Denver ER doctor suffers major heart attack, wakes up permanently blind

DENVER (KDVR) — A Colorado doctor went into sudden cardiac arrest at 40 years old and woke up in the hospital with no vision.

Although Bill Lubinsky is lucky to be alive, he is now permanently blind, and it comes with a lot of new challenges, but the community has rallied around the physician in a big way to help him with his next steps in life.

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Lubinsky’s medical career was just getting started. He was an emergency room doctor who dedicated his life to pouring into his patients, but now the shoe is on the other foot. He is the patient after suffering a massive heart attack, which resulted in him permanently losing his vision.

Once simple tasks, like pouring a cup of coffee or making a bed, have now become tall tasks for Lubinsky…

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