he's also a native son of albany, georgia.s born in the hospital where he now runs the emergency room, meaning dr. black is not just treating patients at that hospital. he is treating a lot of people who he knows. >> when you're taking care of people that you don't know, you kind of have a more objective view than when you take care of people that you've known for, you know, 40-plus years. we went from if it happens to when it happens. we never thought we would be one of the early places to see such a dramatic rise. the number of patients that are positive and symptomatic and really sick has been very eye-opening. >> joining us now is dr. james black. he is the medical director of emergency services at phoebe putney health system in albany, georgia. dr. black, thank you for taking the time tonight. i know there are a million demands on you. i really appreciate you being with us. >> thank you for having us. >> we have been following closely the story about your community and your hospital and how taxed you have been and how man

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in southwest georgia as you localwe've partnered with leaders to build out phoebe north and albany for use by phoebe putnam memorial hospital. icu rooms completed on april the 20th, 10 are occupied. and out of 30 general patient ares that we have built, 19 currently occupied. by april 29th, we expect to additional 29 rooms with icu rooms.f 15 new although we are seeing declining community,n in the we will continue to identify opportunities for expanded ensure that locals have what they need to fight virus. as i have mentioned previously, the state purchased four toporary hospital units deploy to albany, rome, macon gainesville. by may 6th, we will complete installation of units at phoebe, putney memorial hospital in albany, floyd medical center in and navsent health in macon. phoebe putny hospital bill gain 24 hospital bleeds. rome medical center in will gain six critical care beds beds, general hospital and nav in macon will gain seven general care bed and 17 hospital beds. by may 14th, when installation the fourth unit is complete, northeast georgia medical center in gainesville will

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he's also a native son of albany, georgia.re he now runs the emergency room, meaning dr. black is not just treating patients at that hospital. he is treating a lot of people who he knows. >> when you're taking care of people that you don't know, you kind of have a more objective view than when you take care of people that you've known for, you know, 40-plus years. we went from if it happens to when it happens. we never thought we would be one of the early places to see such a dramatic rise. the number of patients that are positive and symptomatic and really sick has been very eye-opening. >> joining us now is dr. james black. he is the medical director of emergency services at phoebe putney health system in albany, georgia. dr. black, thank you for taking the time tonight. i know there are a million demands on you. i really appreciate you being with us. >> thank you for having us. >> we have been following closely the story about your community and your hospital and how taxed you have been and how many cases you have coped wit

how do you feel about your capacity in albany?ll, let me say that here is one problem of addressing this on a statewide level. one of your guests earlier was talking about the capacity in our state. well, here in albany, we have our medical icu, our cardiac icu, and surgical icu are all full with covid patients. the recovery room in our hospital has been modified to serve as the icu unit for all other patients. so if they have capacity in macon or savannah or columbus, that is not helping the situation here in albany. we remain at capacity. our hospital has been under stress and i commend our medical staff and health care providers, have done so and will continue to do so. but the fact that there are available beds throughout the state is somewhat misleading. >> how much warning were your given about this decision that it would be coming so soon? >> well, of course, there was anticipation. i think the general assumption was that the governor would lift most of the restrictions effective april 30th when the shelter in place ordinan

he's the medical director of emergency services at phoebe in albany, georgia. thank you for taking the time tonight. i know there are a million demands on you. >> thank you for having us. >> we've been following closely about the story of your community and hospital and how taxed you've been and how many cases you've coped with and how many people have been buried. let me start by asking how you are doing and how you and your family have been holding up over the grind of these few weeks. >> it's been tough. i haven't seen my family, obviously. i keep in touch with them every day and we know this something we have to go through until we see the end of it. >> can you tell our audience and tell me what we should understand about why albany has been hit so hard? we've seen very interesting reporting that a couple of, you know, totally innocent honorable community events a couple of funerals that had a large number of people may have been sort of super spreader experiences in the community where a lot of people got infected all at once. what's your understanding of

the mayor of albany joins us, mr. mayor, thank you very much.our town of albany is one of the hardest-hit areas in the state. your county has also seen more deaths from coronavirus than any other county in georgia. do business owners where you are feel they can safely reopen their doors right now? >> wolf, i don't know where mr. savidge's report was from, but here in albany, the situation is exaggerated. we're still having deaths as we speak, our rates are declining but i don't think the people in albany county are quite ready to go back to business as usual. certainly our people are apprehensive about going into public places such as restaurants. and unfortunately, i think the fewer restaurants in town which have opened are not going to have much in the way of revenue in the next few weeks. >> and you can't blame them. martin savidge was in atlanta for us, the state capital, the largest city in georgia, and people are nervous there as well, they certainly have reason to be nervous in albany where you are. georgia governor brian kemp continued t

