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Cathie Boehm: An act of compassion at Merced Medical

To the gentlemen (and fellow patient) at Mercy Medical Center’s emergency room, who slipped off his own coat in an attempt to warm my husband who was having uncontrollable shakes due to sepsis: Thank you for your unselfish act of kindness. No present under the tree could have outshone this demonstration of true Christian love.

Cathie Boehm, Merced

This story was originally published December 29, 2014 at 12:51 PM with the headline "Cathie Boehm: An act of compassion at Merced Medical."

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