
Post-COVID recovery programs offer hope
Mai Selim Hamdan
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<p>The lingering effects of COVID-19 can be alarming for patients, some of whom are still dealing with shortness of breath, brain fog or other symptoms for weeks, months, or longer after recovering from the virus. <a href='https://www.northwell.edu/find-care/find-a-doctor/internal-medicine/dr-ankita-sagar-md-11363461'>Ankita Sagar, MD</a>, is the director of Northwell's COVID Ambulatory Resource Support (CARES) program, which offers its patients, currently more than 4,000, everything they may need to safely and comfortably recover. She joins <a href='https://www.northwell.edu/about/leadership/david-battinelli-md'>David Battinelli, MD</a>, chief medical officer, to discuss Northwell's unique approach and the latest research being done on post-acute sequelae of COVID-19.</p>