Merit Health Central is participating in an experimental procedure with the Mayo Clinic.
Experimental procedure being developed to battle COVID 19
Credit: WAPT
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HELPCOVID-19 PATIENTS WHEN OTHERTREATMENTSAREN'T WORKING.AND FOR ONE PATIENT HERE ATMERIT HEALTH CENTRAL...IT COULDSAVE A LIFE.
VOMERIT HEALTH CENTRAL ISPARTICIPATING IN ANEXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE WITH THEMAYO CLINIC.THE INVESTIGATIONAL MEDICATIONIS USINGCONVALESCENT PLASMA AS ATREATMENT FOR THECORONAVIRU01:08 - BUT HERE AT MERIT HEALTHCENTRAL THIS IS GROUND BREAKING.01:11VODOCTOR MICHAEL BOOKHARDTRECEIVED PERMISSION FROM THEFAMILY OF A PATIENT WHO ISCURRENTLY ON LIFE SUPPORT.NO OTHER TREATMENT HAS WORKEDAND THIS ISTHE LAST HOPE.08:39- AT THIS POINT, YOU KNOWANYTHING TO GET THEIR LOVED ONE,THEY'RE BASICALLY WILLING TO TRYANYTHING BECAUSE AT THIS POINTTHE PATIENT IS FIGHTING FORTHEIR LIFE, THEY'RE ON AVENTILATOR 08:48VOTHIS EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE ISNOT F-D-A APPROVED..DOCTOR BOOKHARDT SAYS THERE ARENO F-D-A APPROVED TREATMENTS FORCOVID-19.MOST OF THE CURRENT TREATMENTSAREEXPERIMENTAL.THIS ONE WORKS BY USING THEPLASMA FROMCOVID-19 SURVIVORS, AND IT MAYGIVE HISPATIENT A FIGHTING CHANCE02:17 ALMOST LIKE, YOU CANTHINKABOUT IT LIKE A VACCINE..THATTHOSE ANTIBODIES WILL COME INANDHELP FIGHT OFF THE ONGOINGINFECTION THAT THIS PATIENT ISSUFFERING FROM.
02:26 VOTHIS PATIENT WILL BE THE ONLYONE AT MERITHEALTH TO RECEIVE THIS PROCEDUREFOR NOW.
DOCTORS ARE SEARCHINGNONSTOPFIND NEW WAYS TO FIGHT COVID-1907:38- EVERYDAY WE'RE GOING BACKTO THE DRAWING BOARD, SEEINGWHAT WE CAN DO TO IMPROVE THELIVES AND THE HEALTH OF THEPEOPLE WHO ARE AFFECTED BY THIS07:45VOONCE THE MEDICATION IS GIVEN TOTHE PATIENT,DOCTORS PLAN TO MONITOR THEPROGRESS AND HOPEFULLY LEARNMORE ABOUT THISDEADLY VIRUS.AND DOCTOR BROOKHARDT SAYS HEPRAYS HIS PATIENT WILL SEE MAKEA FULLRECOVERY AND SEE LOVED ONESAGAIN... THIS PROCEDURE HAS BEEN USED ATOTHERHOSPITALS IN MISSISSIPPI.DOCTORS AT MERIT HEALTH CENTRALSAYS ITGIVES THEM HOPE.LIVE IN JACKSON , CECIL HANNIBAL16 WAPT ONLY 16 PERCENT OF ICU BEDSREMAIN AVAILABLEACROSS THE STATE