>> i still have a lot of connections to albany. years and i have a lot of affection for the hospital and the work that's being done there and for the people in the community. it's an easy choice for me to say, yes, i'll come back and help. >> it's amazing to think, once they're able to trace how things spread, to see it spread from this funeral, the impact of just one group of people coming together, you know, you hear in other states, for instance, in florida, where you're living now, there tomorrow are going to start the statewide stay at home order but exempting church gatherings, again, large numbers of people coming together. >> and, you know, i think that's probably a mistake, because this is a good example of how one person, a couple of people can impact a whole population of people, so he's done an excellent job of handling an unexpected situation and that onslaught of critically ill patients that changes the whole dynamic of the hospital and as you said, the source was a couple of people who didn't know, who went to a fune

guest: i recently visited albany, georgia. i was there last year. a remarkably resilient community who has had to deal with a lot of challenges coming on all at once. a lot of businesses have left the area. there are an inordinate number of children and elderly in albany. we've recently actually just refortified our efforts in albany in the hope of being ore helpful to that community. and what i'd encourage your caller to do is go to feedingamerica.org and put in your zip code. there's more than one set of food banks out there. he one i can put my name and recognition among is feeding america. there are a lot of wonderful ones out there but i have a personal relationship with feeding america food bank. feed america.org. there's a food locator inside that website. just put in your zip code and it will direct you to the food bank that serves that community you're in. you reach out directly and say aire babineaux-fontenot told me to do this. the caller also mentioned the military. i don't know if you've seen but there are lots of images of members of t

nearly 1/4 of those from the albany area. as the virus rips through their rural community, for so many here it's overwhelming. >> with us being a small city, we're not new york but we are still impacted and when you look at the percentages of our population that's impacted, that's still a significant number. >> scott steiner, the ceo of phoebe put any health center, he said they blew through six months of ppe in one week. >> we have 4500 warriors. these people are flat out warriors. they put themselves at risk. they run into the fire when other people might run away from it. >> some of the hospital's office workers have traded their computers for sewing machines making mask covers, an attempt to extend ppes. they only have enough now for less than two weeks. >> we have seen that curve go up. we have not seen it bend over yet. >> reporter: the governor deployed the national guard to set up additional intensive care units. >> we have shipped necessary supplies and plan more shipments based on the needs of phoebe put any system

to take you live to albany, new gov. cuomo: happy saturday. our friends out of quarantine, looking healthy.

albany vivid this is about 40 minutes. -- from albany. this is about 40 minutes. gov. gov. cuomo: big monday crowd. hope you guys had a good weekend. boyfriend is a part of e premises. monday. this is the total hospitalization rate. what you see -- which you see is basically flat.

it likely started with two funerals in the city of albany. so far more than 5,000 people have been infected with the virus in georgia where cnn is based with one in four of them in the albany area. brian gallagher now reports. >>> amel murray has endured a lot of pain. on february 29th hundreds of family and friends came to the small city of albany to say good-bye to andrew mitchell, the man she loved for several years. after several hours of crying and hugging each other, murray started feeling sick. >> that night my mother went to bed. she had a fever. we didn't know it at the time. >> reporter: the 75-year-old was presumably one of the first in albany to be exposed to the coronavirus. she was hospitalized but not immediately tested. other members of their family, their friends who attended the funeral began to get sick too and since then several have died. >> i knew things -- i knew things were going to be bad but until it hits you that's when you're like, whoa, it's here and now. >> a typical viewer tipped them off. a second trip to the h

