Editor, Commonwealth:
Greenwood Leflore Hospital’s emergency room is awesome.
My mom was diagnosed with COVID-19 while in the ER. The nurses, ER tech and the radiology techs were kind and professional. The doctor explained that my mom met the criteria for getting an experimental drug called Bamlanimivab, which impedes the progression of the virus. We were given information and allowed the opportunity to decide in private. My mom agreed to take the medicine. They explained that it was a long process, but everything went just as they described.
Four hours after we got home, she was asking for real food again. The next day she was using her exercise bike again. Today (Jan. 14), nine days later, she is back to normal.
Not all hospitals are using this medicine. It has been released as an emergency treatment while awaiting U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval.
Greenwood Leflore Hospital is on the cutting edge of COVID treatment. Thank you all for a job well done. Now my mom can look forward to her 88th birthday.
G.A. Brown
Sidon
