Trump could be discharged as early as Monday, physician says

Trump could be discharged as early as Monday, physician says

President Trump's physician, Dr. Sean Conley, said Sunday that "if everything continues to go well" with the president's health, he could be discharged from Walter Reed Medical Center as early as Monday. Watch the briefing from the president's medical team.

Sean Conley, Sean Patrick Conley (born 1980) is an American osteopathic physician[1] and United States Navy officer who is the incumbent Physician to the President.[2]

Conley was born in 1980 in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.[3] He graduated from Central Bucks High School East in 1998,[4][5] and received his bachelor's degree from the University of Notre Dame in 2002.[6]

Conley received his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2006.[7] He is a 2013 graduate of the Emergency Medicine Residency Program of Naval Medical Center Portsmouth in Portsmouth, Virginia. He received the Honor Graduate Award, Nurses' Choice Award for Outstanding Senior Resident Award, and the Resident Research Award.[8]

Response to the President's diagnosis of COVID-19

In the early morning of October 2, 2020, the White House announced that President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump had tested positive for COVID-19 after they were tested as a precaution when Trump's top aide, Hope Hicks, tested positive herself. At first, Trump began self-isolating in the White House, but under the recommendation of Conley, he was transferred to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. In contradiction to Conley's previous statements surrounding hydroxychloroquine, he released a statement to White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany that he had decided to place Trump under an antiviral therapy, specifically Remdesivir.[16] Conley described Trump's symptoms on the day of the announcement as "fatigued but in good spirits". Later, he would update Trump's symptoms as "nasal congestion and a cough and fatigue."[17] In regard to the First Lady, Conley described her as "well with only a mild cough and headache."[18] She did not accompany her husband to Walter Reed.

On the morning of October 3, Conley gave a press briefing regarding Trump's health, expressing that he and his team of physicians were "extremely happy" with the President's condition, and noting that most of the President's symptoms had subsided.[17] However, Conley stated that Trump was "72 hours into this diagnosis" which implied that Trump had attended a rally in Minnesota, knowing he was a potential COVID-19 vector at the time.[19] The 72 hour remark was quickly corrected by a press release indicating that the President was diagnosed the evening of Thursday, October 1st. Minutes later, contradictory news reports were issued that the President's vital signs had been "very concerning" and that he had been on supplemental oxygen.[20]

At night on October 3, Conley warned that Trump was "not yet out of the woods" with regard to his condition.[21] Read more on Wikipedia

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