Posts Tagged ‘covid19’
What Is It Like Fighting on the Front Lines as a Health Care Worker?
Julie Carey, NBC-4 Washington – Originally published March 27, 2020 Fairfax County emergency room doctors and nurses are helping different patients every day, including coronavirus patients. “Our job is to be there no matter what comes through the door and staying focused on that is what gets us through every shift,” says Dr. Kari Scantlebury,…
Read MoreHow Is the Coronavirus Putting Stress on Health Care Systems?
Thursday, March 26, 2020 – Interview on CBS Squawk Box J. Stephen Jones, MD, MBA, FACS, President and CEO of Inova, discusses Inova’s preparedness on the front lines of the fight against the coronavirus with testing kits being the most significant supply challenge. “We have seen that our people have done exactly what we would…
Read MoreA Boy From Ashburn Transforms Hotel Shower Caps Into Hospital Supplies
Zohaib Begg, a 7-year-old boy from Ashburn, Virginia, gathered together thousands of shower caps, gloves, and masks to donate as protective equipment to an emergency room running low on protective supplies. “He just started thinking about what else we could come up with,” said Isma Begg, his mother. “We never thought hotels would have face…
Read MoreVirginia Restaurant Delivers Free Food to First Responders in the Battle Against Coronavirus
Sal Speziale and his employees heard that Inova Fair Oaks Hospital emergency room doctors and nurses did not have any lunches, so they prepared and delivered lunch and dinner meals to the emergency room. “It’s truly amazing. I watch my team light up when they show up with all this food,” said Kimberly Dillon, the…
Read MoreAsthma Could Increase Risk of COVID-19 Complications
The Frederick News-Post published a story on March 24 about the additional risks of COVID-19 complications that could be faced by those with underlying health conditions including asthma. Having asthma does not make people more at risk of getting COVID-19, says Inova’s Amit (Bobby) K. Mahajan, MD, who also serves as a volunteer spokesman for…
Read MoreHow Can You Tell the Difference Between Allergies and Coronavirus?
If you start coughing and have a runny nose, how do you know if it’s allergies or if you could have the new coronavirus? “We’re starting to learn more about this virus on a daily basis,” said Amit (Bobby) Mahajan, MD, director of interventional pulmonology at Inova Fairfax Hospital and volunteer spokesperson for the American…
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