Central Islip father thanks medical team that saved his life
A Central Islip
father of four is thanking the surgical team at South Shore University Hospital
that removed a basketball-sized tumor from his liver.
Just two months
ago, 43-year-old Margarito Banos was on the verge of being transferred to
hospice care.
Banos said that
before meeting Dr. Gary Deutsch, many doctors told him there was nothing they
could do to shrink the cancerous tumor.
“When I came to the hospital that day, a lot of doctors saw me,” said
Banos. “[Dr. Deutsch] came around, and I remember he said to me, ‘I think I can
do something.’”
Dr. Deutsch and
his team operated for eight hours in order to remove 95% of the tumor.