MADISON (WKOW) -- One year ago, Wisconsin's first coronavirus case was confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.<\/p>\n
The patient was treated at UW Hospital in Madison.<\/p>\n
Dr. Louis Scrattish was on duty in the emergency department that day.<\/p>\n
He told WISN-TV about his concern for the patient, the other 30 patients in the ER and the medical team.<\/p>\n
\"I remember that the charge nurse had gone up to me and said that they had a patient that had just checked in whom had just traveled from China ---- and was coming in with symptoms consistent with possible COVID,\" Dr. Scrattish said. \"There was a lot we did not know about the coronavirus at that time, and how sick it could make people. So I think there certainly was some fear there.\"<\/p>\n
The patient came in days before the case of COVID-19 was confirmed. It took some time to get the test results back because the test had to go all the way to the CDC in Atlanta.<\/p>\n
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