COVID-19 continues to progress and local health officials say the numbers are declining, but have the fears of seeking routine healthcare and dental care subsided?
According to health officials, people are neglecting their personal care because they don t feel safe stepping foot inside of a hospital, doctor s office, dental office, or anywhere that has to do with seeing patients.
John Gizdic, president and chief executive officer for New Hanover Regional Medical Center, said in a town hall webinar that it s about building trust in the community again. We are nearing another public health epidemic, Gizdic said. We are seeing as many or more deaths in the population of people neglecting their routine care than even the COVID population.
BELVIDERE, N.C. (WTVD) Equipment failures likely caused the pilot to shut down the wrong engine shortly before a fatal helicopter crash in North Carolina in 2017.
The crash happened September 8, 2017 in Perquimans County near Belvidere. The helicopter belonged to Duke Health. It was transporting two staff nurses and a patient to Duke Medical Center from Sentara Albemarle Medical Center.
The nurses, patient and helicopter pilot all died in the crash.
The national Transportation Safety Board determined that the accident happened after a failure in the rear bearing of the helicopter s number 2 engine.
That rear bearing failure caused unexpected and confusing cockpit indications, according to the NTSB report. The pilot then shutdown the number 1 engine, which caused engine number 2 to degrade quickly and ultimately lose power entirely.
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Nicole Yeshtokin, 37, worked in a battlefield medical unit on the Syrian border for six months in 2017 as the U.S. military supported the fight against ISIS in Iraq. She treated American and Iraqi troops.