we are still recovering here in albany. we've been hit hardest in the state. we know what the devastation that can result from this virus. we've seen it firsthand and we're just now in the process of recovering, rebounding from the virus and it's not a time to lift the restrictions. >> mayor, when you talk to your constituents, when you talk to business owners in your community, what are you hearing from them? >> well, different things, ms. menendez. the viewers who saw your previous segment saw some of the people in these various businesses have been out of work, have had no income in a month. they are concerned about whether or not they can continue to stay in business. but here in albany, actually i'm very proud, most of our independent restaurants have said we are not going to open up until we have a clearance or more confirmation from the medical community. also, you have the consideration that it was only thursday night when restaurants received the restrictions, which have been imposed by the governor. so there's a lot of uncertainty. and then here in a

albany, georgia, has been radiating heat in terms of infections and hospitalizations and deaths fromvery beginning in georgia. but now so are other parts of the state. places like hall county, georgia, which is up north of atlanta, where their reported cases are ticking up now and where according to "the new york times," the north georgia medical center there believes they are on track to be overtopped, to be at capacity very soon, as soon as may 4th. cases are still on the upswing there. according to their models, hall county is not due to peak until early june, but they're expecting the hospital to be at capacity by may 4th. and who knows what the models will say once georgia's restaurants and nail salons and tattoo parlors and gyms have been open for a week or two, and that all started today. as georgia enters these uncharted waters, the lessons from albany, georgia, where they had to navigate this pandemic without a compass, those lessons are going to be more important than ever before. joining us now, i'm honored to say, is dr. james black. he is the medical director of emergenc

albany, georgia, has been radiating heat in terms of infections and deaths from the very beginning inso are other parts of the state. places like hall county, georgia, which is north of atlanta. cases are ticking up now and where, according to "the new york times," the north georgia medical center there, believes that they are on track to be overtopped, to be at there. according to their models, hall county is not due to peak until early june, but they're expecting the hospital to be at capacity by may 4th. and who knows what the models will say once georgia's restaurants and nail salons and tattoo parlors and gyms have been open for a week or two, and that all started today. as georgia enters these uncharted waters, the lessons from albany, georgia, where they had to navigate this pandemic without a compass, those lessons are going to be more important than ever before. joining us now, i'm honored to say, is dr. james black. he is the medical director of emergency services at the phoebe putney health system in albany, georgia. dr. black joined us earlier this month to talk about what

called in 1928 to the state capital in albany, franklin roosevelt was elected governor of new york.the happy warrior at his side, he threw himself into the fight for better government. became the champion of the common man was widely thought to have his next democratic candidate for the presidency of the united states. the dye was cast. a country still mired in the morass of depression, wanted a new president. called to chicago to accept the nomination, governor roosevelt flew from albany with his wife, son elliott and son john. who knew it then, but this was the beginning of an era unparalleled in american history. f.d.r.'s appearance in chicago stadium was the beginning of a series of spectacular personal triumphs. swept into office by the greatest landslide in history, his first words were fearless, prophetic. >> i am prepared, under my constitutional duty, to recommend the measures, in the midst of a stricken world, may require. these measures or such other measures as the congress may bill, out of its experience and wisdom i shall seek within my constitutional authority to brin

the medical director in albany, georgia. dr. earlier this month to talk about what was happening in his hospital. dr. black, i'm really glad you were able to come back. thanks for making time for us tonight. >> thank you, rachel. >> when we last spoke, you were talking about a really incredible amount of utilization at your hospital and in your e.r., your worries about supplies in terms to keep your staff safe. how have the last few weeks been and what is your utilization rates now? >> heavy but we developed rhythm to reach out to vender sources and our supply chain guys who are in charge of keeping track of the critical inventory as well as medications and so forth. we've been on the job and we have managed to avoid running out. we have come dangerously close but we've never -- we haven't run out of anything critical thus far. >> how is your staff been coping just with the pace at which you have been seeing coronavirus patients with the serious illness that i know a lot of patients present with this illness? i imagine it's been

queens to buyfrom thai food in albany, take out, because they liked the thai food restaurant in albany. as said, you drove from queens to albany to buy thai food, 2.5 to three hours. i see enough thai restaurants in queens with no disrespect to the thai restaurants in albany. they said, we had to get out of town, so we liked to take a drive. so, anything that jersey, connecticut, new jersey does can affect everyone else. westchester does something, new york city do something, it affects everyone else. that is the reality. so, everything is closed, unless we say otherwise, and the most just had thing -- i this conversation with a local official -- look, people need government to work. government has to be smart, and if it looks confused between the state and the county, or the state and the town, that is the wrong message for everyone. so, let's just be smart. testing, -- on testing and funding, those are the two areas we are working with our federal partners. testing is going to require everyone to work together. federal and state, state and way, we aree starting the largest antibody a

