Personal Jesus

Handcrafted marble replicas of the Christ statue—less than 3 feet tall, complete with the inscription-bearing base— now are available for purchase at the main hospital gift shop. For 115 years, the Christ statue under Hopkins Hospital’s famed dome has brought comfort and hope to countless patients, visitors and employees. Now, at last, you can have your own. Cost: $240. Quantities are limited and sell fast. For details or to place an order: 410-955-2539.

Type for Life

Register with the National Marrow Donor Program and save a life. The annual student-organized drive, now in its fifth year, requires filling out a short health questionnaire and donating about three tablespoons of blood to determine tissue type. That information is then entered anonymously into the NMDP’s database and searched daily by patients needing marrow transplants. Typing takes place: March 8, JHH Broadway Corridor; March 9, School of Nursing, Carpenter Room; March 10, School of Public Health, Anna Baetjer Room; March 11, Preclinical Teaching Building 113; March 12, JHH Broadway Corridor. Details: www.typeforlife.org.

Two New Clinics

An anticoagulation clinic set to open at the end of March at Howard County General Hospital will be the only one of its kind in Howard County. Pharmacists will monitor patients on the blood-thinner warfarin (Coumadin) and teach them about warning signs “so that they don’t wind up in the ED with bleeding complications,” says Masoomeh Kamesian, pharmacy clinical coordinator. The anticoagulation clinic will be open by appointment two mornings a week.

Wilmer’s newest satellite clinic opens March 4 in Columbia, Md. The clinic offers general and specialty eye care and has a full-service optical shop on its premises. The Wilmer Eye Institute at Columbia is located at 10700 Charter Drive. Appointments: 410-910-2330.

24/7, Redux

The Discovery Health Channel plans to rebroadcast the first two episodes of Hopkins 24/7, the ABC News documentary that took viewers around the country into the deepest corners of life at Hopkins Hospital. Airing March 21 is Episode 1, featuring surgeons John Cameron, Paul Colombani and Eddie Cornwell as well as radiologist Elliot Fishman. Episode 2, featuring Ben Carson and others, airs March 28.

Mind on Meditation

With a nod to Valentine’s Day, the Lotus Heart Mindfulness Meditation sanga began meeting Feb. 18 in the Weinberg Meditation Room. Led by Michael Goodman, a telecommunications engineer by day and sanga leader by night, the one-hour meditation experience features centering practices, attention to breath, guided meditation and fellowship. Weekly sessions (Wednesdays, 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.) are open to all. For inpatients, sessions are broadcast on Chapel Channel 23. Info: Oncology Chaplain Nick McDonald, 410-502-1500.