Re: Suicide of Arkansas Heart Surgeon

[Guest guest]

This is indeed a tragedy. A young man I work with had a son whose

heart was outside his tiny body. Through the exceptional skill of

this man and the grace of god the baby is now doing very well. I

don't really know how to find the truth here but I sure would like

to. On the surface it has all of the signs as you stated of an SSRI

induced event. In this case however not only did it claim the life

of a very good DR but many inocent children will die because he will

not be there to save them.

Charlie

>

> Renowned Child Heart Surgeon Commits Suicide

> Dr. Drummond-Webb Was 45

> By JAY HUGHES, AP

>

> LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Dec. 26) - Dr. Drummond-Webb, a heart

> surgeon whose work was the focus of a four-part television series

and

> who successfully implanted a life-saving miniature heart pump in a

> child, was found dead Sunday of a suicide. He was 45.

>

> Drummond-Webb took an overdose of medication and left a note

for

> his wife, who discovered the body, according to Arkansas

Children's

> Hospital. The hospital said friends believe the surgeon suffered a

> sudden bout of depression.

>

> Dr. Bates, chief executive officer of Arkansas Children's

> Hospital, said Drummond-Webb worked tirelessly to save his

patients.

>

> ''Some would say they saved 98 out of 100,'' Bates said

Sunday. ''He

> looked at it and said I lost two out of 100.''

>

> Drummond-Webb, chief of pediatric and congenital cardiac

surgery

> at the hospital, earned a national reputation. In 2002, his work

was

> the subject of a four-part ABC News documentary mini-series. The

> network had said it was attracted by Drummond-Webb's record at the

> time: 830 surgeries in 18 months with a 2 percent mortality rate.

>

> In September, Drummond-Webb performed the first successful implant

of

> a miniature heart pump in a 14-year-old boy with a heart defect,

> keeping him alive until a heart transplant was possible. The teen,

> Marcus, was released from the hospital Thursday.

>

> ' father, Rick Marcus, said the family talked to Drummond-

Webb

> by telephone on Christmas and nothing seemed wrong.

>

> ''He was wonderful to the kids. The kids meant everything to

him,''

> Marcus said. ''You don't expect someone with that kind of vitality

> won't be with us anymore.''

>

> He said his son was devastated by word of the death, and had ended

> the Christmas Day conversation by saying, ''I'll see you, boss,''

his

> nickname for Drummond-Webb.

>

> In 2002, Drummond-Webb said the only reason he allowed ABC's

cameras

> to follow him around for the four-part series on its ''Primetime''

> news show was to get the message out about organ donation.

>

> Earlier this week, the surgeon told The Associated Press: ''This

is a

> high-risk business. We see children walking out, we also see

children

> who do not make it.''

>

> (Associated Press Writer Caryn Rousseau contributed to this

report.)

>

>

> AP-NY-12-26-04 1806EST

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[Guest guest]

You can contact the family to offer condolences and then suggest

the medication might have been a factor. People get down all the time

but very few of them, especially a guy of this caliber, go to this extreme

without some drugs involved.

This is indeed a tragedy. A young man I work with had a son whose

heart was outside his tiny body. Through the exceptional skill of

this man and the grace of god the baby is now doing very well. I

don't really know how to find the truth here but I sure would like

to. On the surface it has all of the signs as you stated of an SSRI

induced event. In this case however not only did it claim the life

of a very good DR but many inocent children will die because he will

not be there to save them.

Charlie

>

> Renowned Child Heart Surgeon Commits Suicide

> Dr. Drummond-Webb Was 45

> By JAY HUGHES, AP

>

> LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Dec. 26) - Dr. Drummond-Webb, a heart

> surgeon whose work was the focus of a four-part television series

and

> who successfully implanted a life-saving miniature heart pump in a

> child, was found dead Sunday of a suicide. He was 45.

>

> Drummond-Webb took an overdose of medication and left a note

for

> his wife, who discovered the body, according to Arkansas

Children's

> Hospital. The hospital said friends believe the surgeon suffered a

> sudden bout of depression.

>

> Dr. Bates, chief executive officer of Arkansas Children's

> Hospital, said Drummond-Webb worked tirelessly to save his

patients.

>

> ''Some would say they saved 98 out of 100,'' Bates said

Sunday. ''He

> looked at it and said I lost two out of 100.''

>

> Drummond-Webb, chief of pediatric and congenital cardiac

surgery

> at the hospital, earned a national reputation. In 2002, his work

was

> the subject of a four-part ABC News documentary mini-series. The

> network had said it was attracted by Drummond-Webb's record at the

> time: 830 surgeries in 18 months with a 2 percent mortality rate.

>

> In September, Drummond-Webb performed the first successful implant

of

> a miniature heart pump in a 14-year-old boy with a heart defect,

> keeping him alive until a heart transplant was possible. The teen,

> Marcus, was released from the hospital Thursday.

>

> ' father, Rick Marcus, said the family talked to Drummond-

Webb

> by telephone on Christmas and nothing seemed wrong.

