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Charles Richard Drew (June 3, 1904 – April 1, 1950) was an American surgeon and medical researcher. He researched in the field of blood transfusions, developing improved techniques for blood storage, and applied his expert knowledge to developing large-scale blood banks early in World War II.
The Charles Richard Drew House is a historic house at 2505 1st Street in Arlington, Virginia.A vernacular early 20th-century dwelling, it is of national significance as the home from 1920 to 1939 of Charles Richard Drew (1904–50), an African-American physician whose leadership on stockpiling of blood plasma saved lives during World War II.
This episode also contains a claim that Dr. Charles Drew [died April 1, 1950], known for his pioneering work with blood plasma, died in a North Carolina hospital which refused to admit him or treat his injuries based on his race. This claim, although widely repeated, is false.
r. Drew University of Medicine and Science received $75 million as part of Bloomberg Philanthropies' Greenwood Initiative. Historically Black medical school in South L.A. receives largest gift ever
The hospital opened on July 7, 2015, [2] in a new US$208,500,000 building. [3] [4] The hospital on the site of the former Martin Luther King Jr. Multi-Service Ambulatory Care Center, originally named the Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center, known as King/Drew. [5]
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But less than three months into his living on his own, his phone buzzed. An old friend asked if Hamm wanted to get high. The two of them drove to Cincinnati, bought $100 worth of heroin and shot up together in Hamm’s seven-year-old Toyota Camry. Hamm later blamed his relapse on a bad day at work, among other reasons.
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science is a private university in Willowbrook, California, focused on health sciences. It was founded in 1966 in response to inadequate medical access within the Watts region of Los Angeles, California. [2] The university is named in honor of Charles R. Drew.