The pediatric cardiology department at Massachusetts General Hospital provided Josmaily Cruz, 6, and his family with gifts for Christmas, the Boston Herald reports.
Cruz, who grew up in the Dominican Republic, arrived at the hospital with severe burns on the right side of his face and arm. Doctors then found that he had severe heart failure, according to the newspaper.
Cruz’s father has struggled finding employment in Massachusetts, so the hospital’s staff reached out to the family a few weeks ago and told them they wanted to treat them to a memorable Christmas.
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Tim Casey joined TriMed Media Group in 2015 as Executive Editor. For the previous four years, he worked as an editor and writer for HMP Communications, primarily focused on covering managed care issues and reporting from medical and health care conferences. He was also a staff reporter at the Sacramento Bee for more than four years covering professional, college and high school sports. He earned his undergraduate degree in psychology from the University of Notre Dame and his MBA degree from Georgetown University.