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Dr. Sarah McMurray keeps a big plastic box filled with the supplies she needs to treat COVID-19 patients in the back of her four-wheel drive SUV. From hand sanitizer to specimen-collection containers, there is just so much more that is needed when making house calls for those sent home early after coronavirus hospitalization.
The internal medicine specialist is among a core team at Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas piloting an “intensive” version of the medical center’s existing home-based care program. Created about 20 days ago, the new program is designed to help free up hospital beds as the number of COVID-19 patients admitted for care has surged to previously untold heights in recent weeks.