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COVID-19 In-Home Management Program
The COVID-19 in-home management program is an innovative care program for low-acuity COVID-19 cases. It aims to free up crucial hospital beds and healthcare personnel to meet the needs of more severe coronavirus cases. The first patient was enrolled in mid-April, 2021, and since then, enrollment has increased to nearly 49 patients from Yerevan and the nearby regions. The program allows patients in Armenia, whose main reason for remaining in the hospital is oxygen therapy, to be cared for in the comfort of their own home with a comprehensive clinical visit program and an in-home oxygen concentrator.
“This cutting-edge program supports Armenia’s healthcare system’s ability to manage hospital capacities more effectively, and at the same time, makes healthcare services more accessible to patients by providing safe in-home oxygen therapy without any additional financial burden on patients and their families,” noted the program’s manager, Lus
Alex Arabian April 23, 2021
Director Terry George (left), producer Eric Esrailian, and actors Oscar Isaac and Christian Bale on the set of the 2016 film “The Promise.” Photo: Courtesy Eric Esrailian
Between church in Potrero Hill and Armenian Saturday school in Ocean View, Eric Esrailian frequently watched movies at the Kabuki Theater in Japantown while growing up in San Francisco. Religion, education and the arts have played major roles in the physician, Emmy-nominated film producer and activist’s life.
“I love storytelling,” the UC Berkeley alumnus told The Chronicle in a recent video interview from his home in Los Angeles.
The fourth pillar of his development is his family’s story. Like many first-generation Armenian Americans in the Bay Area, the trauma of a long-denied history bears a heavy influence on Esrailian, whose great-grandparents escaped the Armenian genocide.