Victor Hong, M.D., quoted in Sports Illustrated story about Wolverines football player Ernest Hausmann

Author | Kat Bergman

Link to the original Sports Illustrated article

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On Dec. 16, Dr. Hong was tipped off that Hausmann was spotted at a grocery store in Ann Arbor. Hong got on the phone with the Hausmanns, who told him of the accident, that he ended up in the emergency room and had been treated for injuries—and that, fortunately, he was not seriously hurt in any way. But it was time, as Hong saw it, to go further. “God bless Dr. Hong,” Teresa continues. “He saved my son’s life.”

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