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nearly a quarter of those are from the albany area.the virus rips through their rural community, for so many here, it's overwhelming. >> with us being a small city, we're not in new york. but we are still impacted and when you look at the percentages of our population that's impacted. that still is a significant number. >> reporter: scott's diner which serbs southwest georgia says they blew through six months worth of personal protective equipment in one week. >> we got 4500 warriors. that's what these people are flat out warriors that do this day in, day out. they put themself at risk. they run into the fire when others may run away from it. >> reporter: some of the office workers have traded their computers for sewing machines, making mask covers, an attempt to extend the use of ppes. but even stirnlgs steiner says they only have enough right now for less than two weeks. >> we have seen that curve go up. we have not seen it bend over yet. >> reporter: the governor deployed the national guard to set up additional intensive care units.

we have one in albany. it does seem to me though that the first order i put in place before the shelter-in-place, which was a shelter-in-place for the medically fragile, long-term care facilities, social distancing requirements, no large gatherings, closing , bars, we are starting to see that data get baked in, but it's really hard to say that without waiting another week or so. we areid in my remarks, seeing some encouraging signs. that comes from a lot of different things. it comes from the washington model. even than friday, we have better data today on our hospital bed situation. that has improved significantly. we hope that holds. that something we have to watch for the next two or three days while we implement the 72 million dollar plan for the 196 beds and continue to work on workforce issues and other things. hopefully, we will be able to talk to you in the next day or two about that. we are encouraged, but i don't you about that because as you saw, we had a big spike. and as the task force told you

and the mayor of albany, georgia, beau durrah, is joining us live now. mayor, your community has been through so much. how does everyone there feel about these reopening orders? >> well, obviously, we were upset that the governor did not allow us to continue our shelter in place ordinance, but our citizens are generally going to be guided by the environment that we're in. and we're finding that most churches have no plans to reinstitute worship services at this time. most of our restaurants will continue to offer only curbside and delivery. >> so i know you've petitioned the governor once more to allow you to put in place stricter measures. have you heard back? what has his response been? >> i think it's the position of the governor that we need to have a uniform regulation throughout the whole state. but the governor's office has assured the local elected officials here in albany and elsewhere that if there is a spike in infections, the state will dispatch whatever resources are necessary to bring it under control. >> now, you have advised residents to

. ♪ to the state8 capitol in albany, franklin roosevelt was elected governor of new york. the happy warrior, at his side, he threw himself into the fight for better government, became the champion of his common man and was thought of widely as the next candidate for the presidency of the united states. and with james a farley swinging the gavel, the die was cast, the country still mired in the morass of a depression wanted a new president. called to chicago to accept the nomination, governor roosevelt flew from albany with his wife, and sons elliot and john. of an erahe beginning unparalleled in american history. fdr's appearance at chicago stadium was the beginning of the series of spectacular personal triumph spirit swept into office by the greatest landslide in history, his first words were fearless. >> i am prepared under my constitutional duty to recommend measures for stricken nation in the midst of a stricken world. , or such other member -- or such other measures as congress may build out of its experience and wisdom, i shall seek within my constitutional authority

in albany. i said, you drove from queens to albany to buy thai food. two, three hours. i said, you know they have thai restaurants in queens. with all due respect to thai restaurants in albany. they're very, very good, but why go three hours. they said, we wanted to take a drive. this restaurant is very, very good. westchester does something, new york city does something, it affects everyone else. that is the reality. so everything is closed unless we say otherwise, and the most important thing -- i just had conversation with a local official -- look, people need government to work. government has to be smart, and if it looks confused between the state and the county or the state and the town, that's the wrong message for everyone. so let's just be smart. on testing and funding, those are the two areas we're looking to work with our federal partners. testing is going to require everyone to work together. federal and state. state and locals, by the way, we're starting the largest antibody test ev

