It’s Black History Month 🙌🏾 Dr. Daniel Hale Williams performed the world’s first successful heart surgery in 1893. He also founded Provident Hospital and Training School for Nurses, the nation’s first non-segregated Black-owned and operated hospital in America. Join us next Saturday at Enon East for our Go Red Heart Health Event from 10 am to 2 pm. Black adults in the United States die from heart disease at a rate two times higher than whites adults. During our Go Red event we’re hosting a Hea

They Said He Couldn't. He Performed Heart Surgery. On July 10, 1893, Dr. Daniel Hale Williams performed one of the world's first successful open-heart surgeries—without X-rays, antibiotics, or blood transfusions. But this isn't just a medical story. This is the story of Provident Hospital, the nation's first interracial hospital, founded in 1891 when Black doctors were banned from white hospitals and Black patients were turned away from emergency rooms. Discover how one surgeon's refusal to acce

In 1893, Dr. Daniel Hale Williams performed the first successful open-heart surgery at Provident Hospital — the first Black-owned hospital he founded. Provident Hospital was more than a place of healing; it was a radical act of resistance and excellence. 🎥: michaelhforde/IG | Ben Crump