Drs. Waqas and Bauer Named Service Heroes at Infirmary

Dr. Muhammad Waqas and Dr. Thurston Bauer were recently named Service Heroes at the Infirmary for displaying the value of COMPASSION.

The doctors were nominated by a coworker, who witnessed their compassionate acts toward a patient. During the Service Hero presentation, the patient’s family joined the doctors to say thank you.

“As we know, we all become very close to our LVAD/HVAD patients. They tend to come in and out of the hospital often for appointments and are readmitted so we can tune them up and send them back home.

“As Dr. Waqas, Dr. Bauer and the family of Mr. Green made the difficult decision to let him go home with hospice today, our team pulled together an amazing send off. Dr. Waqas and Dr. Bauer were amazing with arranging a special surprise for Mr. Green going home. They know his love for motorcycles and how he made the difficult decision seven months ago to sell his own. Dr. Waqas sent one of Mr. Green’s family members home to grab Mr. Green’s bike jacket.

“Dr. Waqas himself went home and grabbed his helmets and his Harley, and he personally took Mr. Green home on the back of a motorcycle. The tears of sadness and joy were shared by all of us, but this was honestly the most amazing thing I have witnessed as a nurse. This is why we do what we do, and Dr. Waqas and Dr. T. Bauer both deserve to be recognized for this.”