The number of new daily infections of COVID-19 is rising across the United States – and the trend is reflected in Penn State Health’s hospitals and outpatient clinics. A panel of Penn State Health physicians and leadership spoke with media about an uptick in COVID positive inpatients and how the health system is managing the challenges of the latest surge. They also discussed the role the public can play to help mitigate the stress on hospitals across the region. The following sound bites/quotes are available for use by media:
Deborah Addo, executive vice president and chief operating officer, Penn State Health
- DeborahAddo_01.mp4 -- Addo says caring for a high number of COVID-19 patients is resource-intensive.
Dr. Peter Dillon, executive vice president and chief clinical officer, Penn State Health
- DrPeterDillon_01.mp4 -- Dr. Dillon says there are several steps the public can take to mitigate the effects of COVID on the health care system.
- DrPeterDillon_02.mp4 -- Dr. Dillon says people can help to ease strain on the health care system by seeking care in the most appropriate place.
Dr. Fahad Khalid, chief of the Division of Hospital Medicine, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
- DrFahadKhalid_01.mp4 -- Dr. Khalid says his team is seeing a lot of COVID patients with severe illness.
- DrFahadKhalid_02.mp4 -- Dr. Khalid says that, as of Thursday, Jan. 6, all COVID patients in the intensive care units at the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center were unvaccinated.
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