Using Twitter to Help Get a Heart
May 19, 2009 by Liz Lewis
Filed under Announcements, Exposed!, Healthcare
What do you do when someone you love is in need of a heart and healthcare red tape is getting in the way? Well, if you are former CNN reporter Veronica De La Cruz, you use Twitter and other social media networks to get the word out.
Veronica’s brother Eric is suffering from severe cardiomyopathy (a disease that enlarges the heart and makes it incapable of pumping blood effectively) and desperately needs a heart transplant. But because he registered for Medicaid in a state (Nevada) that has no transplant center, authorities will not put him on a list for a heart …read more
