Health Headlines - 3-27-20

In today's health headlines we talk about some patients are having to wait up to a week for Coronavirus test results to come back.

We talk about why this is taking so long.

Also, a leaked memo from Henry Ford Health is not the practice followed health administrators state.

RIGHT NOW.AND THAT'S YOUR SPORTS IN 60.SOME PATIENTS.... HAVING TO WAITMORE THAN A WEEK TO FIND OUT THERESULTS OFTHEIR CORONAVIRUS TESTS.SO WHY IS THERE SUCH A DELAY FORSUCH A CRUCIAL TEST?FOX'S DANIELLE LAMA WENT INSEARCH OF ANSWERS.SCHUMER SAYS: "IT'S STRESSFUL."WE INTRODUCED YOU TO KELLYSCHUMER LAST WEEK.THE LONGWOOD MOM WITH LUPUS SAIDSHE HAD ALL THE SYMPTOMS OFCORONAVIRUS.

BUT WASSTRUGGLING TO GET TESTED.0:11 - 0:20SCHUMER SAYS: "BY THE END OF THEDAY I HAD A FEVER OF 101.5 ANDHAD BODY ACHES EVERYWHEREAND WAS A LITTLE SHORT OFBREATH."A COUPLE OF DAYS AFTER OURINTERVIEW, SHE FINALLY DID GETTHE TEST AT THE E-R.THAT WAS LAST THURSDAY.SHE WAS TOLD IT WOULD TAKE ONETO TWO WEEKS FOR THE RESULTS.SHE'S STILL WAITING... AND NOWAND HAS SINCE DEVELOPEDPNEUMONIA.THIS TAMPA AREA COUPLE... ALSOWAITING ON ANSWERS FOR MORE THANA WEEK AFTER BEING TESTED AT ADRIVE-THRU.0:42 - 0:47FEITH SAYS: "KEEPING BUSY AROUNDTHE HOUSE AND YOU KNOW TRY NOTTO THINK ABOUT IT WHICH ISVERY DIFFICULT NOT TO THINKABOUT."WE ASKED LOCAL HEALTH OFFICIALSWHAT COULD BE THE HOLD UP.0:57 - 1:07PINO SAYS: "SO, IT ACTUALLYDEPENDS ON WHAT LAB IS USED FORTHE RESULTS.

PEOPLE NEED TOUNDERSTAND THAT PRIVATEPROVIDERS HAVE THE ABILITY,MEANING YOUR PRIMARY DOCTOR HASTHE ABILITY TO PRESCRIBE YOU ATEST, TO ORDER A TEST, AS LONGAS THEY COLLECT A SAMPLEORANGE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTDOCTOR RAUL PINO SAYS THE STATELAB IS RUNNING ABOUT 72 HOURSRIGHT NOW.PINO SAYS: "I THINK WE SHOULDEXPECT AN INCREASE ON THE WAITTIME AS THE INCREASE VOLUME INTESTING IS HAPPENING."HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM SAYS..A LEAKED MEMO BEING SHAREDAROUND SOCIALMEDIA... IS NOT AN ACTIVE POLICY-- AND IS A 'WORST CASESCENARIO.'

THE LETTER INCLUDEDDETAILS ABOUT WHICH CRITICALLYILL CORONAVIRUS PATIENTSWILL GET PRIORITY AS EQUIPMENTDWINDLES -- INDICATING PATIENTSWHO HAVE THE BESTCHANCE OF GETTING BETTER...WOULD BE THE FOCUS.DETROIT MAYOR MIKE DUGGAN SAIDTODAY... THIS IS NOT UNIQUE TODETROIT -- AND THAT IT'SA TOUGH CONVERSATION... TAKINGPLACE IN EVERY MAJOR CITY.ACCORDING TO THE MEMO... IFSOMEONE COMES IN AND NEEDS TO BEIN THE I-C-U OR ONVENTILATION... YOU WILL QUOTE-- "BE ASSESSED FOR ELIGIBILITYBASED ON YOUR SPECIFICCONDITION."THE MEMO ALSO SAID... PATIENTSBEING TREATED WITH AVENTILATOR... MAY HAVETHEM STOPPED... IF THEY DON'TIMPROVE OVER TIME.PATIENTS WHO ARE NOT ELIGIBLEFOR I-C-U... WILL RECEIVETREATMENT FOR