in albany.d you drove from queens to albany to buy thai food, two and a half hours, three hours. they have thai restaurants in queens, all due respect to the thai restaurants in albany, they're very good. would you really drive three hours. they said we like to get out of the house, do something, take a drive. anything that jersey, connecticut, new york does can affect everyone else. suffolk does something, westchester does something, new york city does something, it affects everyone else. that is the reality. so everything is closed unless we say otherwise and the most important thing, i just had this conversation with a local official, look, people need government to work. government has to be smart. and if it looks confused between the state and the county or the state and the town, that's the wrong message for everyone. so let's just be smart. on testing and funding. those are the two areas that we're looking to work with our federal partners. testing is going to require everyone to work tog

it will not include your account he or albany county -- include eerie county or albany county. on testing, people need to understand this issue because it is going to be determinative and and hasmplicated and -- been somewhat politicized. here are the simple facts on testing -- testing is something that no one would have expected as an issue. testing, we do in this country and no one really notices. it is a private sector system. when you went to the hospital and the doctor said, "you have to have your child checked for this," you go get your blood tested, that was the system. no one imagined the system would system-- the testing would become hyper relevant to survival and would need a capacity of 20, 50 times what the system was doing. this came out of the blue in many ways. it is one of the many lessons we will learn. how does it work? you have national companies that are private manufacturers of laboratory equipment. their piece of equipment can operate their test kits. there are a number of these private sector companies. they make a machine, they sell labs, a network of la

one of the biggest studies so far at the university of albany in new york, but there's a mystery abouthat study. hydroxychloroquine has been heavily politicized. president trump is the cheerleader for it. >> we're having some very good things happening with it. it will be wonderful. it will be so beautiful. it will be a gift from heaven if it works. >> reporter: doctors say it needs to be studied first. on april 12st, governor cuomo gave a date to expect preliminary results sponsored by the state. >> i think we'll get actual reports on april 20th. >> preliminary results on april 20th. >> april 20th came and no preliminary results. the next day, cuomo was asked about it again after he visited the white house. >> do you have any indication of what the state results have been? you said there were being sent to washington yesterday. >> i have no -- i do not know. i do not know. >> reporter: the researchers said he'll be releasing final results early as end of next week in hopes of helping covid patients as soon as possible. >> we hope by next week, we'll have reached the final phase of thi

. >> i can speak for albany. we do have the supplies we need. and federal government have been very helpful and responsive in getting us the supplies we need and we are in the process of getting one of our locations, our hospital locations set up to house addition additional. we are one of the big hot spots in georgia or if not the biggest per capita. we are the largest, we have over 100 deaths just in the albany area alone. >> when the governor says likely cases will rise that also means that deaths may occur as cases rise and this is an order which is across the entire state that there is no wiggle room for local officials, right? >> that's correct. it is a statewide decisions but we would love the opportunity to be able to create some type of amendable situation that applies for albany. we are all in the same storm but we are in a different boat when it comes to albany, georgia, we are completely different from any other city in the states. we need specifics on what we need to be doing to continue to see a decrease in some of those cases that

governor roosevelt flew from albany with his wife, son elliott, and son john.ew knew it then but this was the beginning of an era unparalleled in american history. f.d.r.'s appearance in chicago stadium was the beginning of a series of spectacular personal triumphs. swept into office by the greatest landslide in history, his first words were fearless, prophetic. >> i am prepared under my constitutional duty to recommend the measures that a stricken nation in the midst of a stricken world may require. these measures or such other measures as the congress may build out of its experience and wisdom, i shall seek within my constitutional authority to bring to speedy adoption. but in the event that the congress shall fail to take one of these two clauses, in the event the national emergency is still critical, i shall not evade the clear cause of duty that will then confront me. i shall ask congress for the one remaining instrument to meet the crisis, broad, executive power to wage a war against the emergency as great as the power that would be given to me if we were

