Days after an outbreak of COVID-19 cases at one of the Sioux Falls Good Samaritan Society locations, president and CEO Randy Bury is sharing how the nation’s largest nonprofit provider of senior living is responding.
Hospitals in Sioux Falls and beyond will receive new mechanical CPR devices designed to help care for COVID-19 patients.
Sanford Health is making plans to fill nearly 900 beds on its main Sanford USD Medical Center campus if an anticipated surge in COVID-19 patients meets projections.
A critically ill patient has received a transfusion of plasma from a recovered COVID-19 patient, the first use of the therapy in the Sanford Health system.
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Avera Health has furloughed approximately 650 employees across its system and reduced hours for about 1,500 staff members as the financial and operational implications of COVID-19 take hold.
Avera has joined a national coalition led by Mayo Clinic to test the effectiveness of convalescent plasma as a therapy for COVID-19 patients.
DSU has mobilized to partner with an area hospital and business to start producing needed personal protective equipment for health care workers.
COVID-19 patients whose physicians agree they could benefit from the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine will be able to access the drug at all major health systems in South Dakota, and those who have been exposed might be eligible to take the drug as part of a controlled study led by Sanford Health.
Buildings are being repurposed, staff are being newly trained, and Avera McKennan is bracing itself for a surge of patients with COVID-19.
