Here are the key details to know:
1. Dr. McCartney operated on 11-year-old Mia Polanco pro bono at the Optim Surgery Center to correct her scoliosis.
2. Dr. McCartney performed Ms. Polanco’s procedure Nov. 7.
3. Dr. McCartney previously operated on her brother, 15-year-old Carlos Polanco.
“Our surgery center is required to do a certain amount of indigent care or charity cases and we were behind our percentages at that point. So, it sort of rang a bell in my head I might be able to get this done at our surgery center, and that’s how that all came together,” Dr. McCarthy told WSAV3.
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