BONUS: Resuming time sensitive essential surgeries with Wellstar's Dr. Bill Mayfield
Cadillac Jack - My Second Act
Hans Appen
2.4 • 530 Ratings
🗓️ 30 May 2020
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
On the show today Donna and Caddy have a conversation with Dr. Bill Mayfield, a thoracic surgeon with Wellstar Health System to discuss the status of surgeries and procedures, that for a few months, were effectively put on hold because of COVID-19.
Now, they are encouraging people not to have any hesitations about getting those back on their schedules. Hospitals are cleaner and safer than ever, and in many cases, doctors are able to treat patients out outpatient centers and do follow ups over tele-medicine channels.
Wellstar continues to prioritize safety for its patients and staff, and everyone who comes in for a procedure will follow strict guidelines to ensure the safety of everyone involved.
Find out about all that and more on today's BONUS episode.
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| 0:00.0 | It's Cadillac Jack with my second act, and we are so proud of the sponsorship and partnership of WellSar Health System. |
| 0:15.1 | And we want to say hello to Dr. Bill Mayfield. |
| 0:18.1 | And welcome Bill Mayfield, Dr. Mayfield, to the podcast and we are so grateful for |
| 0:22.4 | your time today. Thank you for having me. So Dr. Mayfield is a thoracic, am I saying that correctly, |
| 0:29.3 | Dr. Mayfield? Yes, you are. Thoracic surgeon. The erratic surgeon and he is with Keniston, |
| 0:35.9 | but obviously he's with the Well Star Health System. And one of the |
| 0:41.0 | things that we really wanted to talk to you about today or with you, Dr. Mayfield, is that |
| 0:46.6 | elective surgeries are back open and happening and people should not be concerned about going in and scheduling an elective procedure right now. |
| 0:58.1 | Yeah, we want to be a little bit careful about the term elective. We're still doing elective |
| 1:03.6 | essential surgery. That is, there's something that probably aren't essential in our lives. |
| 1:08.5 | Right. As far as surgery goes, trigger fingers, certain cosmetic procedures, things like that. |
| 1:14.2 | But certainly for any time-sensitive medical problem, we're encouraging patients to, you know, |
| 1:21.1 | return for care. |
| 1:23.0 | So I can get my hernia taking care of, but not my facelift right now. |
| 1:27.7 | Well, I'm sure you don't need a facelift. |
| 1:30.0 | Your husband tells me you're beautiful the way you are. |
| 1:34.9 | Yes. |
| 1:35.4 | Yes. |
| 1:35.7 | So symptomatic hernia, symptomatic gallstones for colostectomy or gallbladder removal, |
| 1:52.2 | undiagnosed lumps or findings on the x-rays. Those kinds of things now should be pursued. We consider them, you know, time-sensitive and delaying would potentially cause you harm. |
| 2:01.9 | And I think most people right now, if you can talk a little bit about this, you know, |
| 2:08.0 | people's concern comes from obviously everything that we're going through, but I think people |
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