Medical student sees stain on the neck of an ice hockey kit manager - and saves his life

Created: 01/04/2022, 02:12 PM

From: Marius Epp

Brian Hamilton hugs his savior Nadia Popovici.

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Ice hockey kit man Brian Hamilton probably owes his life to medical student Nadia Popovici.

She found a suspicious spot on the back of his neck.

Seattle - The game is on, all fans in the stadium are watching the Seattle Kraken's NHL game against the Vancouver Canucks.

All but one.

Nadia Popovici sits directly behind the Plexiglas in the first row and sees a dark spot on the neck of Vancouver kit man Brian Hamilton.

She tries to draw his attention to this, but the functionary cannot hear her.

So the 22-year-old medical student picks up her smartphone, types in a message and shows it to Hamilton: “The mole on her neck is possibly cancer.

Please see a doctor. ”Hamilton did as recommended, the stain turned out to be“ malignant melanoma ”, also known as black skin cancer.

Doctors removed the malignant tumor, which Hamilton himself had not noticed.

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He was so relieved that he wanted to find his heroine by letter on Twitter * to thank her.

"To the woman I'm trying to find, you've changed my life and now I want to find you to say thank you," wrote Hamilton.

It didn't last long - Popovici was found after an hour.

"I just wanted to tell her that her persistence was taken seriously," said Hamilton at a press conference.

“She is a heroine.

An incredible person who took the time to notice something worrying and then find a way to bring it to the attention during the chaos of an ice hockey game. "

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Both teams paid Popovici a $ 10,000 scholarship to study medicine.

Her commitment to the person in charge of the opposing team (she is a Seattle fan) made waves across the country.

On Saturday evening (local time), Popovici and Hamilton met in person for another Canucks game against the Kraken in Seattle.

Popovici told Hamilton, “What an incredible way to start my path into medical school!

That is invaluable. ”She is so glad that Hamilton had the stain examined.

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