Health Check: New concerns over ventilators and testing

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – Doctors and researchers are struggling to understand how to best treat patients who have COVID-19.

The latest chapter in the debate concerns ventilators.

Statistically, survival rates for COVID-19 patients who were placed on ventilators is worse than medical officials expected.

Dr. Melinda Cail from Primary Health-Partners spoke with News 4 via Skype Thursday, April 9, to discuss the effectiveness of ventilators and other coronavirus concerns, including testing.

In the above video, Dr. Cail provides insight into these urgent issues.

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