Health Care

While at least one health system in southeastern Wisconsin saw a spike in admissions of COVID-19 patients on Tuesday, hospitals across the region have not yet exceeded their ICU bed or ventilator capacity. 

An elderly male patient in Milwaukee has responded well to a convalescent plasma transfusion after being the first recipient in the Advocate Aurora Health system of an experimental COVID-19 treatment. 

As Wisconsin sees a steady slowing of new COVID-19 cases, Medical College of Wisconsin president and chief executive officer Dr. John Raymond said the state still has several benchmarks to meet before it can begin reopening business. 

VISIT Milwaukee announced Monday that it has launched a website to highlight area hotels that are offering discounts to first responders and essential personnel on the front lines of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.

Froedtert South plans to expand and renovate the cancer treatment center on its Pleasant Prairie hospital campus. 

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded $5.8 million to community health centers in southeastern Wisconsin to support their COVID-19 response. 

The Wauwatosa-based Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment has awarded nearly $4.8 million in grants to 17 projects that are working to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus across Wisconsin.

The U.S. Army Corp of Engineers has begun developing an alternative care facility on the Wisconsin State Fair Park grounds in West Allis to care for COVID-19 patients, Gov. Tony Evers announced Thursday. 

Dr. Dave Lal didn’t immediately recognize his fatigue and body aches as anything unusual. The pediatric oncologist at Children’s Wisconsin had been clocking in 16- to 18-hour days while on call at the hospital for a week.

Greenfield-based Advanced Pain Management warned that it will permanently lay off 50 employees and close clinics if it doesn’t secure financing by the end of the month.