43 minutes agoU.S. Hospitals at capacity limits
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)Hospitals in the U.S. are in a overloaded state, many at capacity limits, due to increased cases of COVID-19, in part from the highly contagious Delta variant. An inflow of patients with COVID-19, mostly unexplored, is causing pressure on health care workers in an effort to make room for me [...]
An inflow of patients with COVID-19, mostly unexplored, is causing pressure on health care workers in an effort to make room for more people where there is no one, the ATS reports.
In at least five countries, beds in intensive hospital care units are almost fully occupied.
According to data from the Department of Human Health and Services, Alabama, Georgia, Texas, Florida, and Arkansas have less than 10 percent of their beds available in intensive care.
