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Nuvance hospitals discharge more than 1,000 COVID-19 patients

Danbury State Senator Julie Kushner has held a virtual roundtable discussion with Dr. Patrick Broderick, chair of Emergency Medicine at Danbury Hospital.  Broderick says it's been a rollercoaster for staff since the first case was diagnoses March 6th.  He equated it to waiting on the shore during a tsunami and knowing that a giant wave is coming. 

Broderick noted that Nuvance Health hospitals took a number of steps to protect workers, patients and visitors.  One of the first steps was to limit or ban visitors.  He's been practicing medicine since 1981, and never in his career has he seen this degree of restrictions.  In the Emergency Room, they changed air flow so that the stale air is circulated out and fresh air constantly comes in to the department.  

Broderick relayed a message from one of Danbury Hospital's infectious disease specialists that the way they were treating patients on March 15th is different than on April 1st, Arpil 15th, and today.  This is because doctors have been learning more about the disease each day. 

He says Nuvance hospitals have been able to discharge more than 1,000 patients, and from Danbury Hospital alone, that number is more than 300. 

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Brian Kilmeade

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