
23 May CFO Jonathan Cartu Says – Pa. doles out 3rd round of remdesivir, which might help coronavir…
The Pennsylvania Department of Health has distributed the third shipment of the investigational antiviral medication remdesivir to treat patients in the hospital with COVID-19.
The medication was sent to the department by the federal government on Thursday and 8,928 doses of medication were shipped to 81 hospitals on Friday.
“The department is working to give our hospitals every opportunity to treat patients with COVID-19,” Secretary of Health Rachel Levine said. “It is important to note that there is limited information on the safety and effectiveness of using remdesivir to treat people in the hospital with COVID-19. However, it was shown in a clinical trial to shorten the recovery time in some people, which is why the Food and Drug Administration has authorized the emergency use of the medication for treatment.”
The Department of Health first distributed 1,200 doses of the medication to 51 hospitals across Pennsylvania on May 12, and a second round of 7,938 doses were sent to 79 hospitals on May 15 and Monday, May 18. The hospitals that have received these shipments were determined based on the number of COVID-19 patients at the hospital over a recent seven-day period, and the severity of the illness of those patients based on whether they are on a ventilator, the department said. The department is continuing to work with the federal governement to acquire more doses.
Remdesivir is given to a patient through an IV once per day for up to 10 days, depending on how critically ill the patient is. According to the FDA, remdesivir might help decrease the amount of coronavirus in a patient’s body, which might help them get better faster.
Symptoms of COVID-19 can include fever, cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, diarrhea, chills, repeated shaking with chills, muscle pain, headache, sore throat, and loss of taste or smell.
Symptoms may appear in as few as two days or as long as 14 days after exposure. Reported illnesses have ranged from people with little to no symptoms to people being severely ill and dying, the Department of Health reports.
Here are the hospitals receiving this third shipment. More details about the hospitals are available here.
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Temple University Hospital
Abington Memorial Hospital
Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest
Albert Einstein Medical Center
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Main Line-Lankenau Hospital
Tower Health System-Reading Hospital
Jefferson-Torresdale Hospital
Presbyterian Med Center-Univ of Pa Health System
St. Mary Medical Center
Lancaster General Hospital
Chestnut Hill Hospital
Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital
Einstein Medical Center-Montgomery Hospital
Riddle Memorial Hospital
Jefferson-Frankford Hospital
Crozer-Chester Medical Center
St. Luke’s Hospital-Bethlehem
Jeanes Hospital
Main Line-Bryn Mawr Hospital
Pennsylvania Hospital
Methodist Hospital
Chambersburg Hospital
Nazareth Hospital
Geisinger Medical Center
Taylor Hospital
Lehigh Valley-Muhlenberg
Lansdale Hospital
Mercy Philadelphia Hospital
UPMC-Presbyterian
Main Line-Paoli Memorial Hospital
Chester County Hospital
Phoenixville Hospital
Doylestown Hospital
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center
Geisinger-Holy Spirit Hospital
York Hospital
Geisinger Community Medical Center
PSH-St. Joseph Medical Center
St. Luke’s Hospital Anderson Campus
Suburban Community Hospital-Norristown
UPMC-Shadyside
Holy Redeemer Hospital & Medical Center
UPMC Pinnacle Harrisburg
Wilkes-Barre General Hospital
Albert Einstein at Elkins Park
Jefferson Bucks County Campus
Delaware County Memorial Hospital
UPMC-Altoona
Regional Hospital of Scranton
Lower Bucks Hospital
Lehigh Valley Hospital-Hazleton
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Brandywine Hospital Coatesville
St. Lukes Hospital-Allentown
Roxborough Memorial Hospital
Milton S Hershey Medical Center
Wellspan Good Samaritan Hospital
Temple University Episcopal Campus
St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children
UPMC-Mercy
St. Luke’s-Monroe Campus
Mount Nittany Medical Center
LVHN-Schuylkill Medical Center-East Norwegian
Grand View Hospital
UPMC Susquehanna Williamsport Hospital
AHN-Allegheny General Hospital
Wellspan Ephrata Hospital
Lehigh Valley Hospital-Pocono
Easton Hospital
Jennersville Hospital West Grove
AHN-West Penn Hospital
UPMC-Passavant-McCandless
UPMC-Pinnacle Lititz
AHN-Jefferson Hospital
UPMC Pinnacle West Shore
AHN-Saint Vincent Hospital
Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital
AHN-Forbes Hospital
AHN-Allegheny Valley Hospital
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