Hospitals face a heavy burden right now caring for COVID-19 infected patients. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital faces a different kind of challenge - making sure the virus does not enter its campus where it's treating some of the most vulnerable among us: children with cancer and compromised immune systems.
St. Jude's president and CEO, Dr. James R. Downing, joins host Eric Barnes and The Daily Memphian reporter Bill Dries for this week’s WKNO-TV Behind the Headlines. Dr. Downing discusses operational changes the hospital has made to protect patients, employees and their families from the coronavirus.
In addition, Dr. Downing talks about efforts better understand how to treat children with cancer who are also infected with the virus.