Nursing ranks are gutted; those left feel unappreciated, overworked
“I can’t give you numbers, but every hospital has empty beds now,” said Dr. Richard Walker, interim chair of Emergency Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
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COVID-19’s probably a ‘forever virus’
“If you’re a virus, you want to propagate,” said Jon McCullers, who is on the Shelby County Board of Health and is chief operating officer for the College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
Movers and Shakers
Cynthia Russell, PhD, RN, has been named vice chancellor for Academic, Faculty and Student Affairs (AFSA) at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Russell has served as the interim vice chancellor for AFSA since December 2020.Russell graduated from the Holzer Medical Center School of Nursing in Gallipolis, Ohio. She earned her BSN from Ohio… Read More
Dangerously over capacity’ ERs at risk of treating only those likely to survive
With projections that COVID hospitalizations will double by the end of August and increase sixfold by late September, health and city officials are hammering home the role everyone has now to preserve the health care systems.
Shelby County COVID-19 Task Force warns cases could climb higher if virus isn’t contained
On a day when Shelby County reported 915 new COVID-19 cases Thursday, the Shelby County COVID Task Force said cases could be six times higher by the end of September if we do not contain the spread of the virus. Officials noted that there has been a tenfold increase in the number of hospital patients… Read More
7 ways to support kids’ immune systems as they return to school and wait for the Covid vaccine
As kids return to in-person schooling every year, parents are usually prepared for their children’s immune systems to reckon with a few weeks of colds and other illnesses. Add to that list this year: a deadly pandemic, with some symptoms that can mimic other illnesses. As children head to school now, Covid-19 cases are… Read More
Health Care Heroes 2021: Michael Whitt of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC)
If your heart is strong, and you’re fully mobile, and you have all your teeth, you can thank your youth or your good genetics. Or, more likely, you can thank your doctor. A good doctor can see you through everything from minor aches and pains and major medical issues to mental struggles and chronic physical… Read More
Midtown development: Work to begin on retail portion of Orleans Station project
The former home of the Trolley Stop Market on Madison Avenue is getting a facelift and a second life as part of the 10 acre Orleans Station mixed-use development. The buildings from 694-704 Madison will be renovated and reopened as retail spaces for the larger development. According to a grant application from developer Alex Turley,… Read More