Cheney Donates to New Heart Center

Here's a little feel good story for all you lefties out there who think Dick Cheney is a heartless tyrant. George Washington Hospital made Cheney feel better, and now he's going to help make many others feel better through their new heart center:

Vice President Dick Cheney is giving back to the hospital that saved his life.

The GW Medical Faculty Associates and School of Medicine and Health Sciences announced yesterday the establishment of the Richard B. and Lynne V. Cheney Cardiovascular Institute, which will be funded by a $2.7 million gift from the vice president and his wife.

Said Cheney, “Lynne and I have been grateful for the first-rate care provided by the doctors at The George Washington University Medical Faculty Associates and we are pleased to support their efforts to advance the treatment of cardiac disease.”

The hospital said the mission of the cardiovascular institute will be “the advancement of research, education, and clinical care of cardiovascular disease.” The institute will include clinicians and scientists in cardiology, radiology, cardiovascular surgery, biochemistry, molecular biology, and pharmacology. The first initiative will be the identifying the use significance of genomics and proteonomics in cardiovascular disease.

“The Cheney gift has provided us an opportunity to achieve these goals,” said Dr. Richard Katz, director of the Division of Cardiology and the director of the Cardiovascular Institute.

“The MFA is deeply appreciative of this generous gift from the Vice President and Mrs. Cheney as their charitable contribution will enable us to do advanced research in cardiovascular disease,” added Alan G. Wasserman, chairman of the Department of Medicine and president of the MFA.

So you see, Cheney doesn't just put people in the hospital - he's helping others get out as well.