Saima Memon

Medical Director of the Critical Care Department & Respiratory Therapy, Mercy Hospital Joplin

Stories with Saima Memon

'With the Delta Variant, We Became a Hotspot, But Very Shortly Thereafter, Everybody Else Became a Hotspot.'

Dr. Saima Memon is the Medical Director of the Critical Care Department for Mercy Hospital in Joplin, as well the medical director for Respiratory Therapy.

For many weeks this summer, Joplin had one of the worst COVID-19 hospitalization rates in the country. So, she took a look back at the early days of this summer’s delta variant-fueled COVID-19 surge.