Patients with COVID-19 are declining in health at a rate that shocks even veteran doctors and nurses, who are scrambling to determine how to stop such sudden deterioration
- One medical worker called it “insane,” another said it induces paranoia - the speed with which patients are declining and dying from the novel coronavirus is shocking even veteran doctors and nurses as they scramble to determine how to stop such sudden deterioration.
A young woman died unexpectedly while nurse Laurie Douglas was on duty at Our Lady of the Lake Hospital in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. After 34 years on the job, Douglas said she normally has “an intuition of who is going to fade and who may improve.” “The scary thing is there are no rules to it,” said the resident, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Associated Press journalist Anick Jesdanun, who was in good health and had run 83 marathons, died last week from COVID-19, according to a post on Facebook by his cousin, Prinda Mulpramook. FILE PHOTO: Medical professionals see walk-in patients at a Covid-19 testing tent on the grounds of the George Washington University Hospital during the coronavirus disease pandemic in Washington, U.S. April 7, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
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