by Suneel Dhand | Apr 28, 2020 | Blog, Corona
The last few weeks have turned the country—and indeed the whole world—on its head. Public attention has shifted to the medical frontlines, as the spotlight has shone on the work of doctors, nurses, and all other healthcare professionals. Outpourings of support for the...
by Suneel Dhand | Apr 23, 2020 | Blog, Corona
Fewer things could have made me prouder than how the world of healthcare has really come together over the last few weeks. In this unprecedented situation, I’ve seen the medical community band together with the sole aim of optimal patient care in an unprecedented...
by Suneel Dhand | Apr 21, 2020 | Blog, Corona
I was hoping I’d never have to write this piece, there’s been a nagging suspicion in the medical community for the last few weeks. But as more research emerges, the topic of ventilating COVID patients is now being more openly discussed and debated. Let’s start from...
by Suneel Dhand | Apr 17, 2020 | Blog, Corona
It sounds so simple, but it’s a technique that may save the life of a coronavirus patient: lying PRONE (that is, in layman’s terms: lying on your belly). It has been known for years that lying ventilated patients prone in the Intensive Care Unit, with Acute...
by Suneel Dhand | Apr 14, 2020 | Blog, Corona
I’ve spent the last week working on the coronavirus unit of a Boston-area hospital, treating almost exclusively COVID patients. I wanted to share with you 3 observations I’ve made, that you may not have read about or seen on the news. 1.Gastrointestinal symptoms...
by Suneel Dhand | Apr 7, 2020 | Blog, Corona
As the toll from COVID-19 continues to climb, physicians and scientists are scrambling together the data, to determine why the illness affects some people more than others. Why are there such a large percentage of asymptomatic carriers? Why are some very healthy...
