Health & Fitness
Surgeon Steps Up For Cancer Patient Undergoing Scan Alone
As the world focuses on COVID, millions of people are also fighting other illnesses every day. Now that battle is even more difficult.
CHICAGO (CBS — Even though doctors are swamped fighting coronavirus, they’re still going above and beyond to make sure every patient is taken care of. As the world focuses on COVID, millions of people are also fighting other illnesses every day. Now that battle is even more difficult.
“For our cancer patients it’s another level of, or another obstacle to take on. It’s almost like running two marathons.” Dr. Claudia Perez, a surgeon at Rush Hospital, said. “The fight against COVID and the fight against cancer.”
