FirstHealth of the Carolinas

FirstHealth of the Carolinas


FirstHealth Infectious Disease Expert Discusses Response to COVID-19

April 01, 2020

Gretchen Shaughnessy Arnoczy, M.D., an infectious disease physician at FirstHealth of the Carolina, talks with Star 102.5 about the ways FirstHealth is responding to the spread of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19.


Arnoczy says the turnaround time on coronavirus testing has created some challenges in the Sandhills, but there are still proactive steps health care workers are taking to keep the community safe and limit the spread of the virus. Arnoczy also discusses the important of social distancing.


For more information, visit FirstHealth's coronavirus resources page.


Audio courtesy Star 102.5 FM. Recorded April 1, 2020.