumseh-Lakeshore. His sudden loss of the candidacy is being attributed to controversy over his remarks on the death penalty in a 2022 podcast he co-hosted. Dalson Chen reports.
