Brooke Army Medical Center to transfer pediatric patients to preserve COVID effort
A 59th Medical Wing Pediatric Critical Care Air Transport Team provides care to a five-month-old patient on board a C-17 Globemaster III headed to California, Oct. 9, 2020. In an effort to preserve staffing and resources in the midst of the pandemic, the Brooke Army Medical Center has announced it will transfer new pediatric patients needing inpatient care to local childrenโs hospitals at this time. Pediatric patients will still be evaluated and treated in the BAMC Emergency Department. โWe have coordinated with all of the major health systems in town to ensure a smooth transfer and continuity of care for our pediatric patients needing inpatient services,โ Osborn said. RELATED: Brooke Army Medical Center takes in trauma patients to help free up beds at other SA hospitals
2 coronavirus exposure warnings issued at Seguin businesses
A Guadalupe County patient who tested positive for the new coronavirus visited two businesses in Seguin, leading County Judge Kyle Kutscher to issue a possible exposure warning on Monday. The individual who tested positive for COVID-19 visited a Walgreens Pharmacy located at 1357 E. Court St. from 8:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. on April 1st. Anyone who visited those stores at those times is encourage to monitor for COVID-19 symptoms like fever, cough, sore throat and shortness of breath for 14 days. COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the new virus, stands for coronavirus disease 2019. MORE CORONAVIRUS COVERAGE FROM KSAT:
Medina County has first confirmed COVID-19 case after woman tests positive
MEDINA COUNTY, Texas โ Medina County officials are reporting the countyโs first positive case of COVID-19. The patient is a 57-year-old woman who is currently isolated in a Bexar County hospital. Officials said there has been no exposure to local businesses or health care facilities in the county. Health officials said this patient is not counted in the Bexar County cases because she is a resident of Medina County despite the woman being treated in a Bexar County hospital. The disease first appeared in late 2019 in Wuhan, China, but spread around the world in early 2020, causing the World Health Organization to declare a pandemic in March.