Yuma local thanks doctors on National Trauma Survivors Day
May 15 is National Trauma Survivors Day
YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) - Blake Thomas is thanking Dignity Health St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix after he lost his arm in a construction mining accident at his family business last summer in Yuma.
The accident happened in July 2023 when Blake was clearing a pile-up in a feeder used to crush rocks.
He was then flown to Dignity Health where he had to undergo five staged operations over about a month.
Valeria Rodriguez will have the full story tonight on News 11 at 5 p.m., 6 p.m., and 10 p.m.
