the Enterprise staff This past week in the Adirondacks, the state Department of Environmental Conservation rescued fishermen from a floating ice sheet, helped an injured snowmobiler and and rescued a couple whose vehicle got stuck on a snowmobile trail. –
– On Mar. 1 at 3 p.m., DEC environmental conservation police officers (ECOs), DEC forest rangers and the Cumberland Head Fire Department helped two anglers stranded on a floating ice sheet on Lake Champlain in the town of Plattsburgh. Fire department personnel accessed the men, from Plattsburgh, with an inflatable rescue craft and brought one of them safely to shore. When rangers arrived on scene, two fire department personnel and the second angler and his gear were still on the ice sheet. ECOs and rangers launched the airboat, and Ranger Glen Bronson was able to retrieve all parties and gear from the ice and bring them back to shore.
acerbone@adirondackdailyenterprise.com GABRIELS An Altona man was in critical condition Monday after a snowmobile crash on a trail between Lake Clear and Gabriels Sunday evening. Justin Perry, 33, was riding north along a trail following power lines when he struck a support cable and was ejected from the snowmobile, State Police Investigator Shannon Connors said. Connors is not the investigator for this particular case but said the crash is under investigation. State Police Public Information Director Beau Duffy said Perry was “seriously injured.” As of 5:30 p.m. Monday, she said Perry was in critical condition at the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington, Vermont.
Severe Obesity Raises Risk of Covid-19 Hospitalization and Death, Study Finds
A large new study has confirmed an association between obesity and patient outcomes among people who contract the coronavirus.
A Covid-19 patient in the intensive care unit at Sharp Coronado Hospital in Southern California in January.Credit.Etienne Laurent/EPA, via Shutterstock
By Emily Anthes
March 8, 2021
Over the past year, many scientific teams around the world have reported that obese people who contract the coronavirus are especially likely to become dangerously ill.
Now, a large new study, of nearly 150,000 adults at more than 200 hospitals across the United States, paints a more detailed picture of the connection between weight and Covid-19 outcomes.
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Photo: UVMHN CEO John Brumsted, MD, addresses the media on March 12, 2020, outside the entrance of The University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington. This was one day after the Medical Center admitted its first COVID-19 patient and one day before Governor Scott declared a State of Emergency. VBM photo.
Focus remains on providing high quality care.
Vermont Business Magazine March 11 will mark one year since the first patient diagnosed with COVID-19 received care from the UVM Health Network. Since that time, the Network has worked vigorously to fight the pandemic, educate our communities and distribute vaccines to stop the spread – all while focusing on safely meeting the health care needs of our patients across Vermont and Northern New York.