{"id":13259,"date":"2026-08-18T10:00:04","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T10:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/?p=13259"},"modified":"2026-08-14T15:37:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T15:37:28","slug":"patient-testimonial-wayne-singleton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/patient-testimonial-wayne-singleton\/","title":{"rendered":"Patient Testimonial- Wayne Singleton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/c8e81490-86c3-434b-ba91-3826e7df35f6-1_all_1197.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13260 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/c8e81490-86c3-434b-ba91-3826e7df35f6-1_all_1197-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/c8e81490-86c3-434b-ba91-3826e7df35f6-1_all_1197-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/c8e81490-86c3-434b-ba91-3826e7df35f6-1_all_1197-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/c8e81490-86c3-434b-ba91-3826e7df35f6-1_all_1197-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/c8e81490-86c3-434b-ba91-3826e7df35f6-1_all_1197.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u201cI am grateful to Dr. Atalay and the hospital staff for aiding in my recovery\u201d,\u00a0is\u00a0what I said after\u00a0Dr. Atalay and the staff at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center\u00a0saved my life after I had a major stroke at work.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On January 21<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">st<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0of this year, I was working at my job\u00a0when\u00a0suddenly, I\u00a0began to experience the symptoms of a\u00a0stroke.\u00a0As the stroke\u00a0advanced, I\u00a0collapsed.\u00a0My\u00a0colleague\u00a0came out of\u00a0his office to help\u00a0and\u00a0called an ambulance.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The ambulance brought me to the Emergency Department at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where I was\u00a0immediately\u00a0prepped for surgery.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Dr. Yahya Atalay, a neuro-intervention specialist, treated me and successfully performed a thrombectomy, a procedure to remove the clot from my brain via my groin.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Presently, I am enrolled in cardio-rehabilitation three days per week. I do light to moderate exercises, and I monitor my vitals daily. I am recovering from my stroke one day at a time.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Thank you\u00a0to Dr. Atalay and the\u00a0Jamaica Hospital\u00a0staff\u00a0for\u00a0everything they have done for me.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer\">All content of this newsletter is intended for general information purposes only and is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.  Please consult a medical professional before adopting any of the suggestions on this page.   You must never disregard professional medical advice or delay seeking medical treatment based upon any content of this newsletter.<strong>  PROMPTLY CONSULT YOUR PHYSICIAN OR CALL 911 IF YOU BELIEVE YOU HAVE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY.<\/strong> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI am grateful to Dr. Atalay and the hospital staff for aiding in my recovery\u201d,\u00a0is\u00a0what I said after\u00a0Dr. Atalay and the staff at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center\u00a0saved my life after I had a major stroke at work.\u00a0 On January 21st\u00a0of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/patient-testimonial-wayne-singleton\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1,61,14,2313,2074,4],"tags":[722,2235,2041,2139,478,473],"class_list":["post-13259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-health","category-health","category-lifestyle","category-mens-health","category-neurology","category-stroke","category-womens-health","tag-health","tag-mens-health","tag-neurology","tag-patient-testimonial","tag-stroke","tag-womens-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13259"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13262,"href":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13259\/revisions\/13262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jamaicahospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}