In retrospect, medical student Nadia Popovici was happy that Brian Hamilton had himself examined
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A young medical student probably saved the life of a Canadian ice hockey supervisor: In the stadium, she discovered a suspicious mole on his neck. She warned him on her cell phone, but he didn’t know her name. In the end there was a serious diagnosis – and a happy ending for everyone.
Mith a suspected life-saving diagnosis on the sidelines, a young medical student has won over an entire Canadian ice hockey club and its fans. Brian “Red” Hamilton, one of the kit supervisors of the first division ice hockey team Vancouver Canucks, was looking for his savior with a letter that the club distributed on Saturday via Twitter.
“To the woman I’m trying to find: You changed my life and now I want to find you to say thank you so much,” wrote Hamilton.
The woman was one of the spectators of the Seattle Kraken game against the Vancouver Canucks on October 23.
Shot when Nadia Popovici (with a green cap) tries to communicate with Brian “Red” Hamilton (left) during the game
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In doing so, she discovered a suspicious mole on the neck of the attendant standing in front of her and tried desperately to get his attention.
“Please go to a doctor!”
Finally she wrote a message on her cell phone. She held the cell phone screen up to the pane separating the Canucks’ bench viewers for Hamilton to read. “The mole on the back of her neck may be cancer. Please go to a doctor! “
The message from Nadia Popovici to the kit manager
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Hamilton’s letter to his unknown savior spread quickly and within an hour she was located. It was Nadia Popovici, 22, who was recently admitted to medical school. Hamilton was overjoyed at a press conference. “The only reason for the letter was because I really wanted to let her know that her persistence and everything she did was taken seriously.”
Hamilton himself had never noticed the dangerous mole. During the examination, however, it turned out to be malignant melanoma, also known as black skin cancer. The doctors removed the malignant tumor.
Hamilton therefore celebrated Popovici as a “heroine”. She is an “incredible person who took the time to notice something worrying and then find a way to draw attention to it during the chaos of an ice hockey game”.
On Saturday evening (local time), Popovici and Hamilton met in person for another game between the Canucks and the Kraken in Seattle. Popovici told Hamilton, “What an incredible way to start my path into medical school! That is invaluable. ”She is so happy for Hamilton“ that you had it examined ”.
Grateful: Brian Hamilton hugs his savior Nadia Popovici
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During the game, when Popovici wore an octopus shirt, both teams announced that they would support Popovici’s medical studies with $ 10,000.
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