Thankful for Health Systems Management

In September at the age of 44 I had a stroke. All my tests showed I was a healthy 44 year old woman but the next day after one more test I was diagnosed with having a PFO and an ASA, a congenital heart defect. The defect was the probable cause of my stroke.

Health Systems Management contacted me; I informed them I wanted a second opinion of my diagnosis. They encouraged me to go to the Mayo Clinic for that second opinion so that is what I did. My experience at the Mayo was nothing but positive and after getting my second opinion there I then had heart surgery at St. Mary‘s hospital in Rochester to correct my heart defect.

I am thankful to Health Systems Management and its patient advocate Laird Miller and want other members of our Local 49 to know of this great service our health and welfare fund offers.

A member from Minnesota.

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