With the intention of preventing the spread of the coronavirus within the hospital, doctors at the Providence Regional Medical Center in Everett, Washington are using a robot to treat a man afflicted with the Wuhan coronavirus or 2019-nCoV. On January 15, he arrived at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, said the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). He was brought to the hospital in a special isolated gurney called an ISOPOD and is being treated in an isolated area, far from the busy areas of the hospital, Dr. George Diaz, the hospital's chief of the infectious disease division, told CNN.
On January 15, the patient arrived at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, said the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). He was brought to the hospital in a special isolated gurney called an ISOPOD and is being treated in an isolated area, far from the busy areas of the hospital, Dr. George Diaz, the hospital's chief of the infectious disease division, told CNN. This technology demonstrates the seriousness of the coronavirus outbreak scare, and it serving as a line of defense that the hospital is relying on to eliminate the chances of a spread. "That's why we set up protocols that will allow us to treat patients with infectious diseases in a way that we can isolate them without spreading the virus to anyone," Dr. Diaz told CNN. The hospital also tested its treatment protocols for highly contagious diseases such as Ebola and MERS, around two weeks ago.
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