Doctor identifies case of coronavirus-related psychosis in patient
Research on how the virus affects the brain is still in its early days, but some experts think the cause could be the body s immune system or inflammation response.
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Research is uncovering cases of severe psychosis in coronavirus patients.
A patient in Los Angeles undergoing care for COVID-19 also developed a severe mental disorder. We have a patient presently who is being treated for COVID. And while being treated for COVID has psychosis and has emerged with beliefs that are totally bizarre abnormal, Keck Medicine of USC psychiatrist Dr. Steven Siegel said.
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Published on: 12-30-2020
Loma Linda University Health representatives were on hand at Malamulo Adventist Hospital in the southeastern African nation of Malawi earlier in December 2020 to celebrate the facility’s first surgery residency program graduates.
Two graduates, Lijalem Taye Garba of Ethiopia and Constance Ndum of Cameroon, were honored during the ceremony, which marked the latest step for Loma Linda University Health and its parent, the Seventh-day Adventist Church, to develop advanced health care in the region.
Loma Linda University Health president Richard H. Hart said a painful reality exists in many African countries: there are only a handful of surgeons in many countries to meet the 56 million people across the continent who need surgical care each year.
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Published on: 12-28-2020
Near the end of 2019, Michelle Arrigo was completing her final rounds of chemotherapy at Loma Linda University Health – Beaumont – Banning in California, United States. The year before, she was suspecting pancreatic cancer before even receiving the diagnosis. Now without signs of cancer, Arrigo said she’s found a new calling reaching out to patients battling cancer and offering emotional and mental support.
“I really believe that my goal now in life is to reach out to people who have cancer, whether pancreatic or not, to help them through this journey,” Arrigo said. During her treatment, she often observed patients going into the clinic alone, many of them appearing sad and scared. “I just want to ease the way and be someone they can talk to when they get scared, or even when they’re not scared.”
Dec 23, 2020
Health workers at Loma Linda University Health received the organization’s first vaccinations against COVID-19 .
Victor Sabala, an environmental services worker at Loma Linda University Medical Center received the first shot, followed by Bertha Leon, another environmental services worker at the Medical Center, and Amber Mejia, an Emergency Department nurse at the Medical Center.
Approximately 3,800 doses of the vaccine were delivered to LLUH on Wednesday, December 16, and will be given to employees throughout the next weeks.
The vaccinations are being administered by Loma Linda University students from the School of Pharmacy and School of Nursing.
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The relocating process for the Come Unto Me sculpture is underway, with the entire 10-piece grouping being placed in its new location just east of the new hospital s Galleria entrance facility. The work had been located in a small garden courtyard located northeast of the previous main entrance area to the Medical Center.
Installed on campus in January 2009, the work shows a seated Christ inviting children and adults to come forward in welcome. Physicians, nurses, and patients of all ages are depicted. Victor Issa, a sculptor living in Loveland, Colorado, created the grouping for Loma Linda University Health.
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