>

> ''He was wonderful to the kids. The kids meant everything to

him,''

> Marcus said. ''You don't expect someone with that kind of vitality

> won't be with us anymore.''

>

> He said his son was devastated by word of the death, and had ended

> the Christmas Day conversation by saying, ''I'll see you, boss,''

his

> nickname for Drummond-Webb.

>

> In 2002, Drummond-Webb said the only reason he allowed ABC's

cameras

> to follow him around for the four-part series on its ''Primetime''

> news show was to get the message out about organ donation.

>

> Earlier this week, the surgeon told The Associated Press: ''This

is a

> high-risk business. We see children walking out, we also see

children

> who do not make it.''

>

> (Associated Press Writer Caryn Rousseau contributed to this

report.)

>

>

> AP-NY-12-26-04 1806EST

>

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>

[Guest guest]

You can contact the family to offer condolences and then suggest

the medication might have been a factor. People get down all the time

but very few of them, especially a guy of this caliber, go to this extreme

without some drugs involved.

This is indeed a tragedy. A young man I work with had a son whose

heart was outside his tiny body. Through the exceptional skill of

this man and the grace of god the baby is now doing very well. I

don't really know how to find the truth here but I sure would like

to. On the surface it has all of the signs as you stated of an SSRI

induced event. In this case however not only did it claim the life

of a very good DR but many inocent children will die because he will

not be there to save them.

Charlie

>

> Renowned Child Heart Surgeon Commits Suicide

> Dr. Drummond-Webb Was 45

> By JAY HUGHES, AP

>

> LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Dec. 26) - Dr. Drummond-Webb, a heart

> surgeon whose work was the focus of a four-part television series

and

> who successfully implanted a life-saving miniature heart pump in a

> child, was found dead Sunday of a suicide. He was 45.

>

> Drummond-Webb took an overdose of medication and left a note

for

> his wife, who discovered the body, according to Arkansas

Children's

> Hospital. The hospital said friends believe the surgeon suffered a

> sudden bout of depression.

>

> Dr. Bates, chief executive officer of Arkansas Children's

> Hospital, said Drummond-Webb worked tirelessly to save his

patients.

>

> ''Some would say they saved 98 out of 100,'' Bates said

Sunday. ''He

> looked at it and said I lost two out of 100.''

>

> Drummond-Webb, chief of pediatric and congenital cardiac

surgery

> at the hospital, earned a national reputation. In 2002, his work

was

> the subject of a four-part ABC News documentary mini-series. The

> network had said it was attracted by Drummond-Webb's record at the

> time: 830 surgeries in 18 months with a 2 percent mortality rate.

>

> In September, Drummond-Webb performed the first successful implant

of

> a miniature heart pump in a 14-year-old boy with a heart defect,

> keeping him alive until a heart transplant was possible. The teen,

> Marcus, was released from the hospital Thursday.

>

> ' father, Rick Marcus, said the family talked to Drummond-

Webb

> by telephone on Christmas and nothing seemed wrong.

>

> ''He was wonderful to the kids. The kids meant everything to

him,''

> Marcus said. ''You don't expect someone with that kind of vitality

> won't be with us anymore.''

>

> He said his son was devastated by word of the death, and had ended

> the Christmas Day conversation by saying, ''I'll see you, boss,''

his

> nickname for Drummond-Webb.

>

> In 2002, Drummond-Webb said the only reason he allowed ABC's

cameras

> to follow him around for the four-part series on its ''Primetime''

> news show was to get the message out about organ donation.

>

> Earlier this week, the surgeon told The Associated Press: ''This

is a

> high-risk business. We see children walking out, we also see

children

> who do not make it.''

>

> (Associated Press Writer Caryn Rousseau contributed to this

report.)

>

>

> AP-NY-12-26-04 1806EST

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

You can contact the family to offer condolences and then suggest

the medication might have been a factor. People get down all the time

but very few of them, especially a guy of this caliber, go to this extreme

without some drugs involved.

This is indeed a tragedy. A young man I work with had a son whose

heart was outside his tiny body. Through the exceptional skill of

this man and the grace of god the baby is now doing very well. I

don't really know how to find the truth here but I sure would like

to. On the surface it has all of the signs as you stated of an SSRI

induced event. In this case however not only did it claim the life

of a very good DR but many inocent children will die because he will

not be there to save them.

Charlie

>

> Renowned Child Heart Surgeon Commits Suicide

> Dr. Drummond-Webb Was 45

> By JAY HUGHES, AP

>

> LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Dec. 26) - Dr. Drummond-Webb, a heart

> surgeon whose work was the focus of a four-part television series

and

> who successfully implanted a life-saving miniature heart pump in a

> child, was found dead Sunday of a suicide. He was 45.

>

> Drummond-Webb took an overdose of medication and left a note

for

> his wife, who discovered the body, according to Arkansas

Children's

> Hospital. The hospital said friends believe the surgeon suffered a

> sudden bout of depression.

