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Dr. Faidi Zein El Albine (Chief of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Najjar Hospital in Beirut, Lebanon) shared insights about the tragic explosion and subsequent healthcare crisis in the past 24 hours. With thousands injured, and hundreds seeking orthopaedic healthcare by the hour, he warned of the immediate, 2nd and 3rd waves of orthopaedic care including emergent wound and fracture care, semi-elective and definitive care, and rehabilitation (prosthetics) care, respectively. We wanted to rapidly disseminate information with the aim of connecting those in our community who may be able to respond to call for action.

OrthoEvidence Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Mohit Bhandari, reconnects with Dr. Rebecca Ivers, Head of the School of Public Health and Community Medicine at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia to discuss a new rise of COVID-19 Cases in Australia and what the community is doing to adjust to the rise in cases. 

OrthoEvidence Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Mohit Bhandari reconnects with Dr. Carlos Leal in Bogota, Columbia, to discuss the rapid surge in cases in Colombia. 

OrthoEvidence Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Mohit Bhandari, sits down with Dr. Parag Sancheti, Professor & Chairman, Sancheti Institute For Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation to discuss the second mandatory lock-down in India as cases surge and how it has impacted Orthopaedic Care in India. 

OrthoEvidence Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Mohit Bhandari sits down with Professor Michael McKee current President, Orthopaedic Trauma Association, to discuss the local impact of COVID-19 in Pheonix and also includes an update on changes to the 2020 Annual OTA meeting. 

OrthoEvidence Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Mohit Bhandari, sits down with Dr. Hassan Mir, from the University of South Florida to discuss the case surge in Florida, USA. 

“We have 230,000 cases and over 4,000 deaths and within the last few weeks, we've seen the numbers really significantly spike with multiple days of record numbers of cases and record deaths over the last few weeks.” Dr. Hassan Mir- July 17, 2020 

OrthoEvidence Editor in Chief, Dr. Mohit Bhandari, sits down with Dr. Boris Zelle to discuss the COVID-19 case surge in San Antonio, Texas and how the hospital system is adjusting to the increased number of cases.

Dr. Mohit Bhandari, Editor in Chief of OrthoEvidence, speaks with Dr. Milton Little, and Dr. Carol Lin about the recent surge in COVID-19 cases after the State of California attempts to return to normal life. 

Guests: Dr. Milton Little and Dr. Carol Lin, Orthopaedic Surgeons at Cedars Sinai, Los Angeles, California.