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Massachusetts Nurse Needs Helping Hand As She Recovers From Summer Stroke Massachusetts Nurse Needs Helping Hand As She Recovers From Summer Stroke
Massachusetts Nurse Needs Helping Hand As She Recovers From Summer Stroke A 58-year-old woman who has spent most of her life helping others heal needs people to return the favor as she recovers from a stroke from earlier this year, according to her family. Doreen Barker suffered a "massive, right-sided stroke" that landed her in critical care at Mass General Hospital in July, her family wrote on a GoFundMe page. Barker, who worked as a registered nurse for over a decade, is now going through rehab while under her family's care. "Doreen has a long road ahead of her," the page reads. "She has limited speech and paralysis in her right arm and leg and cannot wal…

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by David Cifarelli
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Police: Unattended Bag With Opiate Overdose Kits Found At Pond In Enfield Police: Unattended Bag With Opiate Overdose Kits Found At Pond In Enfield
Police: Unattended Bag With Opiate Overdose Kits Found At Pond In Enfield A police agency in Northern Connecticut is taking steps to help area residents battle addiction after founding opiate “overdose kits” near an area pond. Officers from the Enfield Police Department in Hartford County on patrol around the Freshwater Pond on Thursday, July 22 found an unattended bag laying on the ground containing multiple kits that are used to safely aid addicts. Police said that the kit is utilized by those suffering from opiate addiction to administer drugs as safe as possible, and contains numerous syringes. “Although the intent of this kit is for safe practices, we are s…

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by Zak Failla