, and german troops in canada ready for an assault going down lake champlain in an effort to take albany. there was a lot of emphasis on trying to single out new york state separated from new england in order to give them an advantage. they had been bringing over ships, and the americans had no ships on lake champlain with which to combat the british. lake champlain itself is a beautiful lake, about 400 feet deep in some spots, but also very shallow in the inlets. the new york committee of safety is desperate about trying to build a fleet to stop the british fleet from coming down lake champlain and taking albany. they asked arnold to build that fleet. i am from upstate new york. it is not the ideal place to build a fleet of ships. even in good weather. arnold had been brought up by a father who was a merchant seaman and spent summers on the sailing ships with his father going across to europe and up and down the coast of north america. his father died after a set career where he became depressed, alcoholic, and bankrupt, and arnold started his own business and became a merchant seaman a

as i have mentioned previously, the state purchased four temporary hospital units to deploy to albany, rome, macon and gainesville. by may 6th, we will complete installation of units at phoebe, putney memorial hospital in albany, floyd medical center in roan and navsent health in macon. phoebe putney hospital bill gain 24 hospital bleeds. -- beds. floyd medical center in rome will gain six critical care beds and 14 general hospital beds, and nav in macon will gain seven critical care beds and 17 general hospital beds. by may 14th, when installation of the fourth unit is complete, northeast georgia medical center in gainesville will gain 10 critical care beds and 10 general hospital beds. as you know across the nation, the coronavirus has had a devastating impact on long-term care facilities, putting vulnerable populations at risk and causing alarm among public health officials, healthcare professionals, and our families. georgia's battle with covid-19 in these facilities continues to wage on and we are fighting it literally with everything in our power to keep the medically fragile an

and he had apprenticed in albany and pass the bar. and there's no reason to believe that. that was just one of his many, big first of many lies. they call them lies. different in the news business today. and wisconsin did hook up with a lawyer there an intern for a few years lynn did finally pass the bar. he thought he was going but then a fire came from maine to downtown is off this, it was once again estate or age 28, he had nothing. but he did have brothers. he had brothers who came out in 1849 and had ended up in sacramento and started a shop called stanford brothers. it is a hardware store. and they had cigars and all the other things it gold minor stanford a single one out, will take care of you and so he came out and they put them to work. essentially it was a ranch store of stanford brothers up into sierra nevada. this is where he really begins to change. he starts to alter from thoughtless human into this stanford that becomes this strongman. he was powerful. the story continues from that icint. american then was a huge bust. this was the generation. roland: was b

i know in albany there hospital down there is now taking patients from other areas. that tells you we are in a good space down there because we reacted quickly to a really bad situation and we are prepared to continue to do that around the rest of our state. >> martha: very quickly if you can, you are the home of the delta air lines hub in atlanta. how are you going to deal with delta airlines fare? the president is talking about closing the borders for immigration. are you concerned that you are going to get your house in order and people going to keep flying through atlanta and bringing things from other places? >> i would tell people the great state of georgia has taken a lot of people from around the country, our state, when nobody else what was taking cruiseship passengers in a very tough situation and we were glad to work with the president and the vice president to do that. we're worked with our airport, as we've had other cruise passengers that have been flown into our state. we had to transport them to other places. i can tell you that that's a well-run airp

they don't have the hospital capacity to handle an influx of new cases in albany. they don't have the contact tracing they want in albany to handle new cases if they do develop fast. he's concerned there as you said. that is a hot spot. sanjay, you were telling us, this is fascinating, restaurants and theaters will reopen in georgia or can on monday. what do you risk if you go into one of these restaurants? and i want people to know, obviously we all want things to open as soon as they can safely but people do need to know what the risks are. >> yeah there is real risk. part of the issue with restaurants is that you're often, you know, sitting in one place for a prolonged period of time. so part of this is the physical distance and part of this is how long you're in proximity, seemingly, to somebody else. we have this graphic, this is on the cdc's website, as well, you can take a closer look if you want. but this was a study out of china. and basically three tables, families, that these tables that are close together in this restaurant. and there is one person who

. >> [indiscernible] >> were there coronavirus patients moved from new york city to albany med? yes. this istalked about, one state, one family of new york. we support one another. hospitals upstate will be going downstate because one of the real critical situations our staff shortages, so upstate staff helps the downstate hospitals and downstate hospitals who are at overcapacity can transfer patients to upstate. >> covid patients? >> it depends on the patient. if they are in a place where the hospital cannot treat them, it is better to move them. >> does that mean downstate hospitals are full? i know there is data on beds. deadlso, you said 110,000 for covid. what is the total capacity? 110,000 for covid would suggest you have 30,004 non-covid patients -- would suggest you have 30,000 for non-covid patients. people are not going into the hospital right now to have a hip replacement unless they really needed. they are not going in for any type of elective surgery. cityransfer from new york to albany medical was more of a one-off situation which i have individually arranged. the