>

> Dr. Bates, chief executive officer of Arkansas Children's

> Hospital, said Drummond-Webb worked tirelessly to save his

patients.

>

> ''Some would say they saved 98 out of 100,'' Bates said

Sunday. ''He

> looked at it and said I lost two out of 100.''

>

> Drummond-Webb, chief of pediatric and congenital cardiac

surgery

> at the hospital, earned a national reputation. In 2002, his work

was

> the subject of a four-part ABC News documentary mini-series. The

> network had said it was attracted by Drummond-Webb's record at the

> time: 830 surgeries in 18 months with a 2 percent mortality rate.

>

> In September, Drummond-Webb performed the first successful implant

of

> a miniature heart pump in a 14-year-old boy with a heart defect,

> keeping him alive until a heart transplant was possible. The teen,

> Marcus, was released from the hospital Thursday.

>

> ' father, Rick Marcus, said the family talked to Drummond-

Webb

> by telephone on Christmas and nothing seemed wrong.

>

> ''He was wonderful to the kids. The kids meant everything to

him,''

> Marcus said. ''You don't expect someone with that kind of vitality

> won't be with us anymore.''

>

> He said his son was devastated by word of the death, and had ended

> the Christmas Day conversation by saying, ''I'll see you, boss,''

his

> nickname for Drummond-Webb.

>

> In 2002, Drummond-Webb said the only reason he allowed ABC's

cameras

> to follow him around for the four-part series on its ''Primetime''

> news show was to get the message out about organ donation.

>

> Earlier this week, the surgeon told The Associated Press: ''This

is a

> high-risk business. We see children walking out, we also see

children

> who do not make it.''

>

> (Associated Press Writer Caryn Rousseau contributed to this

report.)

>

>

> AP-NY-12-26-04 1806EST

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

You can contact the family to offer condolences and then suggest

the medication might have been a factor. People get down all the time

but very few of them, especially a guy of this caliber, go to this extreme

without some drugs involved.

This is indeed a tragedy. A young man I work with had a son whose

heart was outside his tiny body. Through the exceptional skill of

this man and the grace of god the baby is now doing very well. I

don't really know how to find the truth here but I sure would like

to. On the surface it has all of the signs as you stated of an SSRI

induced event. In this case however not only did it claim the life

of a very good DR but many inocent children will die because he will

not be there to save them.

Charlie

>

> Renowned Child Heart Surgeon Commits Suicide

> Dr. Drummond-Webb Was 45

> By JAY HUGHES, AP

>

> LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Dec. 26) - Dr. Drummond-Webb, a heart

> surgeon whose work was the focus of a four-part television series

and

> who successfully implanted a life-saving miniature heart pump in a

> child, was found dead Sunday of a suicide. He was 45.

>

> Drummond-Webb took an overdose of medication and left a note

for

> his wife, who discovered the body, according to Arkansas

Children's

> Hospital. The hospital said friends believe the surgeon suffered a

> sudden bout of depression.

>

> Dr. Bates, chief executive officer of Arkansas Children's

> Hospital, said Drummond-Webb worked tirelessly to save his

patients.

>

> ''Some would say they saved 98 out of 100,'' Bates said

Sunday. ''He

> looked at it and said I lost two out of 100.''

>

> Drummond-Webb, chief of pediatric and congenital cardiac

surgery

> at the hospital, earned a national reputation. In 2002, his work

was

> the subject of a four-part ABC News documentary mini-series. The

> network had said it was attracted by Drummond-Webb's record at the

> time: 830 surgeries in 18 months with a 2 percent mortality rate.

>

> In September, Drummond-Webb performed the first successful implant

of

> a miniature heart pump in a 14-year-old boy with a heart defect,

> keeping him alive until a heart transplant was possible. The teen,

> Marcus, was released from the hospital Thursday.

>

> ' father, Rick Marcus, said the family talked to Drummond-

Webb

> by telephone on Christmas and nothing seemed wrong.

>

> ''He was wonderful to the kids. The kids meant everything to

him,''

> Marcus said. ''You don't expect someone with that kind of vitality

> won't be with us anymore.''

>

> He said his son was devastated by word of the death, and had ended

> the Christmas Day conversation by saying, ''I'll see you, boss,''

his

> nickname for Drummond-Webb.

>

> In 2002, Drummond-Webb said the only reason he allowed ABC's

cameras

> to follow him around for the four-part series on its ''Primetime''

> news show was to get the message out about organ donation.

>

> Earlier this week, the surgeon told The Associated Press: ''This

is a

> high-risk business. We see children walking out, we also see

children

> who do not make it.''

>

> (Associated Press Writer Caryn Rousseau contributed to this

report.)

>

>

> AP-NY-12-26-04 1806EST

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[Guest guest]

This article states that he had " often suffered bouts of depression " .

http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/1000.html

[Guest guest]

This article states that he had " often suffered bouts of depression " .

http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/1000.html