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Improving Treatments for Covid-19

Improving Treatments for Covid-19

Dr Mike Pietila Photo: WNAX


Doctors and hospitals have been treating Covid-19 patients since infections ramped up about eighteen months ago.
Yankton Doctor Mike Pietila says they have learned a lot during the pandemic….

Pietila says they have more treatments available now…..

Pietila says heading it off before it starts is the best treatment for Covid-19…..

Pietila heads up the Intensive Care Unit at Avera Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton.

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