i'm aware of to that you have announced, one in albany and one in thomasville. can you talk about how you're making those selections and who will get that enhanced assistance? gov. kemp: we are responding to a list that is provided by the department of public health and the department of community health. that identified nursing homes that have outbreaks. we look at the ones that have the most positive patients incarnate that with the department of public health and community health. in the georgia health care association. we deploy the team and then provide essentially what you might consider an a la carte service to the nursing home administrator. we offer a number of services from education and training on how to properly wear ppe, how to put it on, how to take it off, how to prevent cross-contamination, all the way down to wiping down the facilities and doing direct infection control. i was down in pelham right before i came here today and we had some 20 soldiers engaged in helping that particular facility improve its infection control. they are very appreci

the medical director in albany, georgia. dr.d us earlier this month to talk about what was happening in his hospital. dr. black, i'm really glad you were able to come back. thanks for making time for us tonight. >> thank you, rachel. >> when we last spoke, you were talking about a really incredible amount of utilization at your hospital and in your e.r., your worries about supplies in erm thes of terms t staff safe. how have the last few weeks been and what is your utilization rates now? >> heavy but we developed rhythm to reach out to vender sources and our supply chain guys who keep track of inventory and medications. we have managed to avoid running out. we have come dangerously close but we've never -- we haven't run out of anything critical thus far. >> how is your staff been coping just with the pace at which you have been seeing coronavirus patients with the serious illness that i know a lot of patients present with this illness? i imagine it's been stressful on the staff in terms of the number of hours everybody has been

work, including this one hydroxychloroquine one of the biggest study so far at the university at albany in w york. but there's a mystery aboutthat study hydroxychloroquine has been heavily politicid president trump is a cheeeader for it and we're having some very. >>good things happening with that it will b wonderful it would be so beautiful. it will be a gift from heaven. works. >>but talked to say it needs to be studied first on april 12 newyork governor andrew cuomo gave a date to expect eliminary results om the albany study which is being sponsored by the state. >>i think we're going to get actual repo on april 21 area results back in april 20th. >>but april 20th came and no preliminary results, the cuomo was asabout it again after he visited the white house occasion of what the state to state results of the new said washington yesterday. t to >>i have no i do not know. i do obrvation. researchers says he'll be releasing final results as early as the end of next week and the hopes of helping covid patients as soon possible, so we're hoping that by next week we will have reached the

just a few hours south in albany, georgia trepidation in a town deeply affected by covid.ndrea owens-white is choosing to keep her doors closed. a florist for 33 years, it's a job that has rooted her in the community. weddings, babies, funerals. she's been there for all of it. >> i had proms that were canceled, easter, setups that were canceled. it has just dampened our whole community. >> reporter: and for andrea covid hit home. >> my husband contracted the virus. he spread it to myself and my 92-year-old mother. she was in icu for about five days. >> reporter: andrea and her family have now recovered. but she says without a cure or wider testing her shop will remain shuttered. >> i have applied for unemployment with no response. i have applied for the ppp loan. still with no response. i am very concerned if this goes on there's a possibility that i could not only lose my business, i could lose my home, everything. i am remaining closed for the protection of myself, my family, and those i care about. >> reporter: with shopds like andrea's closed the state is feeling the p

a cure awaiting several drugs so we'll know this one hydroxychloroque g far at the university at albany in new york. but there's a mystery about that study hydroxychloroquine has been heavily poticized president trump a cheerleader for it and we're having some very. >>good things happening whether it will be wonderful it would be so eautiful. it will be a gift fromheaven. it works >>but talked to say it needs to be studied first on april 12 new york governor drew cuomo gave a date to expect preliminary results from the albany study which being sponsored by the state. >>i think going to get actual report on apri21 ea results back in april 20. >>butapril 20th came preliminary results, the cuomo was asked about it again after hevisited the white house just the state to state resuts of a new said that they were being sent to washington yesterday. >>of a researcher says he'll be releasing final results early as the end of next week and the hopes of helping covid patients as soon as possible, so we're hoping that by next week we will have reached the final phase of the study this study is rea

