My sister - who lives in Jacksonville, Florida - just texted me and said that her husband met with a neurosurgeon - he needs surgery, but he can't have it due to the "overwhelming" covid "inpatients". According to my sister, he will remain on crutches / wheelchair and in constant pain! These hospitals need to be held FINANCIALLY responsible for the pain and suffering they are causing regular patients due to their LIES!!
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I can only tell you what I know from our hospital. Pre-COVID the visitor parking lot was always full, but when COVID hit, visitors are extremely limited. Our hospital is full to the brim, but the visitor parking lot looks empty. If you drive to the back of the hospital, the employee parking lot is full. Also, during a surge, patients tend to not get their outpatient testing done like normal, so the outpatient lab, x-ray, etc. is not very busy.
That doesn’t line up with what I saw. The hospital looked empty.
Another serious question: What medications are given to COVID patients in your hospital? I realize you're getting hit hard with naysayers, and I appreciate the time you are taking to respond. But I am curious as to what treatments hospitals are using
Thank you. In the beginning convalescent plasma was being given, and it still is, but the medication that we were told yesterday on a call that is working the best is Regeneron monoclonal antibodies. They are still using Remdesivir. Dexamethasone (steroids) are used to reduce inflammation, and antibiotics for secondary infections, especially for pneumonia. By the time a person is sick enough to be hospitalized, they pull out the big guns. The goal is to keep a person off of a ventilator.