COVID-19 survivor finds hope and health at Community Memorial Hospital
“You’re not going to get anywhere with cures if you don’t have clinical trials. I do it because I might help many people down the road. I might help my daughter.”
Rebecca Jennings shared her story about surviving COVID-19 at VCU Health Community Memorial Hospital.
Jennings participated in a clinical trial led by Antonio Abbate, M.D., Ph.D., the Wright Center’s associate director for hub capacity research.
“Patients who walked into any hospital with COVID-19 in February had zero approved treatment options,” said Antonio Abbate, M.D., Ph.D., a cardiologist who is leading the canakinumab study. “Now we know much more about this disease. Far from everything, but more. And that’s due to — one patient at a time — people like Ms. Jennings being willing to join studies.”