Something to believe in
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<p>AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin Poison frontman Bret Michaels, middle, poses with two of his doctors, Mansour Assar, a cardiovascular doctor at St. Joseph's Hospital, and Joseph Zabramski, a neurosurgeon at St. Joseph's Hospital, after giving the doctors one of his signature guitars each, and after Michaels talked about the designs for a music room he will be funding and decorating at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center Barrow Neurological wing Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011, in Phoenix. Michaels is a former patient at the Barrow Neurological center, after suffering a type of life-threatenin…
PHOENIX (AP) - Singer Bret Michaels rocked a Phoenix hospital Thursday with a donation that will benefit its patients and their families.
The Poison frontman announced plans to design a hospitality and music room at the St. Joseph's Barrow Neurological Institute. It's where he was treated in April 2010 for a brain hemorrhage.
"Music to me without a doubt has such healing powers and such positive energy," Michaels said while standing in the room, which will be named for him.
Michaels said the room will include music listening stations, guitars, drums and TVs. It will be decorated with artwork from patients as well as a rotating collection of Michaels' guitars. He hopes it can help others with their emotional and mental recovery.
The idea came to him while he was being treated in the hospital's intensive care unit and seeing not only what patients were going through, but their families too.