{"id":1620,"date":"2014-10-27T14:55:09","date_gmt":"2014-10-27T14:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/?p=1620"},"modified":"2014-10-27T19:43:23","modified_gmt":"2014-10-27T19:43:23","slug":"jamaica-hospitals-dr-lechuga-makes-television-appearance-on-qptvs-health-corner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/jamaica-hospitals-dr-lechuga-makes-television-appearance-on-qptvs-health-corner\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamaica Hospital\u2019s Dr. Lechuga Makes Television Appearance on QPTV\u2019s Health Corner"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb_share_1\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a name=\"fb_share\" type=\"box_count\" share_url=\"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/jamaica-hospitals-dr-lechuga-makes-television-appearance-on-qptvs-health-corner\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php\">Share<\/a><\/div><div><script src=\"http:\/\/static.ak.fbcdn.net\/connect.php\/js\/FB.Share\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/div><p>When the popular show Health Corner which airs on Queens Public Television wanted a pediatric expert to speak about two very important topics; the Enterovirus and sports related concussions, they sought Jamaica Hospital\u2019s Dr. Maria Lechuga, an attending physician in the Pediatric Emergency department since 1991.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1621\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Dr-Lechuga-on-QPTV.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1621\" class=\"wp-image-1621 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Dr-Lechuga-on-QPTV-300x191.jpg\" alt=\"Dr Lechuga on QPTV\" width=\"300\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Dr-Lechuga-on-QPTV-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Dr-Lechuga-on-QPTV-471x300.jpg 471w, https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Dr-Lechuga-on-QPTV.jpg 964w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1621\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Lechuga&#8217;s Interview with Health Corner&#8217;s Rosalyn Nieves<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Dr. Lechuga was first interviewed by journalist Luchia Dragos about sports related injuries specifically concussions. \u00a0The doctor informed viewers that a concussion is brain trauma secondary to an injury and the symptoms to look out for include disorientation,headaches and dizziness. \u00a0Watch here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/107947984\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/vimeo.com\/107947984<\/a><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/107947984?byline=0\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/107947984\">Health Corner Update: Sports Related Injuries<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/qptvdotorg\">Queens Public Television<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The second interview was conducted by reporter Rosalyn Nieves about the Enterovirus. The Enterovirus causes mild to severe respiratory illness in infants, children and teenagers. Symptoms may include coughing, sneezing, fever and difficulty breathing. The virus can be spread from person to person when the infected sneezes, coughs or touches surfaces that are later touched by others. The best preventative measure is to frequently wash your hands. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Watch here:<a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/108126925\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0https:\/\/vimeo.com\/108126925<\/a><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/108126925?byline=0\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/108126925\">Health Corner Update: Enterovirus<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/qptvdotorg\">Queens Public Television<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We would like to thank Dr. Lechuga for sharing her expertise with the public and for a job well done.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ShareWhen the popular show Health Corner which airs on Queens Public Television wanted a pediatric expert to speak about two very important topics; the Enterovirus and sports related concussions, they sought Jamaica Hospital\u2019s Dr. Maria Lechuga, an attending physician in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/jamaica-hospitals-dr-lechuga-makes-television-appearance-on-qptvs-health-corner\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fhmc","category-jhmc","category-mhn"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1620"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1620\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1628,"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1620\/revisions\/1628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medisyshealth.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}