Another amazing story out of the Alabama snowstorm.
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama — Dr. Zenko Hrynkiw wonders what all the fuss is about.
The doctor who walked six miles in the snow to perform emergency life-saving brain surgery said any good doctor would do it.
“It really wasn’t that big of a deal,” Hrynkiw said, addressing reporters today at Trinity Medical Center where he is a neurosurgeon.
The publicity shy physician submitted to a news conference Thursday after the story of his walk posted Wednesday on AL.com drew national attention.
Hrynkiw gave details of the 6-mile walk in the snow from one hospital — Brookwood Medical Center where he was assisting another brain surgeon — to another, dressed in hospital scrubs. The journey included stops to help push stranded motorists stuck in the roadway due to the paralyzing snowstorm and a stop to sit in an ambulance to warm up from the below 20-degree weather.
Why did he do it?
The doctor had a dying patient at Trinity and he was stuck at Brookwood. He saw the patient’s CT scans over his wireless phone.
“He had a 90 percent chance of dying,” Hrynkiw said based on what he saw.
So he decided to walk.
HT: IJR