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Scholarship Created In Name Of Slain Chicago Doctor
Former medical school classmates of Dr. Tamara O’Neal who was shot and killed by her ex-fiancée in a shooting last year at Mercy Hospital in Chicago have cre- ated a scholarship fund to honor her with a medical school scholarship created in her name.
Dr. O’Neal was shot and killed by Juan Lopez on Nov. 18. She was one of three victims the gunman killed be- fore taking his own life. For- mer classmates who attended University of Illinois College of Medicine have raised $68,000 to support a first- year medical student in the University of Illinois’ Urban Health Program, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.
They hope the Tamara O’Neal MD Scholarship Fund raises enough money for them to be able to create a second scholarship that would support a fourth-year medical student who plans to complete their residency in the same field O’Neal chose, emergency medicine.
DR. TAMARA O’NEAL
Her father, Tom O’Neal, told the Sun-Times, “Their ul- timate goal is to raise enough money so this will be an on- going scholarship from here on out.”
Chisalu Nchekwube a close friend of O’Neal’s dur- ing medical school said, “Tamara made sure that our group of friends continued to get together even after we all graduated and were all over the country doing our resi- dencies. Our group became like a family and Tamara was the matriarch, the glue that held us together.”
Houston Woman Gives Birth To Six Babies In Nine Minutes
A Houston woman is mak- ing national headlines after giving birth to six babies in nine minutes on Friday, ac- cording to The Woman’s Hospital of Texas.
Thelma Chiaka is now the proud mother of two sets of twin boys and one set of twin girls, born at weights ranging from 1 pound, 12 ounces to 2 pounds, 14 ounces. The Woman’s Hospi- tal of Texas said in a news re- lease that the mother is doing well and the babies are in sta- ble condition. They will con- tinue to receive care in the hospital’s advanced neonatal intensive care unit.
The hospital noted in a statement that the chances of Thelma giving birth to sex- tuplets was one in 4.7 billion.
The statement read:
“The Woman’s Hospital of Texas, an HCA Houston Healthcare Affiliate, which delivers more babies than
Thelma Chiaka and her delivery team.
any other Texas hospital, early this morning welcomed sextuplets, the odds of which are estimated at one in 4.7 billion.
“Two sets of twin boys and one set of twin girls were born this morning between 4:50 and 4:59 a.m.
“The babies were born at weights ranging from one pound, 12 ounces and two pounds, 14 ounces. They are in stable condition and will continue to receive care in
the hospital’s advanced neonatal intensive care unit.
“The medical team of Dr. Ziad Haidar, Dr. Sharmeel Khaira and Dr. Israel Simchowitz say the mother, Thelma Chiaka, is doing well.”
The hospital also shared a photo of the newly famous mother and the delivery team, led by Dr Ziad Haidar, Dr Sharmeel Khaira and Dr Israel Sim- chowitz.
Man Charged In NYC Mob Hit Flashes Pro-Trump Slogans
The man charged with killing the reputed boss of the Gambino crime family wrote pro-Donald Trump slogans on his hand and flashed them to journalists before a court hearing Mon-
dayA. nthony Comello, 24, was arrested Saturday in New Jersey in the death of Francesco “Franky Boy” Cali last week in front of his Staten Island home.
While waiting for a court hearing to begin in Toms River, New Jersey, in which he agreed to be extradited to New York, Comello held up his left hand.
On it were scrawled pro- Trump slogans including “MAGA Forever,” an abbrevi- ation of Trump’s campaign slogan “Make America Great Again.” It also read “United We Stand MAGA” and “Patri- ots In Charge.” In the center of his palm he had drawn a large circle. It was not imme- diately clear why he had done so.
Comello’s lawyer, Brian Neary, would not discuss the writing on his client’s hand, nor would he say whether Comello maintains his inno- cence. Asked by reporters
ANTHONY COMELLO
after the hearing what was on Comello’s hand, Neary replied, “Handcuffs.”
He referred all other ques- tions to Comello’s manhat- tan lawyer, Robert Gottlieb, who said in an emailed statement his client has been placed in protective custody due to “serious threats” that had been made against him, but gave no de- tails of them. Ocean County officials could not immedi- ately be reached after hours on Monday.
“Mr. Comello’s family and friends simply cannot be- lieve what they have been told,” Gottlieb said. “There is something very wrong here and we will get to the truth about what happened as quickly as possible.”
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