Scripps Chula Vista ICU Physician Describes COVID-19 Realities

Article about front-line health workers features Scripps

Three ICU specialists in face shields, masks and gowns care for patient with coronavirus.

Article about front-line health workers features Scripps

A recent San Diego Union-Tribune article about the realities of COVID-19 in local hospitals featured scenes and comments from Scripps Mercy Hospital Chula Vista.


Dennis Amundson, DO, who heads the intensive care unit at Scripps Chula Vista, told the newspaper that the conditions he’s witnessed in recent months are as tough as anything he saw during his career as a military physician.


Read the UT article: Don’t Think You Need a Mask? Front-Line Workers Beg to Differ

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