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UAB treating some COVID-19 patients for weeks at a time Share Updated: 7:16 PM CST Dec 29, 2020 Share Updated: 7:16 PM CST Dec 29, 2020 Hide Transcript Show Transcript DOSES. MORE THAN 20,000 HAVE ALREADY BEEN ADMINISTERED. MOST HOSPITALS IN OUR AREA ARE TREATING MORE COVID-19 PATIENTS NOW THAN THEY HAVE DURING THE WHOLE PANDEMIC AND AS WVTM 13’S CHIP SCARBOROUGH SHOWS US, SOME OF THOSE PATIENTS REQUIRE EXTENSIVE CARE REPORTER: SOME PEOPLE HOSPITALIZED WITH COVID-19 ARE ABLE TO GO HOME IN A FEW DAYS, SOME OF OUR PATIENTS WITH ADMISSIONS FOR COVID END UP STAYING IN THE HOSPITAL FOR WEEKS, A REALLY LONG TIME. REPORTER: DR. JEANNE MARRAZZO SPENT SOME TIME IN UAB’S ICU THIS PAST WEEK AND SAYS SHE SAW SOME CRITICALLY ILL COVID PATIENTS. WITH PNEUMONIAS, WITH BACTERIAL INFECTIONS, WITH BLOOD CLOTS, WITH STROKES. ALL THESE THINGS THAT WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED IF HAD THEY NOT GOTTEN COVID. REPORTER: IT’S SITUATIONS LIKE THA ....