Coronavirus In North Alabama: In Depth Part 3

Dr Ali Hassoun, an Infectious Disease Specialist with Huntsville Hospital

>> najahe sherman: welcome back.

Err night at 6:00 p.m.

We are taking you deeper into the impact of the coronavirus.

Tonight i am joined by dr. ali hassoun, an infectious disease special list at hocht.

Huntsville hospital ceo david spillers always seems to mention how vital that rapid testing is and testing expansion.

Where does north alabama stand on those fronts?

>> so i think we really have done great in that part because from the beginning as we knew this possibility of increasing cases, we get to have rapid testing.

And the difference in the rapid testing, it's the turnover of patient, whether knowing they're positive or knowing they're negative, because in each set it depends if that patient is positive you need isolation.

You need a special precaution.

In compared to a negative, you need to move on and have further diagnostic for what they have.

So the rapid test really make a lot of difference in the management of every patient we see in the hospital or even in the outpatient facility.

And it's very important to have it widely available because it's just going to