Listen • 4:44 Michelle Wilson is a fourth-year student at Florida Atlantic University s Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine. She matched in family medicine at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital Albany, Georgia.
The CDC has declared that racism is a serious threat to public health. It’s a threat shows up in doctors’ offices and hospitals. For Black women seeking an OB-GYN, that experience can be especially difficult.
Earlier in April, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declared that racism is a serious threat to a person’s health. It shows up in doctors’ offices and hospitals and for Black women, that experience can be especially dangerous in pregnancy and childbirth.
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Broward mayor concerned COVID-19 positivity and hospitalization not dropping
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Broward County Mayor Steve Geller is reminding residents not to let their guard down when it comes to stopping the spread of COVID-19.
“Even as our vaccine numbers are going up, so is the COVID positivity rate,” the mayor says. “So is the rate of hospitalization, so is the rate of intensive care, so is the hospital COVID count.”
On Wednesday, Local 10 News took you exclusively inside Memorial Hospital West in Pembroke Pines, where over a year into the pandemic, staff continues to battle to save lives from a disease that has already killed nearly 34,000 Floridians.
ICU nurse shares behind-the-scenes details of COVID-19 fight
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PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. – Gessy Beauzil-Edouard has worked for the Memorial Healthcare System for more than two decades. The 51-year-old intensive care unit nurse said she had never experienced anything like the coronavirus pandemic.
The Miramar mother said she has been fighting to save the lives of COVID-19 patients with doctors, respiratory therapists, pharmacists, and other members of the Memorial Hospital West for about a year now. There has been a lot of heartbreak.
“We are caring for your loved ones but we need your help on the outside,” Beauzil-Edouard said.
In an effort to raise awareness, Beauzil-Edouard used her phone to give the public a behind-the-scenes look at the ongoing emergency. She said she wants to motivate the public to use face masks, social distance, and get the COVID-19 vaccine.