MedCram Lecture
Dr. Roger Seheult
April 2
Coronavirus Pandemic Update 48: Curve Flattening in California, PPE in the ICU, Medication Trials
As global COVID-19 infections and deaths continue to rise, Dr. Seheult discusses an encouraging curve flattening trend from preliminary data in California and Washington States. Personal protective equipment in the ICU setting and hydroxychloroquine clinical trials seeking enrollees from the United States and Canada are also discussed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JN-8bGB1cLM
Hydroxychloroquine Treatment Trial conducted by the University of Minnesota Information https://covidpep.umn.edu/ (seeking participants from the United States and Canada, please consider if you qualify).
Coronavirus: Millionaire who tried to charge Philadelphia almost $1m to use empty hospital has property vandalized
...Joel Freedman, a California businessman who owns the currently closed Hahnemann Hospital in Philadelphia, told city officials they could rent the building from him for $1 million a month to house coronavirus patients.
The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that “Joel Kills” and “Free Hahnemann” were spray painted onto a building owned by Mr Freedman in Philadelphia.
….Mr Singer argued that charging the hospital the “hugely, deeply discounted rate” of $910,000 a month was Mr Freedman’s way of working “collectively for the best of the community.”