PGH Radiology Director Tina Cooper stands at the controls of a nuclear camera that can detect bone cancers, heart disease and gallbladder problems, among many other internal conditions.
Tracy Askew, a registered diagnostic medical sonographer and registered vascular technologist, performs scans and interprets results from the ultrasound machine. IAN TOCHER/Staff
A “robot surgeon” at PGH with tube-like arms (foreground) can perform delicate gallbladder surgery using very thin, high-pressure streams of saline to cut out diseased tissue, among other uses. IAN TOCHER/Staff
Editor’s note: The symmetry of 52 weeks in a year and 26 letters in our alphabet inspired us here at The Eatonton Messenger to embark on an alphabetical journey of Putnam County every other week this year, looking at something – or someone – unique, significant, unusual, or just plain interesting.
When Tom Thompson arrived back home in Putnam County, barely out of his t...
