The Surge. It’s coming. When will it arrive in Memphis and Shelby County? How long will it last? How large will it be? How many people will get sick? How many will die? Will we be prepared?
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center says it has received a donation of thousands of masks from its partner institutions in China. UTHSC says the donation is the result of the university’s affiliation with several academic and health care institutions in China.
The University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center (UTHSC) College of Dentistry says it has successfully created highly effective biologic filtration masks using a 3-D printer in its Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. “We were having difficulty obtaining the proper PPE (personal protective equipment) N95 mask,” said Jeffrey Brooks, DMD, executive associate dean and associate… Read More
A majority of people who test positive for COVID-19 do recover from the illness. A Memphis man who survived the virus is now discussing the effects of the disease.
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center has received thousands of masks from from universities in China. Donald Thomason, dean of the College of Graduate Health Sciences, said the college has already received 2,000 masks from Hebei University and Hebei Medical University. Another 10,000 are en route from Harbin Medical University. First Hospital of Qiqihar… Read More
Several Shelby County commissioners also are pushing for county funding to open more testing sites in North and South Memphis and medical equipment supplies to combat the pandemic. One is Tami Sawyer, who had symptoms related to coronavirus and had to be tested twice at Christ Community Health Services over a two-week period, before receiving… Read More
Dr. Jon McCullers of UTHSC answers questions about coronavirus.
Tennessee health care may have received a victory this month, as recent UT policy looked to encourage medical school attendance. The Board of Trustees at UT’s Health Science Center recently approved a series of tuition cuts. While only certain medical school degrees will be affected, any who go to UT Memphis for such medical majors… Read More
