The event will promote health equity and help the community understand ways to reduce cardiovascular disease.
ATLANTA — A local doctor shared his personal story while making strides in advocating against heart disease at the Atlanta Heart Health Fair.
According to the American Heart Association, cardiovascular disease is one of the leading causes of death in the country. Dr. Melvin Echols, an associate professor at Morehouse School of Medicine and the Chief Diversity and Inclusion Director at the American College of Cardiology, became an advocate after experiencing complications during a routine surgery.
“I got an opportunity to be a very sick patient and be on the other side of the curtain,” said the doctor.
Dr. Echols remembered being the “sickest of the sick” as he was hooked up to machines with at least a 50% chance of dying.
“I obviously have had doctors before, but never to this extent. I was not thought to survive. Actually, …
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