NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — COVID-19 never closed the doors to the Affiliated Foot and Ankle Surgeons office — a lifeline for diabetic patients.
“We have to see these folks with either open wounds or partial foot amputations,” says Dr. Peter Blume, a podiatric, foot and ankle surgeon in private practice and a Medical Director at Yale New Haven Hospital.
He says fear of the coronavirus kept patients with life threatening conditions away. Some ignoring symptoms easily managed with medication early on.
Dr. Blume says one patient, “He started out with a small infection of his toe.”
That eventually led to a critical situation. Read more...