Northeast Georgia Medical Center recently became the first hospital in Georgia to use the Jada System, a new life-saving technology system to treat mothers suffering from postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) and abnormal uterine bleeding.
According to a release from NGMC, postpartum hemorrhage and abnormal uterine bleeding require immediate intervention, and the Jada System is the first treatment to be made available for this purpose in the U.S. in more than a decade. Previous technology required 12 to 24 hours of balloon pressure inside the uterus to stop bleeding, but the Jada System can get bleeding under control within an average of three minutes.
In Line for Vaccination, and Not Getting Younger
Residents and workers at long-term-care facilities are high-priority candidates for the Covid-19 vaccines. But many are still waiting.
Ruth Ann Platt of Gainesville, Ga., received her second dose of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine after spending seven months in her room. Now, she said, “I would love to find someone who plays a good game of pinochle.”Credit.Nicole Craine for The New York Times
Published Feb. 5, 2021Updated Feb. 23, 2021
Ruth Ann Platt, watching the news on television about effective vaccines for the coronavirus, couldn’t wait for them to reach her nursing home in Gainesville, Ga. “I thought it was a great thing from the get-go,” she said.
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Chaos, grim details of nitrogen leak reported in 911 calls from Foundation Food Group Investigators say major portions of liquid nitrogen system were newly installed Foundation Food Group, pictured Jan. 29, 2021 - photo by Scott Rogers
In his first 911 call Thursday, a man identifying himself as the plant director for Foundation Food Group says he can see people moving outside and has heard someone is potentially frozen by liquid nitrogen.
By his second call, he is trying to find out how to help the workers, telling the 911 operator someone is foaming at the mouth.
“What can we do with the people that aren’t being dealt with right now?” the man asks.
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