Tests since pandemic began: More than 1,305,000"I think there are simply more people infected with COVID-19 and, as a result of that, there are more people coming into intensive care in hospitals in general," Dr McGain said.Critical care nurse Courtnay Bisson feels the strain, but isn't too worried just yet — March and April were something of a trial run for her.
Four days after testing positive I was taken to intensive care at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney, for x-rays of my lungs and heart scans, as an added precaution. He is part of a small minority in Australia who don't survive — 85 per cent of people with COVID-19 who end up in critical care will actually recover.I find that statistic scarier than any other in this pandemic.
At St Vincent's Hospital in Melbourne, researchers are studying the use of blood thinning medication, heparin, as a way to get people off ventilators sooner. "I would love to see if zinc improves the oxygenation levels of patients," urologist Dr Joseph Ischia told 7.30."All we want to see is if people [receiving zinc] require less oxygen when they are in hospital with severe COVID-19 infection, and if they either are able to not go into ICU, or if the zinc helps them get out of ICU more quickly."
More ABC spin, would be good to see SkyNewsAust get access also, to give us a balanced view.......
Has Dan read this article because this lot is on him. resignDanAndrews