Freddie Warner Jr., 51, tidies up a neighborhood while working for a landscaping company near 189th and Pacific Streets in Omaha earlier this month. Warner had his left hip replaced in December and his right knee replaced in February. He was released from the hospital on the same day after both surgeries. The practice became more common during the pandemic.
Allen Gaspers, a control tech with Control Services, consults with Kenny Walters, Methodist Health System’s facilities director, and Morgan Hankins, Methodist construction project manager, during the installation of additional negative airflow systems at Methodist Women’s Hospital in April 2020. Hospitals quickly converted entire floors to negative air pressure during the pandemic to house infected patients.
Dr. Clayton Thor, an orthopedic surgeon with CHI Health, said most of his hip and knee replacement patients before the pandemic spent at least one night in the hospital. Now, roughly 80% to 85% go home the same day.
Allen Gaspers, a control tech with Control Services, consults with Kenny Walters, Methodist Health System’s facilities director, and Morgan Hankins, Methodist construction project manager, during the installation of additional negative airflow systems at Methodist Women’s Hospital in April 2020. Hospitals quickly converted entire floors to negative air pressure during the pandemic to house infected patients.
Dr. Clayton Thor, an orthopedic surgeon with CHI Health, said most of his hip and knee replacement patients before the pandemic spent at least one night in the hospital. Now, roughly 80% to 85% go home the same day.
Freddie Warner Jr., 51, tidies up a neighborhood while working for a landscaping company near 189th and Pacific Streets in Omaha earlier this month. Warner had his left hip replaced in December and his right knee replaced in February. He was released from the hospital on the same day after both surgeries. The practice became more common during the pandemic.
