30 March: The Mütter was among other local museums donating PPE supplies to local hospitals desperately in need. (Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Museums and art institutions have a stockpile of masks, gloves, respirators, and other PPE for use in art making and conservation. They’ve turned it all over to hospitals fighting coronavirus.
27 March 2020: College Fellows Patricia D’Antonio, PhD, RN, FAAN, and Julie A. Fairman, PhD, RN, FAAN share important information about the current nursing crisis the city faces. (Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Nursing historians look at past solutions to increase the number of nurses in America.
24 March 2020: Board Chair and College Fellow, Tom Fekete, MD, MACP, explains the best-case to worst-case paths the pandemic might take. (Source: Philadelphia Magazine)
Two doctors explain the future course the virus could take – depending on how society responds.
24 March 2020: College Fellow Thomas Farley, MD, MPH, shares his thoughts about repurposing Hahnemann University Hospital as an important step in dealing with COVID-19 in the Philadelphia region. (Source: WHYY)
Mayor Jim Kenney accuses owner Joel Freedman of “jacking up monthly prices.” Councilmember Helen Gym calls for seizing it via eminent domain.
21 March 2020: College Fellow Fred M. Henretig, MD, FAAP, FACMT, co-wrote an opinion piece in The Inquirer about repurposing Hahnemann University Hospital as an important step in dealing with COVID-19 in the Philadelphia region. (Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer)
That space in the long term can include a food bank and a supervised injection site.
20 March 2020: President and CEO Dr. George Wohlreich talked to KYW about the importance of social distancing and what we can learn from the 1918 flu pandemic (Source: KYW)
We don’t hear a lot about the 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic. At least, we didn’t until COVID-19 started being the only thing we talked about. But there’s a lot we can learn from what was “almost certainly the worst plague in human history,” according to George Wohlreich, President and Chief Executive Officer of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Wohlreich joins KYW In Depth to tell us what happened back then and what we’ve learned from it.
18 March 2020: College Fellow Patricia D’Antonio, PhD, RN, FAAN, discusses the importance of supportive care—both in 1918 and now. (Source: Off the Charts, a blog of the American Journal of Nursing)
By Patricia D’Antonio, PhD, RN, FAAN, Ware Professor of Nursing and director of the Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia. Litter carriers at Red Cross Emergency Ambulance Station in Washington, D.C.,
