Trot Insider has received an update on the condition of Atlantic Post Calls editor Doug Harkness
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On Tuesday, January 12, Harkness was transferred from the cardiac unit of the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre in Halifax, NS to the intensive care unit (ICU) of the Cumberland Regional Healthcare Hospital located in his hometown of Amherst, NS.
Trot Insider has been told that Harkness, 71, is continuing to recuperate from a 10-hour surgery on December 1, 2009 in which he underwent a bi-valve replacement and triple bypass surgery. Trot Insider has learned that Harkness is doing much better.
A fundraiser for Harkness is currently in the works. Details of the fundraiser will be announced as soon as they are made available.
Along with all of us here at Standardbred Canada, you can continue to send your well wishes to Doug and the Harkness family by utilizing the 'comments' section which appears below this story.
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Doug; We've never met but I
Doug;
We've never met but I am a fan of maritime racing and have read many of your articles, not only in "Atlantic Post Calls" and local newspapers, but nationally, as well.
As a two-time bypass recipient, I want to welcome you to the "zipper" club. Get well soon.
Rick Karper