up in albany the newspaper reported this man has been dead for 2 1/2 weeks. there is no sign of death, no smell, no color change. it looked like he was asleep. then proceeded to charge $100 per person thereafter. these are tools of the embombing trade of 1861. it takes less than 5 pounds of pressure to preserve a dead person. the system used in 1701 by the first recorded arterial elbalmer. the only thing that changed in embalming in the last 3 1/2 years are the chemicals you use. there was no company selling embalming fluid until 1888. arterial embalmings are a very simple procedure. make an incision in the neck, pull the artery up a little bit and put a little notch in the carotid artery. we pull the jugger vein up and cut that off completely, reason being i want to push all the blood out the body. i cut that jugular vein off and i'm done. during the civil war it sounds like you'd hook them all up at one time and make a pile of money. no they could not do that. we cannot do that. we still have to do it one at a time. you have to stay with the body and give t

in albany, we will have a second unit operational on april 28. we will have one unit in gainesville and one in macon, both set to become operational on may 5. to quickly increase staffing and critical health care locations affected by the virus, the state has with jackson health care, which has a portfolio of staffing, search, and technology companies to assist health systems, hospitals, and facilities with workforce needs. we are working through jackson -- we are working through jackson health care's subsidiary health care workforce logistics to bring roughly 570 additional health care professionals to key systems across our state. we will be issuing in a press release later with more information and the state is creating specific guidance on how health care facilities can request this assistance. this battle against covid-19, we have seen businesses, organizations, institutions and georgians from literally every corner of our state go above and beyond to lend a hand. one great example is our world-class university system. recently, augustine un

called in 1928 to the state capitol in albany, franklin roosevelt was elected governor of new york. with al smith, his old friend, the happy warrior at his side, he threw himself into the fight as a champion for the common man. with james a farley swinging the gavel, the die was cast. a country mired in the more us depression wanted a new president. called to accept the nomination, his wife and son -- who knew it then, but this was the beginning of an era unparalleled in american history. fdr's appearance in chicago stadium was the beginning of a series of spectacular personal triumphs. his first words were fearless and prophetic. president roosevelt: i am prepared under my constitutional duty to deliver what a stricken world may require. these measures or such other measures as the congress may build out of this experience and wisdom, i shall seek within my constitutional authority to bring to speed it up. but in the event congress should fail to take one of these two clauses, in the event the national emergency is still critical, i shall not invade the clear force of duty that wil

he lay for a week in washington, d.c., ship shipped to albany, new york we are laid for another week. albany newspaper reported this man has been dead for 2 1/2 weeks, there is no signs of dating, no swelling, no smell. it looks like he's still asleep. that's how the average person found out about embalming. dr. holmes did alsworth free of charge and proceeded to charge $100 a person thereafter, as much as $300 for a general. these are tools of the embalming trade of 1861. this is a gravity baller. every foot abod the body is a pound of pressure. it takes less than five pounds of pressure to preserve a person. the gravity system was used in 1701 by dr. raymond rahush, t recorded arterial embalmer. the gravity system is still being used in some funeral homes in 2019. these tools are being used at all funeral homes in 1819. the only thing that changed in 300 years are the chemicals used. there was no chemical company selling embalming fluid until 1888 when dodge started selling formaldehyde. formaldehyde went under patent until two years after the civil war. embalming's a very simple pr

let's bring in the mayor of albany, georgia and mayor hardy davis jr. of augusta, jr.ayor, let's start with you. so the county -- dougherty county where your city is has seen the most coronavirus deaths in the state, 98 deaths. you're in a hot spot. did you know about governor kemp's plan to reopen starting friday? >> well, we certainly anticipated that the governor was considering not extending the shelter in place beyond april 30th. we did not see this type of withdrawal of the restrictions this early. >> so what's your concern? are you concerned? i'm sure. >> we're simply not ready to reopen. i mean, we have 62 people on ventilators. i think it's rather imprudent to set dates as opposed to goals. i mean, even the white house says we're going to do this in phases. and if you look at the four criteria for phase one, we haven't met but one of those criteria. our hospital is still at capacity and we certainly don't have the capacity to contact trace those people who are infected so that they can be identified and isolated. >> mm-hmm. i just -- i want you both just look